San Marcos restored 14 outdoor sirens to alert residents of weather dangers, with distinct signals for different emergencies.
SAN MARCOS, Texas — The Fourth of July flooding in Central Texas has highlighted the vital role of outdoor warning sirens in alerting residents to life-threatening emergencies.
The city of San Marcos maintains a network of 14 outdoor warning sirens, strategically positioned to notify the community about potential weather dangers. The system was first installed in 2011 following multiple floods in the region.
All 14 sirens are fully operational and feature new technology that issue distinct signals for various emergencies, allowing residents to discern the nature of a threat and take appropriate action. For example, separate sound patterns distinguish between tornadoes, wildfires and public safety threats.
There are now discussions to build more towers in the future as the city grows.
“An additional 17 towers would have to be put in place to give us full coverage,” said Rob Fitch, the city’s director of emergency management.
“So we're in talks about financing and looking at a plan.”
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/san-marcos-flood-warning-system-sirens-upgraded/269-0d1cf0ab-d352-4ded-b3ed-840c036855a9
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Not here to rehash anything at this point. It’s clear different places took initiative and some did not regarding sirens as part of the arsenal to warn people of flooding.
I am keenly interested in some of your ideas about where the sirens and such would be in place in Kerr county. I figure some of you Surlies are engineers. That would be a cool thread. I cannot be the only one that would like to see what some of y’all have come up with. Which is eons better than what Kerr County did.