Patent ID: 7755481

Claim:
A disaster warning system comprising: a control unit, at least one peripheral alarm unit operationally connected to the control unit, and at least one peripheral acoustic sensor unit operationally connected to the control unit, wherein: the control unit comprises: a smoke detector, a carbon monoxide detector, a radio receiver, wherein the radio receiver is tunable to receive transmissions from commercial transmitters, governmental transmitters, and military transmitters, wherein the radio receiver is dimensioned and configured to receive location-specific weather alerts; a plurality of notification devices comprising a light, a speaker, and a vibrator, a transmitter, a signal generator operationally connected to the transmitter, a module board, and a LCD screen, wherein the LCD screen displays textual information about the status of the disaster warning system and information received by the radio receiver; wherein the at least one peripheral alarm unit is dimensioned and configured to create an alarm notification in response to an alarm signal transmitted by the control unit, the at least one peripheral alarm unit comprising: a receiver, a plurality of notification devices comprising a speaker, a light emitting diode, and a vibrator; wherein the at least one peripheral acoustic sensor unit is dimensioned and configured to detect an acoustic signature of an approaching tornado, and upon detection of an acoustic signature of an approaching tornado the at least one peripheral acoustic sensor unit generates a tornado warning signal and sends the tornado warning signal to the control unit, the control unit decodes the tornado warning signal and activates the plurality of notification devices, and the control unit sends the tornado warning signal to the at least one peripheral alarm unit and the at least one peripheral alarm unit decodes the tornado warning signal and activates the plurality of notification devices; wherein the control unit generates a warning signal when the smoke detector or carbon monoxide detector is activated and sends the warning signal to the at least one peripheral alarm unit, and the at least one peripheral alarm unit decodes the warning signal and activates the plurality of notification devices, and wherein the radio receiver is dimensioned and configured to receive location-specific weather alerts and play the weather alerts through the speaker in the control unit, and wherein the control unit sends the weather alert to the at least one peripheral alarm unit, and the at least one peripheral alarm unit plays the weather alert through the speaker.