I live near that 10 acre lake close to town and every so often the warning signals go off. They are doing so this evening. Try as I may, I cannot find what these signals indicate on either the the village's website or the park district's website.
Am I stupid and blind...or is it business as usual in the Jewel of the Western Suburbs? My guess is that it is the former. Certainly the village has listed the lightning/tornado(?) info somewhere to read...right?
My vote is for stupid....can't be blind, your wife is hot!
From the park district:
For the safety of park users, in April 2002 a lightning detection system was purchased and installed at Main Street Recreation Center, Sunset Pool, Newton Park, Ackerman Park and Lake Ellyn Park at a cost of $26,650. These sites were chosen for the system because of the large number of users on any given day.
I am a dyslexic agnostic insomniac. I lay awake at night wondering if there is a dog.
Sounds about right. (the lightening system -not the comment about Clamato) I live by the golf course -Glen Oaks and they go of often in the summer. More like a high-pitched wistle siren than a wheather blaring siren. Is that what you hear? Two toned sounding?
what about the warning siren at Village Greens????
saturday night parents of baseball players all saw lightening in the sky. The ump was kind and tried to explain he is told to wait for the lightening siren to go off, until on man stepped up to explain that when building the new foundation for the concession stand the workers cut the line to the warning siren and it is no longer in service.
no sign, no notification to the umps. Is this true???
Originally posted by Buggy24: what about the warning siren at Village Greens????
saturday night parents of baseball players all saw lightening in the sky. The ump was kind and tried to explain he is told to wait for the lightening siren to go off, until on man stepped up to explain that when building the new foundation for the concession stand the workers cut the line to the warning siren and it is no longer in service.
no sign, no notification to the umps. Is this true???
off to email the PD
HMMMMM..... exception to municipal tort immunity? Fan???? Take on the duty to warn, publicize the warning procedures. Don't warn. I like it.
This past Tuesday, during the steadily worsening weather, a lightning alarm went off at Village Green. Our coach said the coach from the other team wanted to wait out the 20 minutes and try to play rather than call the game. Not wanting to forfeit, my son's coach asked us to wait. After 20 minutes, they resumed and though we saw lightning, no warning sirens and they kept playing. I was growing increasingly nervous and on the verge of mortifying my son and pulling him from the game to leave when a baseball official drove up and screamed at the coaches for playing in those weather conditions. I don't know what he said but the game ended immediately. As a former lifeguard, I know how fast lightning and weather can move so I was really glad he came along....still don't know why the siren went off one time but then never again (at least while we were there).
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Did the siren give an all clear after the initial siren? It wouldn't go off again if it had never givent he all clear, the warning would stand and no siren would sound again. I hope this helps.
I don't know what the all clear signal sounds like.....
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