Authorities said a signal tower for Woodward's tornado sirens was struck by lightning and hit by a tornado early Sunday morning. Police Chief Harvey Rutherford said the tower that was supposed to send a repeating signal to the town's tornado siren system was knocked out.
The other night I mentioned the 1947 twister that hit Woodward; the museum in Norman used to have a display of it and one item really stuck in my mind: it's a brake drum from a car or pickup with a big splinter of oak flooring punched through it. Yes, actually through the metal.
"the tower that was supposed to send a repeating signal to the town's tornado siren system was knocked out."
ReplyDeleteI guess someone forgot to tell them that "one is none". Hopefully they'll actually budget for (and actually buy and install) a backup system when they rebuild.