I get these warnings are important, but they really should localize them more as LA is *massive*, and an unfortunate majority of its population is learning it is better to ignore these as an annoyance rather than treat them as the #1 priority.
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@dimitribouniol not sure if it’s still the case now, but when we worked on earthquake alerts with the Red Cross/USGS the shake resolution started out very low and covered a wide area. After about 5/10 minutes it was much more precise, but was too late to use as part of the notification pipeline.
Alarm fatigue is real though and was by far the number one complaint we got!
@phill yeah, I get it. For this one, we didn’t even feel anything, while others I know got the notification… as it was happening 😅 (and by happening, no different than a truck driving by, so if the notification didn’t kick off, they wouldn’t have know it was an earthquake).
Problem is this was the second of three severe weather warnings for the day, and it ended up being no worse than a typical rainy day, so I can think of nothing other than “the phone who cried wolf” for how it’ll be seen 😅