2 ms·Hawaii wildfire offered insights into wireless alert system relies on cellphones2 points by perihelions 3y agoxrayarx 3y agohttps://archive.is/HEmGe https://archive.is/HEmGexrayarx 3y agoAbout the shortcomings of the Wireless Emergency Alerts system, apparently cable connections to cellular towers are not buried in Hawaii and some burned and so the alert did not get through everywhere.