The Minden siren went off four times on Wednesday and Thursday and has been silent since. According to the County Manager's Office, it was never officially turned on.
After reading the R-C's story, Channel 2 News came down to Minden to tape the siren at noon on Friday and it didn't go off. The county is still working to get the siren on at noon only and Minden is still planning on finding away to revive the 6 p.m. siren on its own.
Stay tuned.
Genoa is still recovering from swelling to 200 times its normal size for Candy Dance. There are no major incidents to report and the town has lots of time to ponder the future now that the big party's over and autumn is settling in.
Town Manager Tom Peters said his last day is Sept. 29, which means he'll be gone for Genoa's first meeting in October.
Not much to talk about in terms of weather for the first full week of fall. The highs will stay in the 80s and the lows will drop into the 30s, but not quite freezing for the foreseeable future, according to the National Weather Service.
On Sept. 30 one of the best water years in a long time goes down in history. According to the National Weather Service, Minden received 181 percent of its average moisture during the water year. In all, 15.17 inches of precipitation fell in Carson Valley at Minden. An average water year is 8.38 inches.
The Weather Service says El Nino conditions have developed in the Pacific. El Nino effects are uncertain in Western Nevada. Generally it brings warmer temperatures to the West and drier conditions in the Pacific Northwest.
