[196240] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: California fires: smart speakers and emergency alerts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Sat Oct 14 06:28:01 2017
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From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAEE+rGoaqCNQrD2PdB3s1p9mJtDPYi+_9D9sUSX3M3hsTE4yAA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 18:40:49 -0400
To: "Aaron C. de Bruyn" <aaron@heyaaron.com>
Cc: NANOG mailing list <nanog@nanog.org>
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I=E2=80=99m quite surprised they didn=E2=80=99t send out a local emergency a=
lert. I=E2=80=99ve gotten these for Tornadoes and amber alerts. Wildfires wo=
uld be comparable to a Tornado IMO.=20
Jared Mauch
> On Oct 13, 2017, at 6:33 PM, Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>=
wrote:
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> 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.
>=20
> -A
>=20
>> On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> wrote:
>>=20
>> Has anyone heard if the smart speaker companies (Amazon Echo, Google Home=
)
>> plan to include emergency alert capability? An estimate 10% of household=
s
>> own a smart speaker, and Gartner (well-known for its forecasting accuracy=
)
>> predicts 75% of US households will have a smart speaker by 2020.
>>=20
>> Although most silicon valley tech nerds are still in the "invincible" yea=
rs,
>> were the california fires close enough to silicon valley that smart speak=
er
>> developers might think an emergency could affect them. And an emergency
>> alert capability in their smart speakers might be important?
>>=20
