ON THE STREET

The Southeast Missourian asked, "How do you think Cape Girardeau should improve its tornado warning system?"

Ava Allen, Cape Girardeau

"It would be nice if we had alarms that would sound like sirens. That would be the one thing that I would think of."

Deronda Moore, Cape Girardeau

"You know, when the TV goes out they should have something, maybe something that doesn't use electricity or something like that, because when the electricity goes out you have no way of listening. We need some sirens."

Debbie Patterson, Cape Girardeau

"I feel like it would be good to have an alarm or sirens. It's such a dangerous area for that kind of occurrence. I think they're doing a good job as far as keeping us informed through radio and everything, but I think an alarm system would be especially good."

Everett Gordon, Cape Girardeau

"I feel we should have the siren instead of just the TV warning because if the power goes out you don't know what's going on. Sirens would give you a better alert. I used to live in Charleston, Mo., and we have the siren down there. I know Charleston is smaller, but I think it would be more efficient than just the TV."

Joe Ridings, Cape Girardeau

"We need the sirens. In St. Louis they had these poles that had these really loud sirens that would go off whenever a tornado was in a 10-mile radius. I think sirens would be a good idea."