HomeMy WebLinkAboutimg025 On April 27, 1990,several throughout the city.This equipment This project provides for improve-
tornadoes menaced the city.Law will transmit voice as well as alert ments to the front fence,entrance and
enforcement personnel acted tones.Warnings can be dissemi- fountain area of the College Station
swiftly,notifying local broadcast nated faster.Residents should hear Cemetery.The cemetery,located on Texas
stations.Thank goodness the them and be warned without having Avenue South,was opened in 1948 and is a
warnings were unnecessary. to depend on local radio and historical mark for the city.Some of the
television stations. original improvements on the cemetery
We may not be so lucky next time. College Station already provides grounds are in desperate need of repairs
Danger may approach late at night or replacement.
police,fire and emergency medical
instead of early in the evening. care.An early warning weather The current fence will be replaced with a
Valuable seconds may separate us system is another way for the city to more durable and attractive brick and
from real disaster.That is why an protect its residents. / / wrought iron structure.The entrance will
early warning weather system is / /
/ be widened and landscaped with additional
included as a proposi /
/ shrubs and flower beds.The fountain area
tion.
will also be upgraded to improve the
The system will utilize
appearance and minimize daily mainte-
sound amplification nance.These improvements will greatly
enhance the appearance of the cemetery.
equipment mounted on
towers spaced strategically 1 ��