Warning sirens helped this small Texas community survive flooding

Source: New York Post

As the Guadalupe River swelled from a wall of water heading downstream, sirens blared over the tiny river community of Comfort — a last-ditch warning to get out for those who had missed cellphone alerts and firefighters going street-to-street telling people to get out. Daniel Morales, assistant chief of the Comfort Volunteer Fire Department, believes that long, flat tone the morning of July Fourth saved lives. 5 The siren is a last-ditch warning to get out for those who had missed cellphone alerts and firefighters going street-to-street telling people to get out.