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New York City has implemented a new drone warning system to alert residents to hazardous weather conditions. Unfortunately, the drones need to work on their Spanish.<\/p>\n
A resident spotted one of the new drones issuing a flood warning on Wednesday to NYC neighborhoods in English and Spanish, but the Spanish words that came out of the drones were \u201cincomprehensible,\u201d according to a resident who shared <\/a>.<\/p>\n As a Spanish speaker, I can confidently say that this is incomprehensible. The city couldn\u2019t find a single person who spoke Spanish to deliver this alert? https:\/\/t.co\/uI9ERCuDmV<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Josefa Vel\u00e1squez (@J__Velasquez) August 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n The drones had no problem issuing a weather warning in English as it delivered the news about an incoming batch of heavy rainfall in a clear and distinguishable tone. The Spanish message, however, sounded like a robot speaking the language for the first time.<\/p>\n Zach Iscol, the commissioner of NYC\u2019s emergency management department, <\/a> in a reply.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m very proud of the work our team has done preparing for this storm, but this shouldn\u2019t have happened and we\u2019re going to make sure it doesn\u2019t happen again,\u201d Iscol wrote in a reply.<\/p>\n <\/em><\/a> published a story on Tuesday about the new emergency alert drone system. The city sent the drones out to communities around 1 p.m. to inform residents about the heavy rainfall headed their way. Iscol told the newspaper that NYC Mayor Eric Adams came up with the idea to use drones as a new part of its warning system. Adams has instituted similar, tech-heavy initiatives during his term such as <\/a> that patrolled the Times Square subway station, and the controversial <\/a> also known as the \u201cDigidog,\u201d for the New York Police Department to use during hazardous situations like hostage standoffs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n