Whether for an impending tornado or something with a questionable title such as straight-line winds, our residents need warning.

Adams County supervisors have tossed around the idea of adding more warning sirens in outlying areas for years. The subject is practically one of those once-a-meeting topics that someone brings up, the group discusses and cost ends up sidelining.

But now they&8217;ve crafted a plan, and a test of the latest addition may pierce the afternoon silence in the Morgantown area soon.

A site off Booker Road &8212; a tributary of Morgantown Road &8212; is now home to the county&8217;s newest warning siren. Emergency Management has to wait for the right conditions to test the siren, but it is there when needed.

And this is just the beginning, Board of Supervisors President Darryl Grennell says. The county&8217;s plan includes adding a siren each year, until all territory is covered.

The next areas on the list are Fenwick, LaGrange and Cloverdale. Before the Booker Road siren, the only ones in the county were on U.S. 61 South, Liberty Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Street. As annoying as the sunny afternoon &8220;this is only a test&8221; may be &8212; these sirens aren&8217;t loud enough to carry out to LaGrange or Cloverdale.

With one plan in place and priorities set, the long-term goals include replacing the older sirens with modern ones.

County government has a long list of responsibilities; seeing public safety finally at the top of the list is great.