Here's How You Keep A Campground Safe From Disasters Like Floods

Sirens On The Beach Warn Campers

(Caption: Beach at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington. Campground is located right behind the beach.)

There is little reporting on the Texas flood disaster regarding what kinds of protections are available to effectively warn people about disasters, so I thought I’d post an example from a wonderful town I summered in for several years, Port Townsend, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula and Salish Sea.

They are vulnerable to tsunami’s.

Here’s how they protect their camps and people from tsunami’s (Jefferson County Emergency Management):

Point Hudson "All Hazards Alert Broadcast" (AHAB) unit, one of three AHAB tsunami "sirens" in the Port Townsend area. The first AHAB in Washington State was installed at the Port Townsend Marina in 2003. A unit similar to the Point Hudson siren is located on the beach near the campground at Fort Worden. AHABs can be activated by satellite from the State Emergency Operations Center or by radio from the Jefferson County EOC. There are currently 45 AHAB installations in Washington State.

Perhaps Texas and many other vulnerable locations can look into a siren warning system.

[End Note: and It's not just redneck Texas - Napa and Sonoma Counties failed to warn people in deadly California 2017 Tubbs fire, see

https://www.wolfenotes.com/2017/10/did-california-hazard-plan-map-areas-of-wildfire-low-risk/