Alaska's Emergency Operations Center has canceled the annual test of the state's tsunami warning system due to recent real-world activations of the system. The test, usually conducted in late March, involves broadcasting warnings on public media and sending alerts to cell phones. Officials say the system's recent activations, triggered by earthquakes in California and the Aleutian Islands, provided sufficient data to evaluate its functionality.
Alaska ’s Emergency Operations Center has cancelled an annual test of the system responsible for alerting Alaska ns about potential tsunamis.
Jeremy Zidek, a spokesperson for the state emergency operations center, said the system has been activated two times since July of 2023, when it was triggered by real warnings. “We want to make sure that the system is fully working, and we believe it is,” Zidek said. “But we don’t want to overtest it and then people become a little bit desensitized to the warnings when they’re real.”
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