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Old 03-06-2012, 08:31 AM
 
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Just an update so you know why I asked. With the bad weather we had last Friday a tornado touched down about 20 miles from my house, you may have heard about East Bernstadt. However the sirens went off for close to two hours. Again the sirens are only suppose to go off if a tornado is sited. After 20 minutes everyone was ignoring them.....We all heard the story of the boy who cried wolf.
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Old 03-07-2012, 07:14 PM
 
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I should correct one small thing. While the Seattle area has no warning sirens for severe weather, there are warning sirens for volcanic activity, especially in the areas around Mt. Rainier. However, most agree even a Rainier eruption would not greatly harm Seattle, more likely Pierce Co. (Tacoma, Orting, Puyallup valley, etc.)
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Old 03-08-2012, 03:54 AM
 
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HA! You said you were not asking about rain. ANY weather question around here rlates to rain!!

We do have WATCHES and WARNINGS, but they're for floods which, of course, arrive as prankster friends of, uh, rain, as in lots and lots of rain during, say, a 48-hour period, a happy event which usually occurs around Thanksgiving Day, when people who live very near rivers and streams can get flooded out of their homes, fleeing uncooked turkeys.

We have no siren system for flood watches or warnings. They are announced constantly on the local news broadcasts on TV and radio, for days in advance.


You might enjoy knowing that in western Washington we do have two different siren systems, quite different from yours.

One siren wrning system is at coastal areas, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean and for some distance inland. That waould warn of an impending or immediate tsunami (gee, water again!). Persons who can hear the siren must flee to higher ground according to rehearsed flee plans.

The other siren system is around the western base of Mt. Rainier and will warn of a volcanic eruption; the idea is that pyroclastic flows are coming and will probably bury your town if you don't flee NOW according to the rehearsed flee plans.

Do you find our reasons for sires as interesting as tornadoes?
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