Duquesne Weather Radio
The city
offers a new free tool to keep residents safe during severe storms.
By: Shayla Patrick
Updated: May 7, 2012
DUQUESNE,
MO - The city received 150 weather radios, which are being given away to Duquesne
residents living within the tornado zone. In order to get one you need to go to
city hall with your I.D. and a piece of mail to verify your address.
A grant
from the United Way paid for part of the cost, an additional $1,500 came from
the city's donation fund
"I
think it's reassuring to residents and also, they are programmed for
just Jasper and Newton counties," said Terry Ingram, City Clerk. "I think the
citizens will use them more because if they are just general radios people seem
to turn them off because it's too noisy if it picks up other counties,"
she added.
City
officials hope to purchase 300 additional radios for Duquesne residents living
outside the tornado zone in the near future.
