Did anyone else hear an air raid siren?

[Cosimo]

I didn't hear a thing but then I was on the other side of London.

 

[The Halk]

This!

 

[Tikkabhuna]

Hmm, I'm living in Greenwich and I didn't hear a thing. Must have been a really deep sleep.

 

[Glaucus]

This!

That's very cool and if it's been implemented for so many years, why have we not had the infrastructure in place to tell sat nags useful information.

 

[Dunks]

I'm thoroughly confused now! The article says the fire is in London, but you are in Aberdeen? I'm sure my geography isnt that bad but those two arent that close right lol

Don't mind me, I'm just making a passing comment on sirens

 

[stockhausen]

Air raid sirens are being tested because of the imminent risk of a nuclear attack by Iranian ICBMs - TRUE DAT

Probably best to launch a preemptive defensive attack

 

[trigger-happy]

OH LAWD THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!!!

 

[Borrish]

Air raid sirens are still going on.

It's so weird, I didn't think I'd ever actually hear those things in my lifetime.

Must be terrible to be awoken by it, especially if you're old.

In the town I used to live they tested the air raid siren (I think it was first Sunday of each month or something). It is rather weird being woken up by a WW2 air raid siren going off.

 

[Admiral Huddy]

Did anyone else start humming Two Tribes?

 

[koolpc]

When the Olympics start then the sirens will prob be heard!! Hide!! lol

 

[ElliorR]

Hmm one caller to the BBC said

"you can't see your hand in front of your face. It's like a smelly fog. BRAINS"

Is this the start of the zombie apocalypse?

 

[One]

Hmm one caller to the BBC said

"you can't see your hand in front of your face. It's like a smelly fog. BRAINS"

Is this the start of the zombie apocalypse?

Probably knocked 10 years off his life expectancy.

 

[Bengaboy]

I used to hear one every week - I think it's Mondays, at 9am, where they sound one off at Devonport dockyard, in Plymouth.

When I was based down there (fresh out of training), nobody told me about the fact they test it every Monday morning - so the 1st time, I was sitting in my office really excited to start working, and then BAM! Heard this and absolutely **** myself!!!

They all got a bit of a laugh out of it though....

 

[anjs]

Try moving to east Berkshire we get this every Monday morning at 10 testing the Broadmoor escape alarm. The lok of horror on new people to the areas faces when they are not expecting it is priceless

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2WU9qwDI_Y

 

[Ceryndrion]

surprisingly, many of us that grew up in the 70s/80s, especially around coastal areas (the wash especially) will remember the air raid sirens being tested regularly, as they were used as part of the coastal defence network. And why do they use ww2 era air raid sirens? because they work so damn well..

Oh the memories...

 

[ChocolateStarfishRammer]

Tut amatures! When I lived in Southampton we had an air raid siren go off regularly. Good times.

Yeah I hear it every week!

At first it was a little worrying but just background noise now..

Pretty sure its when some factory is moving (dumping into the sea) biohazard waste or something.

 

[Baz]

surprisingly, many of us that grew up in the 70s/80s, especially around coastal areas (the wash especially) will remember the air raid sirens being tested regularly, as they were used as part of the coastal defence network. And why do they use ww2 era air raid sirens? because they work so damn well..

Oh the memories...

Still get them testing every year or so around Spalding...

 

[bloodiedathame]

Did anyone else start humming Two Tribes?

Me! My Dad woke me up one morning with that song, I genuinely looked out of the window expecting to see smoke rising on the horizon, tanks rolling down the road and planes dogfighting in the sky. I was so disappointed.

 

[Feek]

surprisingly, many of us that grew up in the 70s/80s, especially around coastal areas (the wash especially) will remember the air raid sirens being tested regularly, as they were used as part of the coastal defence network. And why do they use ww2 era air raid sirens? because they work so damn well..

Still get them testing every year or so around Spalding...

Yup, we get them tested regularly. I find them a little unnerving, considering what they were originally used for.

 

[Unicorn]

We had ours in Grimsby changed and they are now used as Flood Warning Sirens. Occasionally get tested and wake me up on sunday mornings. Damnit