Village To Roll Out New Tornado Siren System
Oak Lawn residents will soon be receiving a letter from the village notifying them of the installation of a new, state-of-the-art tornado siren system.
Nobody knows the wrath of Mother Nature better than the Village of Oak Lawn when an F4 tornado tore through the village in 1967, causing millions of dollars in damage and claiming 37 lives. See the attached letter to residents. The village has purchased a new, state-of-the-art tornado siren system to replace the current 25-year-old system. This new system is designed to give residents the best advance warning possible and to help Oak Lawn be better prepared for tornadoes and other emergencies. Among the new system's features are better sound coverage and voice capabiities to relay warning messages in four languages (Engilsh, Spanish, Polish and Arabic). Letters are being sent to residents notifying them of the system's installation slated …
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Jen
10:26 pm on Tuesday, April 2, 2013
It should only be in English before you know it every street sign is going to be in four different languages.we are losing jobs that we dont have and we need to stop catering to people that dont want to learn English.if we go to their country are they going to cater to us. more ›