Aaron,

What do you know about the software, the system, the price and how it is implemented?

Weather alert FAIL!

What I heard today was no different than what I've heard 4-5 times already this year.  They do tests like this regularly.

Today's message was hilarious. First...a regular warning, then a tornado warning.

The hundred other people at Park Point beach and myself looked up and thought...'Where's the tornado, is this really a drill anymore and where should I be taking cover?'

Excellent.

I'd rather die in a tornado than have to listen to that unbelievably loud and annoying warning system ever again. Way to ruin a good storm! Also, I'll buy anyone a drink at Carmody if a tornado ever hits Duluth or Superior.

I was with my group of preschoolers down at Playfront and half of them heard the "take cover" warning and started asking me where we should hide. I told them it was just a warning, but several of them only heard the part where it was like "you're all gonna die now" and wouldn't drop it.

Has there been any explanation of these mistakes? Is it the city or the county who controls things?  Who is the authority I can direct my letter of complaint to?  Hope somebody can post that here, I am never sure who runs what in Duluth. 

In the first "mistake" I thought "Well, I am new to Duluth, I should pay attention," except the sky looks un-tornado, and I have seen my share of tornadoes in North Dakota.  Cats in kennel and to the basement we went, then heard a weather person say it was not so. 

Yesterday I didn't even bother to "Take Cover Immediately," the sky looked the same as before but not one thing on the weather.  

I just feel for all the people who have to take this seriously--those in nursing homes, child care places, schools, etc.  And explaining to those little kids like Evil R says, is troubling. We really do deserve an apology from the higher ups who are responsible. I will write a letter when I find out who to address it to.

Siren goes off:
(1) Is it Wednesday?
(2a) Yes — ignore it.
(2b) No — look out the window / turn on news.

The day a Wednesday tornado (or Benzene spill) comes through, we're all finished.

Tim K:  Unless I have someone's official name, position, address, etc. I will not take seriously a post on "behalf of the city," For instance, Mayor Don Ness signs his full name and I appreciate that..   And as nice a gesture as your post is, it still doesn't tell us why all this happened twice. It seems as if you are saying, "get used to it, this is how Duluth is."  I don't buy that rhetoric. .

Jude- WOW, get over yourself. I was trying to lighten up a ridiculously overblown "whine fest."

Okay, non-whiners, you can contact the Public Info Officer for the county.
[email protected] 
Public Information
100 N. 5th Avenue West #213
Duluth, MN 55802
(218) 726-2447 
Here's the deal with my "pithy" comment. Have none of you people heard of Google? It took me .08 seconds to find out where to lodge a complaint. Perfect Duluth Day is awesome, but if I was really living in some kind of fear about an issue, this isn't where I'd expect to "find the protection that I needed." (sorry for the boost, Talking Heads).