The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Tuesday, August 29.
In today’s episode:
The fact that early warning sirens stayed silent during recent devastating wildfires on Maui shocked some residents of the town of Paradise.
The town began installing its own siren system this summer.
Colette Curtis, recovery and economic development director for the town of Paradise, is in charge of the system.
“There is a lot I don't know, and I think none of us really can say about what happened in Maui,” Curtis said. “But what I can say is that our sirens that we have in Paradise that we are constructing now, those were specifically designed for wildfires.”
Curtis spoke with NSPR’s Jamie Jiang recently about what makes Paradise’s sirens different.
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