[GOPJ]

“Had we sounded the siren that night, we were afraid that people would have gone mauka and if that was the case, then they would have gone into the fire,” said Andaya.

He's a democrat nutcase. I'm sure if his mother or family lived in the threatened area he called them on the phone and told them to get out. By law he should never be allowed to have a smoke alarm in any house he lives in the rest of his life.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Good points. Where I live, we get Amber Alerts regarding child abductions or missing, in real time.

Why can’t all phone/computer systems have a similar emergency alert system designed for not only missing children but for other safety hazards as they have in tornado zones/alerts?