Hennepin County hoping new tornado siren strategy will say "This means you!”

Article by: Bill McAuliffe , Star Tribune
Updated: February 26, 2013 - 9:07 PM

From Rogers to Richfield, alerts will sound in smaller areas.

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rambler89Feb. 27, 1312:29 PM

Excellent idea. I used to work in Dakota County, and it didn't take long to learn to ignore the sirens.

rogerbFeb. 28, 13 2:15 PM

20 years in my home. Probably at least 40-60 siren events (2 or 3 a year). Zero tornados. It's easy to see why the sirens are ignored. Smarter use of the existing system makes sense. However I fail to see why $500,000 of taxpayer money are needed to modify just one county's way of using the already existing sirens.