![]() A tornado warning on Percy Priest Lake triggers warning sirens in Bellevue, where it’s sunny, or a tornado warning in Ridgetop triggers warning sirens in Antioch, where it’s a garden variety rain shower. It’s no secret that there’s a lot of frustration with Nashville’s tornado sirens. ![]() NSW: What’s involved in the process, where are we with it, and what exactly are you trying to do with the sirens?ĭave: First, we needed to identify exactly what issues we were needed to solve to protect public safety. ![]() I’ve been working with the Office of Emergency Management and the Mayor’s Office of Resilience with the support of many of my colleagues to modernize our tornado warning sirens. NSW: Who are you, what part of the city do you represent, and are you the hero who sponsored legislation with the Metro City Council to address the siren issue?ĭave: I’m the Councilman for Metro Council District 35, which covers much of the greater Bellevue area. It’s now spring and here we are in the middle of tornado season, so I thought we should check in with the City Councilman who initiated the political process of modernizing Metro’s sires, Dave Rosenberg. We vented (cough) more than a few times about it on Twitter and wrote a tl dr position paper (below) about sirens in the context of the Novemtornadoes. ![]() Many of you remember our frustration with the current siren system. ![]() The Case For Siren Reform in Metro SIREN UPDATE: A CONVERSATION WITH METRO COUNCIL REP DAVE ROSENBERG ![]()
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