HomeMy WebLinkAboutIf you ask me -severe weather-Calvert and B-CS 1975 If a twister were sighted say,
in Southwood, the CS police car
in that area would sound a long
4 piercing wail on its siren,
Vol. 99 No. 95 ' warning residents there to take
cover.
Chuc Other areas of B-CS would
ha ve their own `mobile siren' in
: Q9��ough; th e area and would be warned
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' : them.
\,. 3 ' ,. `` Dr. Vance Moyer, head of the
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c�` Canglose, Brazos County Civil
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Defense Director, said they
ME will be holding a `silent' test
,� run of the mobile siren system
LAST WEEK'S tornado in the near future.
Calvert and Sunday's violent The most desirable warning
in weather in Bryan - College system, however, is a number
,— Station are explicit reminders of stationary sirens, high atop •
of the constant possibility of a poles, placed strategically
twister in B-CS. around B-CS. Cost seems to be
This area is luckier than the stumbling block here. Dr.
most because of the coor- Moyer and Canglose say
dinated efforts of Civil Defense estimates are each siren and
and sophisticated radar atop pole would cost about $3,300
the Oceanography - Meteoro- and that up to 60 would be
logy building at A &M to watch needed around the area. These
for and warn residents of estimates may be scaled down
tornadoes. though, since louder sirens
The system itself is no good, could reduce the number
however, unless residents get required.
the warning of an approaching Budget a few each year until
tornado. you get the needed number is
'helve to 13 years ago this one suggestion.
community almost had a siren When a tornado watch is
warning system. That attempt issued in this area some 300
fell through but, there is now individual spotters watch the
another move under way. sky around Brazos county for
As it stands right now, if a the menacing funnel cloud. The
tornado is sighted the siren three radar becons atop the 0-
atop Bryan city hall is sounded M building watch too. If a
and the steam whistle at Texas twister was spotted by one of
A &M is blown. Trouble is, not the watchers it's position would
everyone could hear these be reported and radar would
warnings, especially in a noisy look in on it. Then its fast
storm like Sunday's. direction would be plotted and
Civil defense officials and the siren system sounded to
leaders in both cities are now warn local residents.
preparing to test a 'mobile
siren' system. This entails --
sending police cars, and
possibly fire engines, to dif-
ferent areas of Bryan - College
Station.