i bet the emergency hotlines going nuts, i hope its not serious let us know when you have found out what it was

[edit on 1-5-2009 by theflashor]

It was probably a tornado system test.

If it was sunny out and the siren went off then they are just testing. If it is rainy out then you might have a problem.

Just because a siren sounds doesn't mean that a tornado is on top of you. It means that a tornado was spotted in your County. So depending where it was spotted at, you probably have a good 15 minutes to get yourself together.

I'm in Kansas and we have 2 sirens. The first is a regular siren that lets you know one is in our County. Depending on the sky, that warning usually lets us know to turn on our local channels. The other is a voice alarm that says "This is a Tornado Warning, take shelter immediatley". When the second goes off then we know it is time to get in the ground.

you sure it was an alarm, did anyone else hear it?

i wouldnt worry if its stopped and theres still no sound of danger. Its been a good while now. Best to find out for future though mate,

look when the post was made, it shall answer your question.

Well, if there ever is a need to go somewhere for shelter, then buildings designated as fallout shelters are good places to go. Pay close attention to the public buildings you go to. I don't know what other places might be shelters, but our local library has the fallout shelter icon on the door, and on the front of the building. Anyone know what other buildings are common for fallout shelters?

Heck when we would hear those go off in Central Texas years ago that was like an alert to tell the tornado chasers to get in their pick-ups. By tornado chasers I mean tree cutters looking for some fallen trees to make a buck off of cutting up and getting off of someone's lawn or roof.

Those sirens would be their call to work.

We have Civil Defense testing the first working day of every month at 11:00 AM. Includes sirens and the EBS (Emergency Broadcast System).

[edit on 5/1/2009 by Phage]