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wo0e@sky.net (Bill Lefler) wrote:

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>	My question is simply this: Have the outdoor warning sirens out 
>lived their usefullness? I have been at the EOC when the sirens have been 
>blown, and the first thing that takes place is EVERY phone line lights 
>up, and the question asked over and over is "How come the sirens are 
>blowing?". 

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>	Well, enough from me. What are your thoughts on this matter???
>BCNU Lef (Bill Lefler/WO0E Kansas City KS)

Sirens should be part of an integratede warning system including
broadcast media and Weather Alert Radios, and the new Emergency
Alerting System.  Sirens are intended to provide warning to people
engaged in outdoor activites to turn on radio or TV, news oriented
station, to find out what is going on.  They are a poor form of
warning, the only problem is that there is nothng to replace them.

In Texas tornados form in the rain free area of stroms, often in the
traiing end of a line of storms.  There have been occaision when
people have gone outdoors after the rain has stopped only to have a
tornado develop.

There is a whole shopping list of problems with sirens, it all comes
down to the fact that there is nothing to replace them that serves the
same function as they do.