GREEN TOWNSHIP, Ind. (AP): A small township east of Indianapolis has its first tornado siren thanks to the efforts of a Girl Scout.
The siren was installed Tuesday in the Hancock County community of Green Township. The nearest siren had been located 10 miles away in Greenfield.
Katie Floyd says she saw the need for a siren in 2012 when a deadly tornado went through southern Indiana communities. She started fundraising for a siren for her community and got in contact with Illinois-based Federal Signal Corp., which knocked $17,000 off the cost of the siren.
Floyd also got a $10,000 grant from a local company.
With Floyd leaving for college next year, she says she's happy her hometown will be safer.
