Why the sirens did not sound in advance of tornado

The director of Oconee Emergency Services, Scott Krein, has explained why those Oconee Nuclear sirens were not sounded in advance of the EF3 tornado that struck the Seneca area. “The nuclear sirens are used for a nuclear disaster notification and possible evacuation to go to the news and find out what is to be done,” Krein said this morning. It’s the recommendation of county emergency services that everyone should get a weather app for their phone or a weather alert radio that can be kept by the bedside that has the capability to give advance warnings—especially of bad weather that strikes at night time. According to Krein, the system of the nuclear plant sirens are capable to being adapted to warn of weather alerts, but the cost be would be “in the millions.” The existing sirens are designed to only sound for those within a 10-mile radius of Oconee Nuclear—not the entire county.