[BC] Tornado hits ERI's old area

[Barry Mishkind]

At 06:04 AM 11/7/2005, Mike McCarthy wrote
>Sirens are still the best way to do warnings. Problem is they are 
>genrally spaced too far apart to be effective.  Anything more than a 
>couple blocks and with newer homes being so well insulated, their 
>wail doesn't penetrate walls as well as before.

         Well, that is the problem.  But in many places,
         the majority of people have cell phones, and
         this is a quick, easy way to implement a
         wide area alert with the current telco structure.




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Barry Mishkind     -       Tucson, AZ    -   520-296-3797