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35. I can confirm this from experience.

Sat Mar 25, 2023, 06:49 PM

Mar 2023

During one particularly bad storm / hurricane warning last year, I poked my head out of the door to see how bad it was before scurrying into an interior closet. While on my porch I could barely hear the sirens over the wind and rain, and I am well inside the city limits. I was alerted by my NOAA phone app and by watching online. Had I just relied on sirens, there's no way I would have heard them. Fortunately, there was no real damage done in our area other than downed limbs and a few blown roof shingles.

My heart goes out to all of the people in Mississippi affected by this storm. It's heartbreaking to see this much destruction as well as loss of life. 😢

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One question, didn't the city in Mississippi have sirens or phone alerts to tell the people [View all] debm55 Mar 2023 OP

Warnings were issued for many, many counties yesterday. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #1

Thanks, BlackSkimmer. The place was destroyed , debm55 Mar 2023 #3

It's horrible. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #9

We had a microburst here in my neighborhood. Huge pines topped over, The sound, I can still debm55 Mar 2023 #12

Agree. You can get a warning that a tornado might happen. ananda Mar 2023 #31

And, Like Last Summer... ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #36

Given the destruction, I thought the death count was kind of low...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2023 #2

So did I. They are saying 24 dead and 4 missing. debm55 Mar 2023 #6

They don't have many basements in the south questionseverything Mar 2023 #4

Yes, I noticed alot of slabs of concrete in place of basements. debm55 Mar 2023 #8

I've been wondering: where did they go? Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #15

Idk, I'm from central Illinois (which is pretty flat) questionseverything Mar 2023 #17

Experts Say... ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #37

With the huge fast weather swings, it's just going to keep getting worse questionseverything Mar 2023 #39

People hid in the walk in freezer @ the dairy barn (ice cream shop) questionseverything Mar 2023 #34

Would love to have a basement JanLip Mar 2023 #18

Thank goodness you have a cellar! questionseverything Mar 2023 #20

My relatives have built rounded mounds with small doors next to their houses. friend of a friend Mar 2023 #21

Sounds like a storm shelter? Good thinking! questionseverything Mar 2023 #22

Night tornados are more deadly simply because people are sleeping. If they are awakened by WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2023 #5

Thanks, Whisky Grinder. It also appeared that some homes were built of slabs of concrete. debm55 Mar 2023 #7

slabs of concrete! demigoddess Mar 2023 #11

Sorry, I was trying to post in a hurry because it is very windy here. Transformer was making noise debm55 Mar 2023 #16

True for many Southern Coastal areas catrose Mar 2023 #28

45 years ago, a friend's home got damaged. Tetrachloride Mar 2023 #10

I heard on NPR that the noise of the storm drowned out sirens and many people were in mobil homes. Nanuke Mar 2023 #13

I can imagine that could be so. 2naSalit Mar 2023 #14

Terrifying video. mountain grammy Mar 2023 #33

I can confirm this from experience. crickets Mar 2023 #35

Night time tornado, xmas74 Mar 2023 #19

When I lived in the country blueinredohio Mar 2023 #23

The Fire Department sets off the fire sirens for bad weather and we also have street sirens. I live debm55 Mar 2023 #27

I'd be surprised if they were not alerted. Texasgal Mar 2023 #24

The experts JanLip Mar 2023 #29

Had one go over my house at night - they really do sound like a freight train. Talitha Mar 2023 #25

Happened To Us In Early 2000s ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #38

Where I live, a storm shelter would become a pond overnight. Chainfire Mar 2023 #26

That area JanLip Mar 2023 #30

I'm sure they did pinkstarburst Mar 2023 #32