Washington state town outraged by false alarms from emergency dam system
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Місяць томуResidents in Carnation, Washington, are frustrated after an evacuation alarm was triggered by mistake for an eighth time. The false alarm, which was from an emergency dam failure siren, has pushed some residents to threaten litigation against the dam’s operator.
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#Washington #dam #emergency
@RobertEskuri Місяць тому
Now when it goes off for real nobody will run. 🌊
@lovelight6973 Місяць тому
That's what I'm worried about.
@208thbaby Місяць тому
That’s the plan trust me
@dennischristopher9952 Місяць тому
Why would anyone plan that? @@208thbaby
@DesiraeJ Місяць тому
Ooh yeah, can’t trust them.
@CYBERUS212 Місяць тому
My apartments fire alarm goes off almost every night. We will all be dead in a real fire lol
@jerryg3652 Місяць тому
Come on guys, ever heard of the boy who called wolf? These false alarms are potentially costing lifes.
@seeharvester Місяць тому
Look out! WOLF! Right there behind you!
@SusanKay- Місяць тому
The _EIGHTH_ time, and they're just now hopping mad? These folks are saints.
@kamman1374 Місяць тому
It's good practice for them. Like the road closure issue. In an actual emergency, that would've been a problem.
@WroteASymphony 29 днів тому
It’s not good practice to be told twice a year to evacuate your homes for real, and then be told “oops our bad, can’t explain why but we know it’s safe just stay home” twice a year. It’s unacceptable.
@jes6628 29 днів тому
Well, I’m sure after the first couple times they were thinking like it’s better to have one that goes off too much than never at all but yeah after 8 times that’s crazy
@Ryan-hi6zg 19 днів тому
Interesting way to spell dumbasses
@annacrider4389 Місяць тому
They're getting you ready to ignore the signal,
@alreadytired6515 Місяць тому
We moved out of Carnation 5 years ago. I’m so glad. There isn’t an infrastructure to support the amount of homes out they’ve put out there. There’s one road out of town. Add this on top of it and it’s even worse.
@DK-gy7ll Місяць тому
It's like that all over western WA. The population has quadrupled in the past 20 years and yet we're still all trying to squeeze down the same two-lane country roads that haven't been improved since the 1980s.
@Crismodin Місяць тому
This reminds me of the Norwegian movie "The Wave" (2015) - feels like it fits here.
@ppinmouth2649 Місяць тому
Reminds me of the story about the boy who cried wolf.
@seeharvester Місяць тому
Why was he crying?
@pieyedapple 26 днів тому
...hoping it's not going off, because there's a problem that no one can see!
@johnpeter4184 Місяць тому
Once the folks left were any homes burglerized?
@csaracho2009 Місяць тому
(By burglers?)
@RockyRaccoonsdead Місяць тому
Cops needed a reason to do some(Black Bag work)on some Suspected Perpetrators homes ??? Good time to do some Illegal inspections or searching ?
@seeharvester Місяць тому
Why yes, as a matter of fact there were. But we were told that was just a coincidence.
@ocsrc 28 днів тому
It was not an accident but a real problem happened they don't want you to know
@scottowens1535 Місяць тому
Your going to get people killed with that kind of ineptitude. Crying wolf 3 times is what I learned killed the flock and you let it go to 8??? These are basic childhood lessons you somehow missed? Busy on brain day I guess?
@KRISIS1451 Місяць тому
This is going to create a terrible cry Wolf effect.
@gaetanomagnifico1836 28 днів тому
With everything happening nowadays you just can't take the chance. Should I stay or should I go. Crazy times.
@Michael-fe9ef Місяць тому
Seattle - We are investigating the false alarms.. Also Seattle - We will stop sounding the false alarms once you pay us more taxes
@harakhty5605 Місяць тому
Except Carnation is in Snohomish County and doesn't even pay taxes to Seattle.
@loganknapp8905 Місяць тому
Think of it as a fire drill😂
@julienrockingham-ip4co 28 днів тому
Lord keep those people 🙏
@The777017 4 дні тому
If this is a siren that operates off a radio it sounds like they need to change a frequency and the CTC in the CTS codes.
@danielschmitt1935 Місяць тому
They got hacked
@kiandrah8517 Місяць тому
Whereas I would be glad it was a false alarm
@ninemimesleft Місяць тому
Except people will learn the alarm means nothing and not evacuate when there is a real mudslide.
@SkaryGrrl Місяць тому
easy to say behind a keyboard
@seeharvester Місяць тому
@@ninemimesleft Like Pavlov's dog.
@BeyondPC Місяць тому
It can be both happy it was false and upset as well. It does not have to be singular.
@Sidicas Місяць тому
ya and we all know every kid secretly wished that every fire drill was the real thing.
@kamman1374 Місяць тому
This is good practice. What happens if there is an actual emergency.
@seviregis7441 Місяць тому
I feel bad for those residents.
@jvon3885 Місяць тому
Next time it will be looked at as a false alarm. But let's just ask why humans ever placed towns in harms way. And let's sue them so they spend it on PTSD.
@cameronmccollough98 27 днів тому
I would've moved after the 3rd false alarm.
@daneenmurf1043 Місяць тому
Consider it a practice run. One day it might be real
@bodyzoasispersonaltraining9186 Місяць тому
Get in line.
@jlvandat69 Місяць тому
And when the alarms sound due to an actual flood, most will complain it didn't provide early enough warning even though it saved hundreds of lives. Point is, people have delusional expectations theses days, with many expecting perfection in an imperfect world.
@jamiechrist8394 Місяць тому
Then they will turn around and sue the state
@dave23024 Місяць тому
They don't have weekly tests? Why is this false alarm any different?
@Rosarium2007 Місяць тому
I went to college in Texas. We only had monthly tornado siren testing IF the sky was clear blue. Always at the same time on the same Wednesday of each month. And no one went into basements and interior rooms just because of the test. The few times sirens did go off due to actual real tornadoes it was very disruptive.
@dave23024 Місяць тому
@@Rosarium2007 That's a little lax, too. Everywhere I've lived, they always tested the sirens weekly. I just took that as being the standard.
@mikes1776 Місяць тому
Reminds me of the boy who cried wolf. Trust is gone.
@sarafinasegale9537 Місяць тому
It sounds like whales......It is best your have these false warning alarms... Practice makes perfect......
@Rosarium2007 Місяць тому
Ever hear of the boy who cried wolf. It sounds like people are ceasing to pay attention to the alarm due to the false alarms.
@noneya972 Місяць тому
All these ships and tesla crashing and nobody knows why? Hmmm I smell a hacker messeing with all our stuff. Next it's water supply.
@krisbaker9427 Місяць тому
You are paranoid
@timothyg4426 Місяць тому
Teslas crash because they over advertise what the "full self driving" is capable of (it is not actual full self driving) and people then dont pay attention. The ship taking out the bridge is just a series of people being cheap and short sighted. (boat probably had engine issues being ignored, the bridge didn't have something to catch anything out of lane like outer barriers, and the practice of cutting tugs loose before the ship is all the way out of harbor.)
@ruffnek 4 дні тому
This is the water supply
@CKLee-rs4kl Місяць тому
Seattle City Light better clean up their act and apologize to the residents of Carnation and surrounding area.
@juicewrld9867 Місяць тому
😂 so what you have actual safety drills , you will be safer for the practice.
@Rosarium2007 Місяць тому
They might hear an alarm and think oh not another false alarm and not evacuate. With each false alarm the traffic out of town is getting less congested from what was said near the end of the video. So yeah, Seattle Public Utilities needs to stop yelling wolf at the City of Carnation.
@juicewrld9867 Місяць тому
@@Rosarium2007 yes but what if this extra drills save lives in case real catastrophic events town would have actual experience for evacuation millions of other towns and city's in America lack and will restort to utter choas. I say it's good practice and say it again.
@isocarboxazid 28 днів тому
@@juicewrld9867 You WARN people for a drill. This isn't hard to understand unless you're a really, really dim bulb.
@bassmaster135790666 28 днів тому
This new station can't come up with any facts why even report upon it
@Wizardof Місяць тому
Better a self test from the machine than it not work a'tall!
@birdlover6842 Місяць тому
I bet they won't go off should there be a tornado or severe thunderstorm.
@zenobiaw831 Місяць тому
Carnation is in the Cascades, among the largest mountain ranges in the U.S. There will be no tornado. Washington state doesn't have much in the way of tornados anyway.
@julienrockingham-ip4co 28 днів тому
Rich people problems
@paulsaulpaul 29 днів тому
If it isn't logical, you're being lied to. Pretty simple to explain the cause of the false alarms and the plan to remedy it. There is nothing to gain by being silent about it. So they are doing this to serve an agenda. How many ways can the alarm be triggered? In response to a sensor? In response to an operator pushing an "alarm" button? The latter, you terminate the employee. The former, you explain to the people why the sensor it tripping it and then you tell them how/when it is getting fixed. There is no reason to believe this is negligence when it is clearly mallace. So what is the purpose and what agenda does it serve? Well, I think some commenters below have already (accurately) speculated as to that.
@ren212f4 18 днів тому
Keep running for the hills. I don't care how many times it goes off. The one time you decided to not run counld be your last. Just like the air raid drills.
@philoctetes_wordsworth 27 днів тому
Perhaps a developer has long term plans for the town, and they are creating a situation wherein people ignore the sirens, and the flood kills them all-leaving the area ripe for said developer. They are extremely nasty people…it could happen.
@academicstewart Місяць тому
I don't understand why people live in Seattle. There are more cons than pros. Seriously.
@hotttt28 Місяць тому
Oops !
@hennocent Місяць тому
Practice makes perfect
@Rosarium2007 Місяць тому
Only if people do not become numb and stop evacuating, which it sounds like from the video is happening. Ever hear of the boy who cried wolf?
@eewilson9835 Місяць тому
In the film Spirited Away, Haku is eventually free. He forgot his real name a long time ago, because the Kohaku river was destroyed and covered up with apartments and he just needed to remember his name. Awe.
@jackjones5725 Місяць тому
Prosecute Jon Stewart😂😂😂😂😂😂
@jeffreyfales7343 28 днів тому
The boy who cried wolf....
@DylannDayZero Місяць тому
CHINA OR RUSSIA PROBABLY
@Dan_K0092 Місяць тому
“PTSD” LOL
@joeypollack5651 Місяць тому
this is the speed at which darn near anything wrong gets fixed in the PAC NW. just sayin'. We aren't saints, we just are used to our cities failing us! :) yay!
@csaracho2009 Місяць тому
...potentially "dishtroying" the town. (I love diversity)
@schlazer-merv Місяць тому
Just grab a couple of surf boards and get ready to ride the wave out to the pugizzle foshizle.
@bigpicturethinking5620 Місяць тому
Exactly escape from LA style.
@gohawks3571 Місяць тому
I'm pretty sure it's really rocky on the coast... Surfing in a cold blender doesn't sound fun😁
@HumanBeanbag Місяць тому
This is not "PTSD for everyone"
@wolfmantroy6601 Місяць тому
Words for a lawsuit.
@scottcarlson9913 Місяць тому
Crying "wolf" in real life..
@bcarroll911 Місяць тому
Putin must be held accountable!
@user-sx1ov1bu2w Місяць тому
Biden admin steady doing biden admin things
@Cmunic8 Місяць тому
trump needs your money
@mugwump242 Місяць тому
Looks like you have GDS (General Derangement Syndrome).
@Nclake5485 Місяць тому
@@Cmunic8zelensky needs yours
@mikeylottanoise Місяць тому
this is a city govt issue. This has nothing to do with the federal govt. Keep your brain rot to yourself
@hydrobuu Місяць тому
@@Nclake5485daddy Putin needs yours
@jerrodyork780 Місяць тому
It's called life.
@southsider3767 Місяць тому
It’s a “UKpostsr” 😂
@koda3967 Місяць тому
So many concerns. 🤨 Also, problems being pointed out as residents first fled, and discovered traffic jams; the town, presumably, has only grown: have they addressed that problem? Don't be the victim of 'emergency warning fatigue', respect that *this time* might be for real. 🫂
@tehpw7574 Місяць тому
that's the thing. It's already too late, because doubt[tm] is firmly implanted in that town.
@whocares228 Місяць тому
Move to russia
@FormerVicePresidentDickVeiny Місяць тому
Chinese hackers doing it for the lulz
@BidenisaKuntHeadCommunist Місяць тому
Blue state
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