Air raid sirens in Britian

EURO_John316 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Dec 24, 2006 Posts: 63

~S~ Guys I saw a picture of some of those big ge electric sirens from world war 2 do those still work.

Shades · Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:50 am Post subject: Re: Air raid sirens in Britian

Yep.
You can still see some of 'em in situ, in and around London.
Don't know 'bout the rest of the country but there's still some here.
Every once in a while they test 'em.
Interesting sound for me.
Scares the heck outta all the Sunday-Shopper-Grannies though.

EURO_Talus · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:10 pm Post subject: Re: Air raid sirens in Britian

I just had dinner with my 91 year-old sister-in-law's Mom who was an ambulance driver in London during the Blitz (scumbags). She still got all tensed-up talking about it and she is cool as ice, otherwise.

Just remember Regensburg, and Dresden and you'll feel alright, the sons of bitches.

Shades · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: Air raid sirens in Britian

Wait!
Your sister-in-law is 91?
Or her Mom?

wheelsup_cavu · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:04 pm Post subject: Re: Air raid sirens in Britian

I remember some communities having Air raid sirens in Illinois in the 1970's. They could be heard for miles and were used for tornado warnings. I haven't been back to Illinois in years so I don't know if they still have them around?
Always scared trhe heck out of me when they tested one.

Wheels

HF_SlowHand · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:06 am Post subject: Re: Air raid sirens in Britian

We didn't have the sirens but we had the search lights - whenever there was a circus, fair etc they would crank up the engines and fire them up - you could see them for miles and miles . . .

Shadow_Bshwackr · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:58 am Post subject: Re: Air raid sirens in Britian

wheelsup_cavu wrote:

I remember some communities having Air raid sirens in Illinois in the 1970's. They could be heard for miles and were used for tornado warnings. I haven't been back to Illinois in years so I don't know if they still have them around?
Always scared trhe heck out of me when they tested one.

Wheels

Yep Wheels, I have one in my town and it goes off every day at noon for 5 seconds. I guess some people need to be reminded it's time to eat... (

Not me however...lol )

Shades · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:55 pm Post subject: Re: Air raid sirens in Britian

Shadow_Bshwackr wrote:

I have one in my town and it goes off every day at noon for 5 seconds. I guess some people need to be reminded it's time to eat... (

Not me however...lol )

Oh sure.
And I suppose it has nothing to do with a recent petition from concerned Shepherds in your neighbourhood...!
Razz

wheelsup_cavu · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:04 am Post subject: Re: Air raid sirens in Britian

Shadow_Bshwackr wrote:

Yep Wheels, I have one in my town and it goes off every day at noon for 5 seconds. I guess some people need to be reminded it's time to eat... (

Not me however...lol )

That's actually pretty cool that they are still being used.
You could get used to it if they did it every day. It's the once every 6 months or so that will catch you off guard. It seemed just about the time you had completely forgot about them is when the next test happened.

I don't need an alarm to know when it is time to eat either.

Wheels