Air Siren Just Scared me into reality!!!

reply to post by defcon5

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regardless is it says earthquake or not, its still helpful info. Thank you for posting that

reply to post by Mercenary2007

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Thanks Mercenary The basement would be good if it was something like a tornado. I tend to think worse case scenario when I hear things like that, like an air raid or nuclear attack. As far as finding out what my town does to alert the people who lives here, I would have to find a website that goes into detail about that. Any idea on where I would find that? Maybe on the city website? I'm going to check that now..

I would go here and get the number to the Fire Dept and non emergency police number:

www.wilkes-barre.pa.us...
www.wilkes-barre.pa.us...

Also, some more info:
www.clintoncountylepc.org...

They will be able to help you. good luck!

[edit on 5/1/2009 by greeneyedleo]

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

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reply to post by greeneyedleo

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Thank you for the links! I just went to this site

www.luzernecounty.org...

I think I will have to call in the morning, because they don't give any info about what I need to know.

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.

I just found this article from 2007. It says that most of Wilkes Barre doesn't have an air siren, but they were looking into making a county wide alert.. Weird. I have to find out if they ever did this and if not, if the siren is near my house..

www.highbeam.com...

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

reply to post by theflashor

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No, that was an unmistakable noise.. I am home alone, but there was no way to confuse that with anything else. It was long, loud, and had a faint echo to it. It sounded like what you would hear in a war movie, just a lot louder and deeper.

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,

reply to post by KaginD

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What time was it "broadcast"? Day or Night?

Any inclement weather in the area?

In my community they "test" the sirens on the 1st of the month at 12 noon...

Just a thought...

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.

reply to post by Hx3_1963

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We get them everyday at noon.

We call it the Flintstone alarm.

reply to post by jd140

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everyday damn!

all year round?

reply to post by theflashor

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I had seen the time of the post, but, thought maybe she was relating something from earlier in the day...

My Bad...

Have a great crisis !

reply to post by theflashor

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Yep everyday at 12 noon sharp year round.

I live smack dab in the center of Kansas so they make sure its working.

reply to post by jd140

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Are you sure that is an Air Raid Siren, it sounds more like a Notification Siren used in a plant, mill, or a mine. An Air Raid siren is pretty darn distinct, a very eerie wailing sound, and you will not forget once you hear one go off. I have only ever heard one once, and I will never forget what it sounded like, especially considering that when it went off, I was nowhere near any kind of safe cover. You immediately feel pretty darn helpless in that situation, I am sure that is the same way that the OP felt.

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]