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summer_in_TX

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36. The Texas Hill Country's Balcones Fault line makes tornados rare and usually cause limited damage.

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #14)

Wed Jul 9, 2025, 09:45 AM

Jul 2025

Depending on topography, they may have little need for tornado warnings. It sounds like they don't have them.

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In deadly Texas floods, one town had what some didn't: A wailing warning siren [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2025 OP

"because some local officials felt it was too expensive to install" DBoon Jul 2025 #1

They will discover how expensive it is with all the lawsuits that will be filed. mwmisses4289 Jul 2025 #13

Might not Old Crank Jul 2025 #24

The following is from Wikipedia regarding the phrase "Cutting off one's nose to spite one's face." John1956PA Jul 2025 #22

it should say barbtries Jul 2025 #23

Many/most small Texas towns have an alarm system used by the fire department to warm of tornadoes. efhmc Jul 2025 #2

Not in this part of Texas. LeftInTX Jul 2025 #14

Austin does not have them either. pinkstarburst Jul 2025 #17

I'm not saying I have $10k floating around to buy one but... cadoman Jul 2025 #21

More involved than the cost of a siren. Old Crank Jul 2025 #25

I'm not saying it's $0, but I think this gives us a scale of the cost we're talking here cadoman Jul 2025 #27

Most of the cities around here do not have them pinkstarburst Jul 2025 #29

The Texas Hill Country's Balcones Fault line makes tornados rare and usually cause limited damage. summer_in_TX Jul 2025 #36

Austin does not have sirens pinkstarburst Jul 2025 #16

Air raid siren. efhmc Jul 2025 #32

1,800 people in our small borough, gab13by13 Jul 2025 #3

They have them in Tsunami zones and the Hill Country has more flash floods. The cost can't be too prohibitive. surfered Jul 2025 #4

Yes I know Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2025 #6

They also have lahar warning sirens here in the Mt. Rainier river valleys Trailrider1951 Jul 2025 #11

exactly gopiscrap Jul 2025 #20

K&R spanone Jul 2025 #5

Re short-sighted, selfish people who don't want to pay taxes for what communities need: Attilatheblond Jul 2025 #7

Even TX Lt. Gov. gets it. Now. moondust Jul 2025 #8

te same kind of siren that every town had whem we were ducking and covering under our desks rampartd Jul 2025 #9

Where I grew up they tested air raid sirens every Saturday at noon. No matter where you were you could hear them. flashman13 Jul 2025 #19

Wow - how much would it cost to install a few sirens and perhaps warning lights? waterwatcher123 Jul 2025 #10

What? There aren't "forests" on the Edward's Plateau. It's a "savanna" LeftInTX Jul 2025 #15

The imagery certainly makes it look like lots of the upland areas have been cleared. waterwatcher123 Jul 2025 #35

No. Upland areas have never been cleared. As a matter of fact, trees have increased due to human settlement. LeftInTX Jul 2025 #37

Thanks for the nice pictures, imagery and explanations (appreciate it). waterwatcher123 Jul 2025 #39

Flood alarms are for fancy book learnin' librul smarty pants. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2025 #12

A warning siren in a flood plain town? Gimpyknee Jul 2025 #18

Not the good idea you think it is. Jirel Jul 2025 #33

My small town has several sirens, and they get tested once a month at 10 a.m. on a Saturday morning. Sogo Jul 2025 #26

Ours are tested Littlered Jul 2025 #28

What a ridiculous article. Jirel Jul 2025 #30

You know what's prohibitive to me? The cost of losing a loved one. Buddyzbuddy Jul 2025 #31

A siren/water depth gauge systm on the river bank is not that expensive. The governor and Sen. Cruz... brush Jul 2025 #34

Sirens might help to a degree pinkstarburst Jul 2025 #38