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To: bd476
very loud siren alarms have been going off

there is no indication of any danger

OK, somebody 'splain to me the point of having a siren again?

3 posted on 01/19/2010 5:23:55 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne
That was what I was wondering too.

9 posted on 01/19/2010 5:27:21 AM PST by bd476
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To: Izzy Dunne
They are working on finding a way to turn the sirens off.

Something's broken and the alarms went off. Fix what's broken and the alarms will probably go off.

Or, in the best scenario, hit the ON/OFF switch! They still have those in Kalifornia, don't they?

12 posted on 01/19/2010 5:30:25 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 ( I'll miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012! The "other" Jim Thompson)
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To: Izzy Dunne
OK, somebody 'splain to me the point of having a siren again?

Warn of tornadoes.

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True story:

In the early 80s I lived in a small rural MO town of about 1500. They proudly published in the local papers that they had a grant for a weather siren. They got it installed.

A little while later, a severe tornado-producing storm approached. Oops. Someone made a mistake. They wired the siren into the regular electrical supply. The storm knocked out the electric -- and the siren.

After the storm, during repair, they put the siren on a power supply.
27 posted on 01/19/2010 5:41:18 AM PST by TomGuy
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