WHERE WAS THE COUNTY EMERGENCY INFORMATION?

POLL ON COUNTY FIRE NOTIFICATION...

SD County Emergency Page... Missing in Action (again...)

From Miriam Rafferty, Editor, EastCountyMagazine.org:
In 2007 the County’s emergency website crashed a lot but at least posted basic info on evacuations, shelters, etc. during the fires.  But during the recent Monte and Cowboy Fires, as well as the April 7.2 earthquake and aftershocks, there was not a single word posted. I don’t know if they ran out of money, outsourced to someone, or what.  But please make your voices heard by voting in our poll and forward this poll widely:
Should the County post updates on wildfires, quakes and other disasters on its “emergency” website?
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/4133
Meanwhile you can sign up for FREE detailed wildfire and emergency alerts via email at www.EastCountyMagazine.org and follow ViejasAlerts at www.Twitter.com for shorter text messages. We also update our webpage multiple times a day during emergencies.  If we can do this on a shoestring nonprofit budget, why can’t our County? - Miriam 
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**On a positive note... many thanks to San Diego CalFire (twitter.com/CALFIRESANDIEGO) for their timely updates.  It means a great deal to be able to get good information when you see smoke in the backcountry.   -posted by Kim