Trion Mayor Lanny Thomas told WZQZ News this past week that several people had been questioning how the town’s tornado warning siren works.  Mayor Thomas explained, “With the recent storms and tornado warnings, I have had several people reach out to me asking how the siren system works and who decides to set off the alarms. The Mayor nor anyone working with the Town of Trion is responsible for setting off the alarm. The tornado siren works in a polygon format that is sent out from the National Weather Service, Peachtree City, Atlanta, GA. If the system were to be down and the polygons cannot be defined 911 is alerted and they will manually set off all sirens throughout the county. I hope this explains how the alarm system in Trion works. Hopefully, we will be hearing less of it. Please, if you do hear the siren, find safe shelter immediately.”