CHARLESTON, Ore. (AP) — Dispatch staffers in the southern Oregon coast town of Charleston accidentally set off the local tsunami siren while working to update some notification systems on the radio network.
KVAL reports that (http://bit.ly/nWBhir) the long, solid tone heard Monday afternoon was not the official tsunami warning tone, which is an oscillating high-low sound like an air raid siren.
Charleston Fire Department employees stopped the tone in mid-cycle. KVAL says four people called 911 and one called the non-emergency line to find out if the tone was an actual warning.
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Information from: KVAL-TV, http://www.kval.com/
