Tornado Sirens

[TexasStooge]

Well, I can hear the sirens very well in my area.

[StormCrazyIowan]

In the town I used to live in, I could hear them well, it was a small town, but now I live in a bigger one, and all I can hear is a faint sound.

[wx247]

I can hear them too well when they are testing them...just right when a storm is raging! It is a block or two away. :o

[JQ Public]

i voted i can't hear them b/c we don't have any

[southerngale]

i voted i can't hear them b/c we don't have any

same here JQ...we're on our own! We could sure use them though. :o

[chadtm80]

JQ Public wrote:
i voted i can't hear them b/c we don't have any

Same here

[vbhoutex]

i voted i can't hear them b/c we don't have any

Same here JQ!!! Took them out several years ago.

[StormCrazyIowan]

Hmmmm, I actually don't know for sure if Davenport has one or not! I hear sirens sometimes during rough weather, but it could just be a fire, this place is big enough! I know Buffalo has them though, I remember from when I lived there, everytime I heard it I ran outside

[weatherwunder]

Our siren for our area is about 3 blocks from our house. So we hear it well.

When the go off, everyone runs inside, and I run outside with the camera!!

[ColdFront77]

I don't believe there are tornado sirens here in central Florida. I am positive that there aren't any in southeastern Massachusetts.

[MScoast]

where I live, in north Biloxi, you can't hear them very well. Most of them are in the city...about 5-7 miles away.

[bfez1]

Same here, we don't have any but I did hear them broadcast thru the radio once. You know, the emergency broadcast system that says this is just a test, well it was the real thing that time.

[breeze]

I live in a small, unincorporated town with no
sirens - thanks the Lord for weather radio!

[wx247]

:o Wow! I thought every town had storm sirens. I guess I just took it foregranted because every town I have lived in has had them. :o

[JQ Public]

Nope north carolina doesn't have any. I am really surprised that parts of texas even if they are on the coast don't have them? Weird. I am even a little suprised that parts of florida don't have them. Cool poll texastooge

[wx247]

I agree...good poll.

[polarbear]

Many areas that have outdoor sirens often had them installed during the Cold War or were used for fire calls. Some communities in recent years have purchased them for weather warning purposes. Most of these cost in excess of $10,000 per unit. Smaller communities are less likely to spend this kind of money on outdoor sirens. Coverage is usually highest in urban and downtown areas, where as rural areas are less covered. The average coverage by these sirens is approximately a one mile radius.

Outdoor sirens are part of a multi-part warning process. They are only meant to give audible warning to people that are located outdoors, not in. NOAA Weather Radio is still the best, most reliable and fastest source for receiving severe weather warnings. I believe around 90-95% of the Contiguous U.S. is now covered by these transmitters. Range of each transmitter can range from 20 to 40 miles (depending on power output at the transmitter). Radios sold today come with either alerts through SAME or EAS tones or the standard 10 second 1050 Hz alert tone. They can sound audible alerts when normal audio is muted or "turn on" automatically so you can hear the warning message. The NWS will continue to improve the computer generated voices.

[Guest]

Don't have them here where I work and I live out in the boonies so only warning I get is TV - radio or internet.

PMH

[StormCrazyIowan]

Well in Buffalo, where I grew up, it wasnt actually a weather siren, they just let off the fire siren when bad weather was coming! All the firemen have scanners so when it goes off they know it is storm related.