Thursday, August 18, 2005

Stupid Tornado Sirens...

So, according to the warning messages that are interrupting Baseball Tonight, we are supposedly having tornados that could pass about 10 miles north of us, and there are storms about 10 - 15 miles south of us that are capable of producing tornados. However, the city of Watertown is not actually in the path of either of these storms, just caught in the middle. So what do they do? They set off the stupid tornado sirens.

The do that all the time. Earlier this year, the set the stupid things off when there was a potential for a tornado down in Fort Atkinson, which is clear on the opposite end of the friggin county. Evidently, they never heard of Chicken Little. If a tornado ever does rip through here, everyone is going to ignore the sirens thinking the storm is probably up in Beaver Dam...

Update: The storms did cause some damage where they actually hit. Please pray for those effected by the storms.

According to the news today, there was nothing substantial north of us. South west of us got hit pretty hard though. Still, nothing that should make our sirens go off. I really wish they would save those things for use when we are actually in the direct path of the storm. Otherwise, people will just start to ignore them (as I am sure they already do).

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