Leolin (list of names in bio)

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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnkMSmLc6mM

#sirens #video #sound on #sound #spooky #scromble #scrombleposting

Noel B @NoelBWrites1/3/2023, 5:48 PM

In honor of first Tuesday of the year, here's Doodle during her first tornado warning experience

Let it be known she has plenty of comfy places to hide, she chose to sit there and be scared

#The Cohost Global Feed #cats of cohost #cat #sirens

rotates him @calico-catboy1/3/2023, 6:02 PM

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???

#Not even sure what to tag this with #I'm just floored tbh

Tenna Lotor @tenna1/3/2023, 7:09 PM

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?

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Sherliz Holmes @JhoiraArtificer11/1/2022, 6:51 PM

As someone who isn't from somewhere with tornado sirens, this would immediately make the hair stand up on the back of my neck if I heard it in a video game or movie. Dang!!!

Noel B @NoelBWrites11/1/2022, 7:27 PM

it doesn't help that the Chicago downtown sirens are especially creepy😭, most other tornado sirens have a more normal "whoooooooo" sound

gwen @gwenverbsnouns1/3/2023, 7:11 PM

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"

Noel B @NoelBWrites1/3/2023, 7:38 PM

that was my exact visceral reaction when I heard them for the first time lmao

~@modulusshift1/3/2023, 7:16 PM

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

Noel B @NoelBWrites1/3/2023, 7:40 PM

As far as I know it's only the loop. Now that I work from home most days I hear more normal sirens

The Web's Dear Freja @VampireExpert1/3/2023, 5:59 PM

Ours is less spooky and more disruptively loud, and the nationwide test is four times a year instead of every month, so it's even easier to forget about. If you see a bunch of Swedes suddenly posting "Tuuuuuuuuuuut" online, that's why! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgfVGdN4tW0

Noel B @NoelBWrites1/3/2023, 7:40 PM

Oh they are disruptively loud, don't you worry

also do you have tornadoes in Sweden?

The Web's Dear Freja @VampireExpert1/3/2023, 7:51 PM

We get just a few of them - more accurately, it's more of a general "serious danger to the public, stay indoors with windows closed and see government channels for information" alert. I don't think I've ever heard it used for real outside of the tests.

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aster @TerraSabaea1/3/2023, 7:46 PM

Poor kitty, hope she feels safe again soon!

Noel B @NoelBWrites1/3/2023, 9:33 PM

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)

kentsarrow @pseudotsuga1/12/2023, 9:59 AM

awwww, poor baby!! she looks so concerned.

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Noel B @NoelBWrites1/3/2023, 6:05 PM

It's to spook the tornadoes so they stay away

hellojed @hellojed1/3/2023, 9:00 PM

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!!!

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