Dan Larson

Opinion

City of Wheat Ridge Civil Defense Sirens Reach Finish Line

As the City of Wheat Ridge moves to decommission its network of fifteen Emergency Notification sirens, I would like to provide a bit of context. Generally referred to as Civil Defense Sirens, for those of us who grew up in the 1950s and ‘60s, the wail of these sirens was a weekly reminder that dangerous

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Dan Larson July 3, 2024
Community

A Disruptive Power Outage and How to Be a Good Neighbor

Utility services are expected to be reliable. Electricity, natural gas, the internet, even land-line telephone service; we expect it is always there. Flip the switch, the light comes on. When the temperature dips, the furnace warms our home. Open our laptops, and wi-fi connects us to the world. We just take it for granted, and

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Dan Larson April 30, 2024
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