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Hawaii has a robust emergency siren warning system. It sat silent during the deadly wildfires (www.cnn.com)

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Hawaii has a robust emergency siren warning system. It sat silent during the deadly wildfires::Some Maui residents are questioning the effectiveness of the emergency warning system employed as the wildfires spread rapidly across Lahaina and other parts on Tuesday. Hawaii’s attorney general is leading a review of the emergency response.

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[-] Retiring@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

How is a system with 400 alarms the largest in the world? I couldn’t find the numbers for Germany but in Austria there are over 8000 sirens. Does anyone know more about that?

[-] Fester@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The claim in the article has a link to the state’s site, where it actually says:

Hawaiʻi has the largest single integrated Outdoor Siren Warning System for Public Safety in the world.

“Single integrated” is probably key here.

[-] Retiring@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

What does that even mean? I read the source, too, but I honestly don’t understand this sentence.

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