Twin States Weather Blog

Secondary Severe Weather Season

* As we get into November, we are entering our secondary severe weather season. Now is a good time to consider purchasing a NOAA Weather Radio. Given the recent disaster of a tornado striking a mobile home park in the middle of the night, it's certainly easy to see that anyone living in a mobile home should own a weather radio and have a plan of action in the event of a tornado warning.

* There was PLENTY of time between when a tornado warning was issued and when the tornado struck the trailer park. The reason those people lost their life was because they were relying on tornado sirens rather than weather radios. Sirens are designed for people outdoors. If you can hear the siren inside your home, you are simply unlucky enough to live too close to the siren.

* I can almost assure you of what will happen in the wake of this disaster...A Congressman who represents those who were lost will make a well-intentioned but logically flawed push to purchase and install more tornado sirens. THIS IS NOT THE ANSWER! But, this is certainly the pattern that most tornado disaster responses follow. The answer is a NOAA Weather Radio in each home - and community weather shelters in every mobile home park.

posted by WTOK Weather Staff @ 3:23 PM