What's more current than the weather?

[Sundae]

They have flood sirens in Dana's part of the world. Adapted from the old air raid sirens.
(Hmmmm, that might be a poor comparison - did you ever have air raid sirens in the US?)

Must be terrifying to hear them.
Ooh! Found this on YouTube. Todmorden is close to Dana, as above.
Although this clip is of a test they were sounded this week...

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Sundae

...did you ever have air raid sirens in the US?)

Yes we had 'em. All over.

By the time I came along, they weren't 'air raid sirens' anymore. For a lot of years the old air raid siren, on the city square, was sounded every Friday at noon. We could hear it waaaay out in the county. Took forever to wind up/down.

Now, we have tornado sirens that blare the first Monday of the month at noon, and also when there's a tornado in the area. They're called COWS, County-wide Outdoor Warning Siren/System, wtfe.

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Yes we had 'em. All over.

By the time I came along, they weren't 'air raid sirens' anymore.
For a lot of years the old air raid siren, on the city square, was sounded every Friday at noon.
We could hear it waaaay out in the county.
Took forever to wind up/down. <snip>

In our town (Martin, TN) too, the siren blew at noon each day,
and was also the call to the volunteer fire dept.
With 1,2,3, or 4 blasts, volunteers from all over would head to that section of town
to meet up with the fire truck and it's 1 full-time paid fireman/driver.
That was back when the phones were still party line,
so word spread quickly whenever the siren blew.
It was a small town then, and fires were quite frequent.