My house is about 100 yards from the local tornado siren. It's gone off three times in the last half-hour, and it's totally inaudible from most of the house (except perhaps to the dogs. More than that, no funnel clouds.
Now, I say this with some mild disappointment, but mostly with frustration. I'm happy the windows block out so much sound, but you'd think that a tornado siren on a busy street would come through better than a typical car horn.
More than that, if you really want people to head for their basements with their pets, government-mandated water bottles, hand-cranked radios, and all that ammunition they've been hoarding, then <I>don't blow false alarms</I>.
Now, I say this with some mild disappointment, but mostly with frustration. I'm happy the windows block out so much sound, but you'd think that a tornado siren on a busy street would come through better than a typical car horn.
More than that, if you really want people to head for their basements with their pets, government-mandated water bottles, hand-cranked radios, and all that ammunition they've been hoarding, then <I>don't blow false alarms</I>.
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There was a funnel cloud spotted in Glendale. I think the warning was warranted. And all this talk about ammo and distances to the siren... what exactly are you planning?
Posted by: Joshua Rubin | June 14, 2009 7:38 PM