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  • Kerr County REJECTED Flood Warning Sirens

    From c186282@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 8 01:43:10 2025
    XPost: alt.politics.usa, alt.disaster, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    However there were good REASONS. The fuckin' sirens,
    generally put on towers, were TOO DAMNED EXPENSIVE.
    Something like $50K each just for the sirens alone -
    which could only get attention for maybe a 3 mile area,
    esp with modern sealed houses.

    Rural communities can't AFFORD a huge network of
    such things all in all - and no, the state/fed
    isn't automatically obligated to provide such
    expensive equipment.

    MY prop - see other messages - is a little fleet
    of programmable DRONES with loudspeakers. They
    can fly close over all areas in imminent danger
    and be loud enough so you WILL wake up, CAN
    hear them. Guessing HALF the cost of those
    siren towers AND they're more versatile.

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  • From Gronk@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 9 22:46:22 2025
    XPost: alt.politics.usa, alt.disaster, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    c186282 wrote:
    However there were good REASONS. The fuckin' sirens,
    generally put on towers, were TOO DAMNED EXPENSIVE.
    Something like $50K each just for the sirens alone -
    which could only get attention for maybe a 3 mile area,
    esp with modern sealed houses.

    Rural communities can't AFFORD a huge network of
    such things all in all - and no, the state/fed
    isn't automatically obligated to provide such
    expensive equipment.

    MY prop - see other messages - is a little fleet
    of programmable DRONES with loudspeakers. They > can fly close over all areas in imminent danger
    and be loud enough so you WILL wake up, CAN
    hear them. Guessing HALF the cost of those
    siren towers AND they're more versatile.

    Drones? Loudspeakers? "loud enough" "you WILL wake
    up"? Really? Just how big would this loudspeaker be
    if it could wake you up, not to mention a drone WITH
    power sourc?


    Is the "state/fed" going
    to "provide such expensive equipment"?

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  • From chine.bleu@21:1/5 to Gronk on Thu Jul 10 01:22:51 2025
    XPost: alt.politics.usa, alt.disaster, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    Gronk wrote:
    c186282 wrote:
    However there were good REASONS. The fuckin' sirens,
    generally put on towers, were TOO DAMNED EXPENSIVE.
    Something like $50K each just for the sirens alone -
    which could only get attention for maybe a 3 mile area,
    esp with modern sealed houses.

    Rural communities can't AFFORD a huge network of
    such things all in all - and no, the state/fed
    isn't automatically obligated to provide such
    expensive equipment.

    MY prop - see other messages - is a little fleet
    of programmable DRONES with loudspeakers. They > can fly close over
    all areas in imminent danger
    and be loud enough so you WILL wake up, CAN
    hear them. Guessing HALF the cost of those
    siren towers AND they're more versatile.

    Drones? Loudspeakers? "loud enough" "you WILL wake
    up"? Really? Just how big would this loudspeaker be
    if it could wake you up, not to mention a drone WITH
    power sourc?


    Is the "state/fed" going
    to "provide such expensive equipment"?


    We get alerts on cell phones in an area. One tsunami alert was an
    earthquake so close San Francisco fire trucks gave verbal warnings along
    the beaches.

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