I’m quite surprised they didn’t send out a local emergency alert. I’ve gotten these for Tornadoes and amber alerts. Wildfires would be comparable to a Tornado IMO. Jared Mauch
On Oct 13, 2017, at 6:33 PM, Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote:
I messaged the Nest guys a few weeks ago about that very issue. I think it would be somewhat simple for them to put an RF module in their Protect devices (smoke alarms) and a speaker to alert about the issue. Since they are wifi-enabled, they could probably also arrange a clearer audio feed over the internet with a fallback to RF if the internet is down/power is out.
-A
On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> wrote:
Has anyone heard if the smart speaker companies (Amazon Echo, Google Home) plan to include emergency alert capability? An estimate 10% of households own a smart speaker, and Gartner (well-known for its forecasting accuracy) predicts 75% of US households will have a smart speaker by 2020.
Although most silicon valley tech nerds are still in the "invincible" years, were the california fires close enough to silicon valley that smart speaker developers might think an emergency could affect them. And an emergency alert capability in their smart speakers might be important?