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Emergency Officials Say Texts, Not Sirens, More Effective for Tornado Alerts
Government Technology: There’s nothing like a dramatic chorus of sirens sounding around a city to announce looming disasters.
But Guilford County doesn’t have a siren system that could have warned people before a tornado struck east Greensboro on April 15.
And the county’s emergency management director says that’s not a bad thing — texts and emails are much more likely to break through the distractions and alert people that something wicked is headed this way.
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