Looks like that it happens to be the name of the County level Department/Agency. Not the Federal Agency. Or else it’d differentiate and not simply refer to it as “Wayne County” Dept of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
I know the department of homeland security just opened an office last year in one of the cities within Wayne County. But apart from that I wouldn't know the differences between federal homeland and local(ly based) homeland if I'm understanding your comment correctly
I live in Michigan. Sometime midmorning, I didnt look at the clock, I received an alert over my phone. It knocked my call off my phone. Then about an hour later we got another alert over the TV. Another hour after that, a third alert this time from the Michigan State Police came over the TV. Never seen that before. The Michigan State Police have never sent an alert out over the TV of any kind to my knowledge. These were Statewide alerts -- on a day it snowed and the day before 1-3 inches. And its still deep Winter north of Saginaw.
Whats weird is tornado alert tests on TV and phones have never occurred before these. We have a rather robust tornado siren system in SE Michigan that you can hear from anywhere. They test these at noon on the first Saturday of the month from April through September (maybe October).
A lot of people took note. I heard discussion about it at Home Depot while buying foam sheets and visqueen for a job.
Somethings up because they already do alarm sound test usually one a month, and everyone already does the emergency test randomly. I think this is crap just to condition people into thinking it is the norm and be unprepared for something they really want to pull off
Personally I think your right, I'm curious to know "what" they're testing for since like you said they already do the 1st Saturday tornado tests. It's some kind of info grab, but for what?
The month of March is always Severe Weather Awareness. Participating states pick their week then it's up to the county/municipality/institution/business to carry out the drill based on SOP's. This is nothing new. Using homeland security as a name, yea, that threw me off, but I think there is adequate explanation in other comments.
Southern States probably are in March. The storms that bring severe weather mid Ohio and south are usually still snow here. I mean its not completely unheard of but most winters it isnt until mid April when we start seeing the warmer storms that bring severe weather.
This year though we did see some thunderstorms in February. But its back to cold and snow now. It was 15 this morning with a high of 34, 1-3 inches forecast tomorrow and enough to cover the grass yesterday. Its not this year but the lakes are usually still ice covered (with shanties still up) and 2 to 3 feet of frost in the ground.
What's interesting is that my friend said he was the only one in the office that got the message. Majority of people there live in Wayne County but only he got it. So I'm wondering why they're using a selective group.
Looks like that it happens to be the name of the County level Department/Agency. Not the Federal Agency. Or else it’d differentiate and not simply refer to it as “Wayne County” Dept of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
I know the department of homeland security just opened an office last year in one of the cities within Wayne County. But apart from that I wouldn't know the differences between federal homeland and local(ly based) homeland if I'm understanding your comment correctly
What I’m saying is it’s just the name of the County Level Emergency Management Department. The Federal Agency isn’t involved in the slightest.
https://www.waynecounty.com/departments/hsem/home.aspx
I’d imagine the name is probably a holdover from the Cold War.
TIL, great find friend
I don't even have local news stations because I stream everything
Which state is Wayne County in?
South East Michigan
Thanks OP.
Wayne County is Detroit.
Many Michigan municipalities are participating in this statewide drill today. Apparently, 1st Saturday of every month isn't enough.
Im assuming this is Wayne County, Michigan?
I live in Michigan. Sometime midmorning, I didnt look at the clock, I received an alert over my phone. It knocked my call off my phone. Then about an hour later we got another alert over the TV. Another hour after that, a third alert this time from the Michigan State Police came over the TV. Never seen that before. The Michigan State Police have never sent an alert out over the TV of any kind to my knowledge. These were Statewide alerts -- on a day it snowed and the day before 1-3 inches. And its still deep Winter north of Saginaw.
Whats weird is tornado alert tests on TV and phones have never occurred before these. We have a rather robust tornado siren system in SE Michigan that you can hear from anywhere. They test these at noon on the first Saturday of the month from April through September (maybe October).
A lot of people took note. I heard discussion about it at Home Depot while buying foam sheets and visqueen for a job.
Somethings up because they already do alarm sound test usually one a month, and everyone already does the emergency test randomly. I think this is crap just to condition people into thinking it is the norm and be unprepared for something they really want to pull off
Personally I think your right, I'm curious to know "what" they're testing for since like you said they already do the 1st Saturday tornado tests. It's some kind of info grab, but for what?
The month of March is always Severe Weather Awareness. Participating states pick their week then it's up to the county/municipality/institution/business to carry out the drill based on SOP's. This is nothing new. Using homeland security as a name, yea, that threw me off, but I think there is adequate explanation in other comments.
We dont do this until April in Michigan.
I'm learning from this thread kek. I thought it was all done in March. Maybe I need to research this more, just for curiosity's sake.
Southern States probably are in March. The storms that bring severe weather mid Ohio and south are usually still snow here. I mean its not completely unheard of but most winters it isnt until mid April when we start seeing the warmer storms that bring severe weather.
This year though we did see some thunderstorms in February. But its back to cold and snow now. It was 15 this morning with a high of 34, 1-3 inches forecast tomorrow and enough to cover the grass yesterday. Its not this year but the lakes are usually still ice covered (with shanties still up) and 2 to 3 feet of frost in the ground.
What's interesting is that my friend said he was the only one in the office that got the message. Majority of people there live in Wayne County but only he got it. So I'm wondering why they're using a selective group.
Hmmm.... ok yea that is interesting. I would think something like that would be county wide.