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Today's Poll!Officials: Sirens just part of alert system
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Next week, public safety officials will put out a proposal to improve the way Jefferson Citians get information about weather related emergencies.
It has been talked about before and has been garnering more interest in recent weeks, especially in light with what happened in Joplin and Sedalia, where property and lives were lost from an unprecedented outbreak of tornadoes.
“When we had the storms Wednesday, I think that was the first time I can remember that we didn’t have people calling and asking why were the sirens going off,” said Jefferson City Police Capt. Bob Cynova who oversees the 911 Center.
Cynova will be talking with the city’s public safety committee about things such as warning sirens that have voice capability, where a recorded message could tell residents what the weather threat was and could also tell when the weather threat had passed and it was safe to go about their normal routines.
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rodinman 1 year, 12 months ago
We can spend the money or folks can pay attention to the weather. residentes need to take some responsibility for themselves and not expect some government function to tell them what, whne and how to do something.
wcywing 1 year, 12 months ago
how can regular prepare for natural disasters of this magnitude. they only had 20 minutes if that. most of the houses were well constructed and still got knocked down.
i'm all for limited government, however the gov does have role to help its citizens in natural disasters such as this.
should people pay attention to weather reports, of course, but this rash of tornados came very suddenly. there was little time to prepare for anything.
mo_ky_fellow 1 year, 12 months ago
Do not people know what a "Tornado Warning" means and what they should do??
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