Looks Like Brookfield Citizens weren’t too happy about losing their Tornado Sirens after all!!

Welcome to the Republican world of "personal responsibility."

Sure jaws dropped around the state and the rest of the country when Brookfield politicians decided that it was too expensive to spring for upgrades to their tornado warning system. It was breathtaking.

And it wasn’t just me or a few nanny staters who were appalled. Seems shocked and angry Brookfield residents started to worry about their own families safety. Hey, you take this rugged individualism and conservative bootstrap stuff can take you just so far before you have to say hold on, are you crazy!!

Brookfield Patch: After residents objected to a plan to stop using the city's emergency weather sirens system, aldermen voted unanimously Tuesday to study the issue further and identified funds that could continue the sirens' operation. Mayor Steve Ponto said he takes the concerns "very seriously."

The city will not be able to use its 11 sirens as of Jan. 1, unless it spends about $71,400 to switch from a wide radio band frequency to a narrow frequency as required by the Federal Communications Commission.

If someone puts you in the sights of a tornado, you better know that someone needs to come up with some answers, or get recalled for putting peoples lives at risk. Check out the following supposed justifications, that clearly shows they still don't get it:

The city's police and fire chiefs, finance director, mayor and department heads last month recommended against spending the funds, saying the sirens were not as effective as other ways to notify residents of dangerous weather. Weather radios, local television and radio news stations, cell phones, texts and robo-calls are other ways citizens could be apprised of tornados and other weather emergencies, they said.

But away from the strong conservative ideology guiding these fruit cakes, people in the community were stunned

Then residents learned of the changes through various media accounts, Emails and phone calls starting coming in. "I can't believe that anyone would think that it is a good idea to remove tornado warning sirens and replace them with text messages," Trish Johnson wrote to Ponto. "After all the tornados that have ripped through the Midwest, you still hold this opinion? Will you be able to live with yourself if, God forbid, our city is hit by one and citizens died because they did not get their notification?"

Ya think?

One man said perhaps city officials should be recalled over the issue.

One email backed the end of sirens … That man, Gene, said he was a law enforcement officer. "A NOAA weather radio is the way to go," he said. "Also this issue is about personal responsibility. People need to monitor the weather and know where their kids are at all times," Gene wrote.

 Have these people lost their collective minds?