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Auburn residents say sirens not loud enough

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Mike Buffington

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Wednesday, April 11. 2012

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Several Auburn residents told the Auburn City Council last week that the city’s weather alert sirens aren’t loud enough. The residents said that while the sirens can be heard if you are outside, they cannot be heard from inside a house.

Charles Sewell, who lives in Heritage subdivision, said that he has asked people he knows to notify him in the event of an emergency situation because he can’t hear them from his residence.

Carolyn Wade, who lives in Governor’s Ridge subdivision off of Brown Bridge Road, said that if you are outside of her house, you can hear the sirens, but if you are inside, you cannot.

“I have a friend who lives right across the street from it in the second part of Governor’s Ridge, and she can’t hear it inside either.”

But Auburn Police Chief Paul Nadeau defended the sirens this week and said they weren’t designed to warn people inside of a house of bad weather.

“The sirens are outdoor warning sirens,” he said. “That's what they were in place to do. They are not supposed to hear it inside their house."

For the full story, see the April 11 issue of the Barrow Journal.

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#1 Auburn resident on 04/11/12 at 08:27 PM [Reply]

What a way to defend the sirens......

They aren't designed to warn inside just outside???

Excuse me, if I am outside then I think I am going to know if I need to be taking shelter with bad weather coming.

It is 3:00 a.m. when I am asleep that I would like something other than my roof blowing off to let me know a tornado is coming.

Come on people, think before you speak sometimes....

#1.1 Anonymous on 04/24/12 at 03:40 PM [Reply]

LOL! That was the dunbest cop-out I ever heard! Not hearing the sireans defeats the purpose! decision makers, smh I tell ya

#2 Anonymous on 04/11/12 at 10:21 PM [Reply]

This is clearly why public transportation is needed in Auburn. To provide free trolleys to within 2 feet of the sirenes so that all poor, disadvantaged, stupid, lazy, aliens can be informed in a timely and free method of any weather that might ruin their taxpayer-funded lives.

#3 Have to agree... on 04/12/12 at 06:33 AM [Reply]

I live down the street from a siren and I can barely hear it when it goes off. It is completely useless over here in my opinion. Either we need more of them or somehow, they do need to be louder.

Anonymous - that was probably the most idiotic post I have read in a while. Way to go. (rolling eyes)

#4 Anonymous on 04/12/12 at 07:10 AM [Reply]

the sirens should not be your only source of warning, just like the Marathon is not your only source for gas....

#4.1 Still rolling my eyes... on 04/12/12 at 07:13 AM [Reply]

What is your point?? Just because we, AS TAXPAYERS, want the sirens to be a bit louder, doesn't mean it is the only source we think we have. WE are a bit smarter than that. But, it sure helps when the power is out and you don't have the news on the TV!

#4.1.1 Anonymous on 04/12/12 at 02:02 PM [Reply]

Then have batteries to back up your radio...geez...( my eyes roll too.)Next you will be complaining to 11ALIVE because the news only mentioned Dacula and Winder as the storm passed over.

#5 RESEARCH!! on 04/12/12 at 07:17 AM [Reply]

If you would all take the time to google "weather warning sirens" you will see in every listing that the sirens are indeed OUTDOOR warning sirens.

Please do some research before lambasting others.

Here is an excerpt from The National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dvn/?n=sirenfaq

1.What should I do when I hear the sirens?
When the sirens are heard, go inside and
tune to local media to get more
information.

2.Why can’t I hear the sirens in my house?
Sirens are an outdoor warning system
designed only to alert those who are
outside that something dangerous is
approaching.

3.How can I get alerts when I’m at work or in
my house?
For alerts indoors, every home and
business should have a NOAA Weather Radio
All-Hazards. NOAA Weather Radio is like a
smoke detector for severe weather, and it
can wake you up when a warning is issued
for your area so you can take appropriate
action.

#5.1 Thank you!! on 03/11/13 at 11:21 AM [Reply]

Thank you RESEARCH. Some folks might need to get their hearing checked as well. When you replace the batteries in your radio, replace them in your hearing aid too.

#6 Anonymous on 04/12/12 at 08:10 AM [Reply]

Research. Keep that up and you will be banned. Don't you know that only uneducated opinions and hearsay are allowed in these comments?

#6.1 RESEARCH!! on 04/12/12 at 01:51 PM [Reply]

Ooohhhhhh...that explains a lot.

Thanks!

#7 Amazing on 03/11/13 at 09:50 AM [Reply]

An officer was fired from Auburn PD after complaining to the Dept about the sirens not being sounded off.

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