Ottawa County Emergency Management has invested in new cloud-based weather alert technology, which officials say is safer and more accurate.
WEST OLIVE — Ottawa County Emergency Management has invested in new cloud-based weather alert technology, which officials say is safer and more accurate.
Until now, sirens had to be manually turned on once a warning was issued by the National Weather Service. With the new software, sirens will be triggered automatically and only within the specific warning polygon issued by the NWS, as opposed to a quadrant or the whole county…