The siren that went off Friday afternoon at the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant resulted from an accidental activation, authorities said. A spokesman for Duke Energy, which owns the plant in New ...
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The history of bells, sirens, and other sounds used to control public life
Long before phones buzzed in pockets, public life had its own loud operating system. Bells, drums, horns, whistles, and sirens told people when to wake, pray, work, gather, take cover, or pay ...
CARNATION, Wash. — Following another false alarm on Wednesday, city leaders in Carnation are preparing to sue the city of Seattle and call on federal regulators to decommission the Tolt River Dam, ...
NEW HILL, NC -- Annual maintenance. That's Duke Energy's explanation for warning sirens around the Harris Nuclear Power plant going off at seemingly random times over the past week. But no one seemed ...
(Editor’s note - This story was updated on Wednesday, July 13 to clarify information about the operation of the sirens at Seabrook Nuclear Power Station.) The sirens heard near the Seabrook Nuclear ...
Workers have been busy around Duluth recently, erecting poles bearing sirens for the city's new emergency warning system. The 31 sirens replace a 36-siren system dating from the 1970s. The new sirens ...
People in some parts of Wichita woke early Friday morning to the sound of tornado sirens, but no warning had been issued for the area. Tornado sirens are set off when a tornado touches down in the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What would happen if those sirens didn't go off? That's something Mercer County leaders had to address Thursday morning after the ...
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