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alicat · 02-03-2005, 08:52 PM

I'm in Michigan. We used to live in Detroit and the surrounding areas and for my entire life, the first Saturday of every month was when the tornado sirens went off (emergency sirens but we always called them tornado). We moved to the west coast of the state 11 yrs. ago and were in the same place until 1 1/2 yrs. ago. Just like back by Detroit, the sirens went off every first Saturday.

We moved to our new town (only 15 min. away) and it drives me crazy because there must be some nutjob in charge of the emergency sirens. Forget every first Saturday, the sirens go off on any day of the week, sometimes multiple times a month, and never for an emergency. I constantly scratch my head and think WTF? I'm too lazy to actually call city hall and ask someone what the deal is but it drives me batty. It's like the boy who cried wolf, how are we supposed to take the sirens seriously if they are always going off for no reason?! By the way, the "Test of the Emergency Broadcast System" is on a consistant weekly basis here, and yes, I tune it out. Kinda hard to do with loud as, WWII bomb shelter sirens that blare for 4 or 5 minutes straight.

Ali

02-03-2005, 08:52 PM	#19 (permalink)
alicat Baffled Location: West Michigan	I'm in Michigan. We used to live in Detroit and the surrounding areas and for my entire life, the first Saturday of every month was when the tornado sirens went off (emergency sirens but we always called them tornado). We moved to the west coast of the state 11 yrs. ago and were in the same place until 1 1/2 yrs. ago. Just like back by Detroit, the sirens went off every first Saturday. We moved to our new town (only 15 min. away) and it drives me crazy because there must be some nutjob in charge of the emergency sirens. Forget every first Saturday, the sirens go off on any day of the week, sometimes multiple times a month, and never for an emergency. I constantly scratch my head and think WTF? I'm too lazy to actually call city hall and ask someone what the deal is but it drives me batty. It's like the boy who cried wolf, how are we supposed to take the sirens seriously if they are always going off for no reason?! By the way, the "Test of the Emergency Broadcast System" is on a consistant weekly basis here, and yes, I tune it out. Kinda hard to do with loud as, WWII bomb shelter sirens that blare for 4 or 5 minutes straight. Ali __________________ 'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun, The frumious Bandersnatch!'--Jabberwocky, Lewis Carroll "You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late."--Ralph Waldo Emerson Last edited by alicat; 02-03-2005 at 08:57 PM..