Don't Say We Didn't Warn You - Part 2

The Daily Bruin carries an editorial indicating concern that students are unaware of emergency protocols at UCLA:

https://dailybruin.com/2021/09/06/editorial-wildfire-season-reinforces-need-for-ucla-to-clarify-disaster-protocols

We have noted numerous times in the past that various steps have been taken on campus that make emergency response and communication more difficult. The conversion of the phone system from traditional copper wire landline to VoIP is one such step.* The campus also used to have a low-powered AM radio station that could broadcast emergency information to the Westwood area - but apparently it no longer exists.**

So, when you are wandering around in the rubble after the Big One, or just trying to see in the smoke and ash of a nearby wildfire, take comfort in knowing that you read about it here.

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*Example: http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2021/04/dont-say-we-didnt-warn-you.html.

**"We also noted that the campus used to have - but appears no longer to support - a low-powered AM radio service for emergencies that covered the Westwood area. Even if you don't think you have a battery powered AM radio, if you have a car - or have access to a car - you have one. And earthquake kits often include a wind-up or battery powered radio." From http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2020/07/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-part-3.html.