It seems to me that the protocol isn’t clear and you accused Spencer of lying about that.dbInSouthCity wrote:If this is true as Russell says it, it would appear that the Fire Dept didn’t do its job but now they’re in charge of the sirens?
I just don’t know why they’re refusing to say what happened. The fire chief was right behind Russell when she said this and he didn’t correct her
Or the protocol is clear, as it’s worked just fine every time it’s been used since 2021 and someone failed to do their job. Btw the document above a few pages back is from 2010 and not relevantDebaliviere91 wrote: ↑May 20, 2025It seems to me that the protocol isn’t clear and you accused Spencer of lying about that.dbInSouthCity wrote:If this is true as Russell says it, it would appear that the Fire Dept didn’t do its job but now they’re in charge of the sirens?
I just don’t know why they’re refusing to say what happened. The fire chief was right behind Russell when she said this and he didn’t correct her
Does anyone at this point at actually know who was supposed to be in charge of the sirens? If you can’t answer that question, you shouldn’t have said Spencer was lying about the protocol being unclear.
I know that document is old. But you can’t tell me what the protocol from 2021 is.dbInSouthCity wrote:Or the protocol is clear, as it’s worked just fine every time it’s been used since 2021 and someone failed to do their job. Btw the document above a few pages back is from 2010 and not relevantDebaliviere91 wrote: ↑May 20, 2025It seems to me that the protocol isn’t clear and you accused Spencer of lying about that.dbInSouthCity wrote:If this is true as Russell says it, it would appear that the Fire Dept didn’t do its job but now they’re in charge of the sirens?
I just don’t know why they’re refusing to say what happened. The fire chief was right behind Russell when she said this and he didn’t correct her
Does anyone at this point at actually know who was supposed to be in charge of the sirens? If you can’t answer that question, you shouldn’t have said Spencer was lying about the protocol being unclear.
I didn’t say vague protocol is “the” issue. I said yesterday it could be a contributing cause to human error.dbInSouthCity wrote:Citing “vague protocol” as the issue is a straw man argument. That defense only holds water if Russell and Jenkerson were outsiders unfamiliar with city operations. But they weren’t. In fact, one or both were directly involved in developing those very protocols. So this isn’t a failure of policy, it’s a failure of execution.
Yeah man, the families saying maybe their dead love ones would be alive if the sirens worked should be told to shut the ***** up and let’s focus on clean upMattnSTL wrote: ↑May 21, 2025There's been a lot of goofy and just dumb discourse around the siren issue from people looking for nothing more than some political points on social media. The sirens wouldn't have prevented the tornado, and everyone should always be weather aware and have more than one method of receiving warnings (and actually take warnings seriously). But CEMA having an out of office workshop on a day with a forecast of a rare moderate risk of severe weather (level 4 of 5) is just bizarre decision making. Not knowing that the activation button at the fire department doesn't work for who knows how long is also unacceptable. It seems like it is being appropriately addressed. Now let's get focus back to where it needs to be on the ground in the devastated neighborhoods.
