A Texas county rejected siren alert systems in the past due to high costs. But after recent flash floods, state and local officials face renewed questions.
many people even have alerts totally disabled, because authorities got so spammy with the amber alerts.
At least amber alerts are actual emergencies. I can hear sirens for three different jurisdictions. They all test them on different days and different times, and then use them for routine weather conditions, so nobody actually pays any attention to them. Then they just fail to use any of them when two tornadoes do actually pass through town.
Obviously, YMMV. But in my experience, sirens are worse than useless.
WEA alerts, on the other hand, are extremely reliable.
At least amber alerts are actual emergencies. I can hear sirens for three different jurisdictions. They all test them on different days and different times, and then use them for routine weather conditions, so nobody actually pays any attention to them. Then they just fail to use any of them when two tornadoes do actually pass through town.
Obviously, YMMV. But in my experience, sirens are worse than useless.
WEA alerts, on the other hand, are extremely reliable.