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From YouTube: This Week in Ames
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Learn about the Ames Outdoor Sirens and what will set them off.
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Certainly
not
the
best
situation.
The
national
weather
service
recommends
that
you
find
a
depression,
a
low
area,
a
ditch
and
and
get
in
that
area
until
the
severe
weather
passes.
You
want
to
be
cautious
that
you
don't
get
into
a
waterway,
though
flash
flooding
can
cause
problems
as
well.
So
sticking
with
a
low
area
that
doesn't
carry
water
is
the
best
choice.
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That's
true
because,
if
you're
looking
for
direction,
that
is,
if
you're
trying
to
figure
out
what
to
do,
it,
doesn't
help
the
dispatchers
who
are
trying
to
deal
with
folks
who
real
real
emergencies.
Folks
who've
been
injured
property
damage,
it
interferes
with
their
call
so
pre-planning,
so
that
you
don't
have
to
take
up.
9-1-1
time
is
certainly
a
benefit.
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The
clearly
the
the
most
common
is,
people
drive
through
standing
water
and-
and
we
can't
get
the
message
out
enough
to
tell
people
not
to
drive
through
standing
water.
It's
often
deeper
than
you
think
it's
going
to
be.
Even
if
you
know
the
roadway
running
water
can
destroy
roadways.
There
could
be
holes
that
you
don't
know
about,
so
you
do
want
to
avoid
getting
into
any
running
water.
It's
clearly
better
to
find
another
route.
Now.
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Almost
anywhere,
that's
that's
correct
that
you
know.
When
rain
comes
a
few
weeks
ago
we
had
the
three
inches
of
rain
in
a
half
hour
and
areas
of
the
city
that
don't
normally
flood
had
localized
flooding,
because
the
storm
sewer
system
can
only
handle
so
much
at
one
time
and
that
water
that
backs
up
can
be
just
as
dangerous
as
the
river
of
the
creek
when
it's
out
of
its
banks.
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Red
is
a
mass
notification
system,
it's
a
it's
a
process
by
which
we
can
create
a
pre-recorded
phone
message
and
call
a
large
number
of
people
in
a
relatively
short
period
of
time.
It's
not
quick
in
the
sense
that
in
two
cents
one
we
cannot
put
that
message
together
and
get
it
out
quickly.
So
it's
not
a
response
to
severe
weather.
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It
is
a
program
that
helps
us
with
flooding,
for
instance,
when
we
have
time
to
predict
the
rise
of
the
river.
For
example,
it's
also
not
really
quick
in
getting
those
phone
calls
out
if
you're
going
to
make
10
000
phone
calls,
there's
only
so
many
phone
lines
in
the
city,
and
it
does
take
a
little
time
for
all
of
those
phone
calls
to
go
out.
But
it
is
an
effective
way
for
us
to
reach
large
numbers
of
people
with
a
standardized
message.
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