I’m quite surprised they didn’t send out a local emergency alert. I’ve gotten these for Tornadoes and amber alerts. Wildfires would be comparable to a Tornado IMO.
Jared Mauch > On Oct 13, 2017, at 6:33 PM, Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> > wrote: > > 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. > > -A > >> On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Sean Donelan <s...@donelan.com> wrote: >> >> Has anyone heard if the smart speaker companies (Amazon Echo, Google Home) >> plan to include emergency alert capability? An estimate 10% of households >> own a smart speaker, and Gartner (well-known for its forecasting accuracy) >> predicts 75% of US households will have a smart speaker by 2020. >> >> Although most silicon valley tech nerds are still in the "invincible" years, >> were the california fires close enough to silicon valley that smart speaker >> developers might think an emergency could affect them. And an emergency >> alert capability in their smart speakers might be important? >>