XPost: alt.survival, alt.politics.usa, alt.disaster
XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
On 7/7/25 11:13 PM, Doctor Fill wrote:
On 7/7/2025 5:05 PM, c186282 wrote:
The areas hit by the floods had considered a chain
of warning sirens. Alas the things cost about $50k
each and the tax/politics didn't work out.
Due to physics, even an extremely loud siren is not
sure to wake up people more than maybe three miles
away, inverse-square law and veggies eat away at
the sound really fast. Add to that, people these
days shut the houses up tight so the A/C stays in.
So ... a potential modern fix - a little fleet of
DRONES with loudspeakers. Program some fixed routes
into them. Maybe half the price or less of towers
with sirens and more versatile.
It would behoove these various Christian girls campgrounds to move the
cabins to higher ground as well. Put the girls dorms on stilts to ensure
they are above any foreseeable flash flood event. I hope your drone
warning system idea gains traction.
No stilts high enough for THAT flood. Even using
floats, being washed down river with all the
debris would chew up any structure in a minute.
So, there will have to be a rule about the elevation
of certain structures.
The drone idea DOES seem pretty good. As multiple
threats may exist, pre-programmed routes can be
loaded in a moment. Flood today, fire tomorrow.
Coming pretty much straight over houses and other
areas with piercing tones and a short message
WOULD get people's attention, COULD even wake
them up at 4am.
Like many towns, mine had an old air-raid siren
left over from the cold war. Powered by a V-8
engine. They'd test it every so often. It was LOUD.
But,if you were even two or three miles away, you
generally didn't hear it, even if standing outdoors.
Therein the problem with fixed alarm sirens. Mobile,
drone, 'sirens' seem the better fix.
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