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Hawaii has a robust emergency siren warning system. It sat silent during the deadly wildfires (www.cnn.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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