Ours are usually on the first Wednesday of the month, but we had a scheduled one this week on Thursday and it scared the shit out of me.
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Live in Oklahoma. Sirens get tested daily at noon. State doesn't fuck around.
Every day??
oklahoma is tornado alley central. You kinda have to down there.
Yep, you always know when noon hits. If you're outside of course. It's not too disruptive inside.
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Tuesday for me
First Tuesday of the month and at 10am.
tornado sirens on a noon during wednesday: chill tornado sirens at literally any other time: oh, oh no.
Oooh, I get to share my favorite link to Creepy Chicago Sirens
Fun fact: despite the videos claiming the sirens were broken, they actually weren't. The sirens (Federal Signal Modulators) were performing the Alternate Wail signal, a combination of the Wail and Hi-Lo signals. All Federal Signal electronic speaker sirens can perform this signal, as well as the mechanical Thunderbolt 1003 and 3T22 sirens also made by the same company. Chicago sadly switched to the standard Wail signal years back.
Happy birthday Trevor Henderson.
We get the tornado alarm test on the first Monday of the month at noon. Hope one never hits at that time, because nobody would bat an eye.
A similar thing applies for Sweden, where there's a quarterly test of the public emergency warning system, which always happens at 15:00 on Mondays.
The system has the nickname "Hesa Fredrik" ("Hoarse Fredrik").
Since this system will be used in case of an attack in the event of a war, this means we have to contemplate if Russia is attacking or if it's just Monday each time we hear the signal.
We test every first Monday at 11am, but after the siren, there's a voice saying that it's a test, broadcasted over the entire city. It was pretty eerie the first time I heard it.
Nah just check the time, if it's noon you're good. If it ain't noon you check the news and make sure it isn't a scheduled one at 10am for some test because they're planning to replace the sirens with new equipment. If it ain't that because the internet's out then it's probably real but if not you got a moment to see if it's real for another reason
If I'm an ambitious tornado, I'mma touch down exactly at Noon on Wednesday. Y'all'n't seen that coming didja?
I legit think that every time I hear it "if I was a tornado thisd be when I'd do it tell ya hwhat"
Start by checking the weather outside. If it's sunny and clear, no tornado. If not, start looking - places I've been at least, they've been reluctant to test if there's even much cloud coverage.
First monday of the month for my area