It's wild some places don't have these...
I've lived all of the country including SC, and these were just a normal part of life. If you were close enough your home could be in danger, you could usually hear it from inside.
Cell notifications are nice. But storm alarms like this for flooding, fire, tornadoes, anything saves lives.
We can't just rely on one method, this is a clear example where redundancy is a positive.
Absence of awooga is not evidence of safety.
was there ever a real awooga anything like the cartoon sound effects? The presumably china made ones you can find these days just dont sound right.
what’s hazardous bottom indicate? submerged trees and such? toe-sucking cryptids?
South Carolina swamp people. If you haven't been saved by jeebus they'll drown you.
Why is there a gap in second SIG NAL?
It’s South Carolina. They did their best spelling everything out.
im like 5 miles from there now, i bet those alarms go off when the Lake Murray Dam gates open in anticipation of heavy rain, so even before the flood itself
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