Breaking news. Emergency alert notification calls in wildfire malfunctioned

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29 Mar 2012 11:49 - 11 Dec 2016 00:03 #1 by

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"About 22 percent of the people who should have received calls did not," Jefferson County Spokeswoman Jacki Kelley told 9Wants to Know Thursday.

She said a software glitch caused the problems.

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29 Mar 2012 12:10 - 11 Dec 2016 00:02 #2 by

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Per Twitter. number changed from 22% to 12% did not receive the notification, the couple who died in the fire, DID receive the call

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29 Mar 2012 12:50 - 11 Dec 2016 00:01 #3 by LOL

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Software Glitch? That is a term software programmers use to report defective programming code to clueless non-techie managers.

If you want to be, press one. If you want not to be, press 2

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29 Mar 2012 13:00 - 11 Dec 2016 00:01 #4 by

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It could something as simple as entering the addresses in the wrong area in the data base.

I got an evacuation notice text alert and I don't live anywhere near there.

Can I go home now?

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29 Mar 2012 13:40 - 11 Dec 2016 00:00 #5 by cydl

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JSG wrote: It could something as simple as entering the addresses in the wrong area in the data base.

I got an evacuation notice text alert and I don't live anywhere near there.

Can I go home now?

We got an alert too - thought maybe it was because they were fearful of the winds shifting, but we are north and west of the target area. We packed up the cars and spent a sleepless night nonetheless.

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30 Mar 2012 06:34 - 11 Dec 2016 00:00 #6 by Nobody that matters

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JSG wrote: It could something as simple as entering the addresses in the wrong area in the data base.

I got an evacuation notice text alert and I don't live anywhere near there.

Can I go home now?

I got an evacuation call and I live a mile from Evergreen Lake. I too hope I get to go home soon.

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30 Mar 2012 06:36 - 10 Dec 2016 23:59 #7 by Nobody that matters

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CinnamonGirl wrote: www.9news.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=259650&source=nletter-

"About 22 percent of the people who should have received calls did not," Jefferson County Spokeswoman Jacki Kelley told 9Wants to Know Thursday.

She said a software glitch caused the problems.

'Software glitch'. That's the term middle managers use to describe the crappy data they fed into a well tested software system and it screwed up. Garbage in, Garbage out.

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30 Mar 2012 07:17 - 10 Dec 2016 23:59 #8 by CC

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As fast as this fire moved....I don't think it would have mattered.

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30 Mar 2012 08:28 - 10 Dec 2016 23:58 #9 by

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Nobody that matters wrote:
JSG wrote: It could something as simple as entering the addresses in the wrong area in the data base.

I got an evacuation notice text alert and I don't live anywhere near there.

Can I go home now?

I got an evacuation call and I live a mile from Evergreen Lake. I too hope I get to go home soon.

I heard their software lets them set the radius around the event for the emergency alert notification calls, which they did, but in their haste they hit the "send all" button instead.

Still, it's nice to be able to be notified by SMS when something's going on at home and I'm no where near a computer.

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