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Gayland Kitch <gkitch@CI.MOORE.OK.US> wrote:

>Chris Novy wrote:
>Sirens are a great attention getter but they provide absolutely no
>information as to the actual type of threat, onset, or safety instructions.
>-----

Exactly so, in this neck of the woods we tell the public when you hear
a siren tune to a local news oriented radio or tv station to get
current information.

>
>Chris also wrote:
>Spending new tax dollars to install new sirens (old technology) based on the
> public's new, heightened, perceived risk of tornadoes, is a mistake in my
> opinion.
>-----
>Warning technology is great.  It allows us to reach more people, and provide
> them with more information, than has ever been possible.  But it does NOT
> replace other systems; rather, it augments them.  In my opinion, warning is an
> additive process.
>  (  )% - watching TV, get media warning
>           and/or from EOC cable TV interrupt
>  (  )% - watching DSS, get warning from
>           auto EAS decoders in TV
>  (  )% - inside, no radio/TV on, get warning
>           from NOAA Weather Radio
>  (  )% - outside, get warning from sirens
>  ------   -----------------------------------------------
>           sum these up and you have the total
>           percentage of people warned
>
>The closer to 100% yet get, the better job of warning that you've done.
>
>Unfortunately, there will always be the (  )% who you haven't reached.  These
> will be the ones who either become victims or are interviewed and state "we had
> no warning".
>
>And as noted in my earlier post, you can warn 100% of the people, but you can't
> dictate that they take any action.
>
>I work towards having multiple warning systems, allowing me to reach a high
> percentage of our population with warning information.  I also work towards a
> great amount of public education, hopefully planting the seeds which will spur
> action when the warning comes.
>
>
>Gayland Kitch       gkitch@ci.moore.ok.us
>Director of Emergency Management & Communications
>The City of Moore, Oklahoma
>http://www.ci.moore.ok.us/emermgt
>
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