The Longview Hills CERT team....
Trying out new equipment..
Trying out new equipment..
Yesterday, we had a ruptured water line near Evergreen and 62nd. That necessitated turning water off to all homes north of 61st street and a few others. Neighborhood watch calling tree was able to notify about 2/3 of the folks affected. The other third have no block captain as no one wants to volunteer for the job.
The CERT team decided to try out a new battery operated megaphone, that they had acquired from a donor, as a means to notify the residents that don't have a block captain. The megaphone has a siren and a talk feature. The area to be notified was all of Deer Ln. north of the lake.
Here is what we did...
A team was dispatched in a vehicle to move down the street and stop at every house, sound the siren, then announce that the water was being shut off. The entire street was notified in about 5 minutes. This was an experiment and probably will be the way that you will first hear that a CERT team is coming to help should we have a disaster.
What we would like to know is if you were home on Deer Lane at the time of the announcement if you heard it? A siren followed by a verbal announcement... Give us a comment won't you?
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