The day of the tragedy, the alert for DANAIt arrived on cell phones after 8:10 p.m. It was already late: entire towns were flooded and many lives were in danger due to the floods. However, as has now been revealed »elDiario.es», the company which manages 112 had been warned since 6:10 p.m. that this massive notice was going to be sent to the population. It was only launched two hours later due to the minister’s doubts, Salome Pradasand the absence of the president, Carlos Mazon.
According to ‘elDiario.es’, which cites sources from Ilunion IT Services, at 6:10 p.m. of that fateful Tuesday, October 29 The person in charge of operation 112 was already informed that an alert was going to be sent to cell phones by DANA. It was also informed that the population would be invited to follow the instructions given by the Valencian public television ‘ÀPunt’.
However, this massive alert It wasn’t launched until 8:11 p.m. at night, two hours later. According to this media, it was the advisor who decided to launch it, after an intense debate between technicians on the message to send to citizens.
