[Talk-us] Civil Defense Sirens?

[Jeffrey Ollie]

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Toby Murray <toby.murray at gmail.com> wrote:
> Kansas just tested them this morning. There is one on the roof of the
> building I work in. But even looking at the high res (<1m) photos
> available from the county GIS website, all I can see is "there is
> something there" but I can't pick out a distinctive siren shape. This
> would definitely take boots on the ground.

Same here.

> As for testing times, isn't that usually coordinated state-wide? Or is
> it just local? I thought they did a full test of the emergency alert
> system including sirens, TV and radio break-ins at the same time but
> I'm not sure.

On April 7th there was a state-wide drill in Iowa that included a test
of the full Emergency Alert System.  I think that's done annually.  I
think other tests are done on a per-system per-jurisdiction basis.

-- 
Jeff Ollie