"THIS IS A DRILL: #MyGlendale is conducting an evacuation exercise in Chevy Chase Canyon," the City's statement on Twitter read."For those who live in Chevy Chase Canyon: Safely evacuate your home and proceed to the evacuation site located at the Glendale Community College Parking Lot B."
The"Public Safety Alert" made no mention of the fact the evacuation was a drill, causing alarm for residents who received it at 9 a.m. Saturday. The alert was also issued to phones far away from Chevy Chase Canyon, with individuals as far as Santa Fe Springs, Hawthorne, Brentwood and Northridge taking to Twitter to express their confusion."I'm in Northridge," said one Twitter user."I didn't even know where Chevy Chase Canyon was.""Did this just go out to all LA County?" asked another.
The City of Glendale did provide warning on its official Twitter account ahead of time, issuing a statement roughly 20 minutes before the drill began.
My friends who live in Chevy Chase Canyon, didn’t even get the Alert!
Prep for their defense of the outrageous decision to overrule the Glendale planning commission and build the Scholl biogas plant in a high risk fire zone, near an elementary school mind you, with only one road exit for hundreds of canyon residents
TEST should’ve been the first word in that ALERT!! What an absolute fail! Now real alerts people will second guess.
Absolutely reckless. I can only imagine how people who live on Chevy Chase Dr. reacted.
This public safety alert reminded me of the person that leaves a voicemail asking you to call back ASAP without even explaining why.