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NoelBWrites
@NoelBWrites

This means Chicago tests the tornado sirens. It happens every month. I forget every month. Every first Tuesday of the month I hear this, without knowing what the fuck is going on, before I remember 2 minutes later:


calico-catboy
@calico-catboy

I had seen a video of this before, but I wasn't convinced it was real. And now I'm finding out not only is it real, but this is a monthly occurrence people just live with???


tenna
@tenna

the only thing that's on my mind is

what if there's an actual legit tornado in Chicago on the first tuesday of a month? is there some other sort of backup system that goes "no this isn't just a test this is an actual serious problem" or are they just banking on tornadoes hating the first tuesday of any given month?


AE-et-al
@AE-et-al

They had similar sirens in SF (idk what for. Tsunami? Air raids?) and it would be Tuesday at noon.

Every

Single

Week

But they turned it off late 2019 to upgrade the system then covid happened so it still isn't fixed yet.

Here's a video that has the Ferry Building top of the hour jingle AND the sirens.

It was a good signal to go get lunch lol


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in reply to @NoelBWrites's post:

yeah everywhere I've lived with tornado sirens, they've sounded much less eerie, wow

those sound more like "the planes have collided and the armies of madness are invading, trust no one and avoid acute angles"

yeah I was just thinking, I feel like I should remember hearing something this distinctive living in Chicago for a year, but I wasn't living anywhere near the Loop

also somewhat possible it does sound like this down by UChicago and I was just always asleep on the first Tuesday of the month at 10am rofl

in reply to @NoelBWrites's post:

This was last year and once the storm passed she climbed down from the window and purred herself to sleep on my lap, so she's okay!

(I think her first reaction when something is scary is to go keep an eye on the scary thing, to make sure it doesn't try anything funny. She does this with storms, fireworks, the vacuum, new people, etc)

in reply to @calico-catboy's post:

One of the things I don't miss about the midwest! Also the constant warning blips on the radio that would play over music to warn us of severe weather/tornadoes and then also the TV overlays warning us of oncoming tornadoes/severe weather!!!

in reply to @AE-et-al's post:

They only NOW have an app for your phone that alerts you to earthquakes, and even THEN it might give you 1-5 seconds. And that is 100% automated. Earthquakes happen suddenly and can't be predicted, and the SF sirens have been around for a super long time.

I think it might be for tsunamis that is the only thing I can think of, since we don't have extreme weather.

Ah...

Yeah earthquakes were the only thing I could think of that's both extreme and something I recall could happen in the bay area, but I'll admit I've managed to avoid pretty much any extreme weather that'd warrant an alarm like that, at least this far in my life (knock on wood)