Yonatan Zunger (zunger) wrote,
Yonatan Zunger
zunger

What the...?

This morning at 0520, the town's main siren - the same one that they blare every noon to tell you that yes, it is the middle of the day - sounded six klaxons. This was answered, before the din had even died down, by the sound of sirens on the streets: lots of them. (We're near a fire station, so that may have been the source of that; from the number of sirens I'm guessing that every single vehicle in the station was dispatched at once)

There was neither high wind nor rain. No fire was on the horizon. We smelled no unusual smells, no smoke or bitter almonds, felt no unusual tastes in our mouths, no sudden concussion nor the whine of aircraft overhead.

In short, I have no fscking idea what that was all about, but I'll note: There is something very creepy about finding yourself in a foreign city when all the alarms go off, and realizing that you have no way whatsoever of finding out what's going on or what you should be doing in response.

So open questions to all: What would you guess the sirens were for? Natural disaster, accident, invasion from Mordor? And what would you do in a foreign city if sirens were to go off in the middle of the night?
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leback

January 3 2003, 16:39:22 UTC 12 years ago

I think I'd do exactly what the people around me were doing. Unless maybe it involved suiting up and arming themselves, or some such, in which case I'd probably hide. And not ask too many questions later, assuming there were the opportunity to do so.

zunger

January 4 2003, 01:48:14 UTC 12 years ago

But what do you do when you're in bed, and the person with you doesn't know what's happening any more than you do?

leback

January 4 2003, 09:32:08 UTC 12 years ago

Attempt to collect data for a larger value of "around," maybe. Or look for earplugs. :-)