Other severe storm events like straight line winds can be dangerous and unpredictable like tornadoes, so why do we have tornado sirens instead of more general highly-severe-storm-alarm sirens?
I’m in the Dallas area. People here think they’re tornado sirens, but they’re really outdoor warning sirens. They sound for a tornado warning, winds in excess of 70 mph, hail greater than 1.5", or anything else that creates an outdoor risk. They mean “go indoors and check local news.”
That makes sense, thank you!
Generally, they’re actually multipurpose outdoor warning sirens. If you call them tornado sirens like me, chances are you live in tornado alley, also like me. I didn’t learn they were called anything else until I got Everbridge and started getting notifications about “outdoor warning sirens test today.”
That’s very probably the case for me—that it is just what we call them around here. Thank you!
It’s hard enough to get people to respect the sirens when they’re for tornados. Use them for other shit and people will straight up ignore them.
Legit point lol.
This is why. I live in tornado Alley. My state had 152 tornados last year.
Folks need to know what type of emergency they’re preparing for