My kids are here for dinner, in some cases accompanied by their significant others. I’m in the office, and I hear that obnoxious BLURT! from one of their cellphones, signifying an official alert had been sent out. “What was that?” I yelled, thinking it could be an earthquake. Before they could answer, another phone BLURTED, then another and another till they all had their turn.
Turns out, it was an evacuation warning, something folks take very seriously around here these days. The warning came as somewhat of a surprise to me because I have been regularly checking the awesome “Watch Duty” app and knew that there was no fire nearby.
Turns out, the alert went out across the county and left folks wondering what the heck was going on:
I just got an evacuation warning in Palos Verdes. But so did everyone I know in LA countywide. There are no fires where…
