5/7/14 - An emergency siren that went off in the Howell area early this morning was a false alarm. A single weather siren connected to the Howell fire service went off at around 5am, alarming some residents in the area. The weather warning siren system was recently upgraded to connect all of the sirens across Livingston County and they will all be activated simultaneously in the event of severe weather by Central Dispatch. County Emergency Manager Mike Kinaschuk tells WHMI they did the first test of the system last Saturday and it worked quite well so theyâre not sure why one siren activated this morning when none of the others did. He says itâs an anomaly but theyâre not sure what triggered it and it could have been the thunderstorm or something else and the company that installed the system will be coming out to look at it. Kinaschuk says until they find out what actually happened, it appears to be one of those odd circumstances and they could still be working out bugs in the system. All of the weather warning sirens will continue to be tested across Livingston County on the first Saturday of every month. (JM)
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