[BC] Tornado hits... (sirens)

[Mike McCarthy]

And that is why having a working NOAA WX radio with alarms is SO 
important.  The same could be said of EAS if the FCC mandated all RX's have 
a decoder chip and alarm function in them as well.

MM

At 10:46 AM 11/7/2005 -0600, Dwayne Walker wrote
>I was reading an account on the Fox News website where a spokesman said 
>the sirens were for people out doors.  I don't know the reasons in the 
>case of the KY/IN sirens.
>
>But, a small community near my home has said they planned their sirens for 
>only those who were out doors.  Apparently the people inside with windows 
>closed, air-conditioning on and background music/TV are supposed to rely 
>on WX radio if they have one...or a paranormal experience in the event of 
>a tornado. The real problem in the case here is budget.  I suspect when 
>the original sirens here were put in in the 50's and 60's, lifestyles were 
>different and highly insulated air-conditioned homes were few if any. Now 
>they can't fund new louder sirens.
>
>Dwayne Walker
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>Problem is the CO switch probably could not handle tens of thousands of
>calls at once. Limited call outs like the FD example are limited to maybe
>100 calls.  Then comes the who gets called first and how that is determined
>on less than a few seconds questions.
>
>I'll be really interested in reading NOAA's disaster assessment report to
>see just how much time passed between when the WSR88D near Evansville
>detected the TVS, when the warnings were issued, when the first spottings
>occurred/reported (which is really hard to do at night) and when
>the  tornado actually touched down.
>
>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.
>
>MM
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