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It's not clear to me how they assert the success of their test from reading. If some large percentage, say a percent, didn't get the alert would they know? Didn
by endisneigh 3y ago
It's not clear to me how they assert the success of their test from reading. If some large percentage, say a percent, didn't get the alert would they know? Didn't see anything on IPAWS from a quick search, but maybe someone here knows? Are there read-receipts for these alerts?
- orev 3y agoThe process of sending an alert like this is very likely to have numerous steps in the process, with the actual alert delivery being only the final one. This kind of alert would involve multiple agencies, communication channels, coordination, approvals, etc., all before the actual alert goes out. A test like this is designed to make sure all of those things are working. And yes, there’s definitely a log somewhere showing if delivery was successful, and collecting and analyzing that information after the alert is also probably part of the testing.
- nerdjon 3y agoI would assume that they could pull the numbers from the amber alert on what sort of numbers they should be seeing. Then I would also assume that part of the system would report back saying "delivered" and they could just compare those numbers?