Goddamn people who cry wolf.

[Neoma]

You know, it might be a bad time, since there's a blizzard and all...To test the tornado alarm (for the whole town) and the fire alarm (for the building I live in) at THE SAME TIME.

I went on full panic mode! Blast them.

[In_The_Wind]

1. Oh. I am so sorry!

[Neoma]

2. At least I got dressed pretty fast this morning.

[In_The_Wind]

4. I always keep something to throw on. My sarong isn't good outside in winter.

[MicaelS]

5. So just how fast DID you get dressed?

Did you remember to wear clean underwear, just in case you got into an accident?

Oh yes, forgot to mention, I used to live about 100 ft away from the Fire Station in a small town. Goddamn, that siren was loud when it went off.

[Neoma]

6. I can walk to the fire station, ambulances and the hospital.

As well as pretty much any other place. I also live by a band shell and the train station, so I'm no stranger to noise. The worst thing is actually the church bells...

Oh yeah, and the carnival I suppose.

[MicaelS]

7. Why the Church bells? n/t

[Neoma]

8. There's 4 churches surrounding my building...

[MicaelS]

9. Ouch, that would terrible.

Personally I never sleep without earplugs.

[Neoma]

10. It's relatively quiet at night.

I got used to it. I mean, compared to Tennessee and all.

[TheMadMonk]

14. 3 chain (200 ft) for me as a kid. And it was a rare day I wasn't first there...

...to open the doors, stick my head in the (unstaffed) radio room to see if I could hear what was what, and on the odd occasion be ringing the bell that signified it was a town fire, all usually well before any members of the brigade arrived.

[pipi_k]

3. Those alarms

were the bane of my child/teenager hood.

Every Friday at noon public buildings would test their air raid alarms. You know...those huge yellow things on the roof.

The wail from those things was blood-chilling and would send me into a panic every time.


As far as the crying wolf thing...I'm in New England and the forecast models can't seem to agree on how bad the impending storm is going to be, so nobody wants to cry wolf.

Yet.

[OriginalGeek]

15. A smart enemy

would have attacked on Friday at noon.

Good thing they never thought of that!

[kurtzapril4]

11. They test the alarms here

The first Tuesday of every month at 10 AM, from March-October. March 1 is the beginning of meteorological Spring, and also the start of tornado season. And yes, it made me jump, too! What's eerier, to me, is that after they test the tornado sirens, they test the air-raid sirens...which I hope I never hear for real in my life, ever!

[Neoma]

12. The first Tuesday of every month at 10 AM?

Same here.

[kurtzapril4]

13. Yep!

The neighbor's dog howls along like a wolf, LOL!