If it saves one life, it is worth it: Bill passes for 7 new tornado sirens in Maury County [Video]

MAURY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Parts of rural Maury County are getting their first tornado sirens after a violent tornado hit the area earlier this year.

However, not all Maury County commissioners agreed on the revised proposal.

With another tornado season starting soon in Middle Tennessee, some Maury County commissioners wanted to address community preparedness.

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In May, a EF3 tornodo tore through the county, resulting in the death a woman and leaving up to 12 people injured.

According to Jeff Hardy, the director of the Maury County Emergency Management Association (EMA), rural parts of the county currently do not have tornado sirens.

“We have gathering after gathering out at Yanahli, those are unprotected people,” Hardy explained. “There is no quick or easy place for those people to seek shelter.”

County commissioners originally considered buying three tornado sirens to distribute throughout parks and schools at a discounted price of $45,000 per siren, which was lowered …