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The best is that they play church bells on Sunday Morning. Some of my best memories are sitting in the deer woods as a kid 6 miles away listening to the Church Bells ring.
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Re: Does your town blow the siren at noon?
[Re: 52Carl]
#8060318 01/26/2412:18 AM01/26/2412:18 AM
Little town I grew up in had a siren go off at noon every day. Everyone called it The Noon Whistle. It was a warning for tornadoes. I guess we all would have got blown away if one came through at noon...
not sure about yours our noon whistle was like 1 rotation maybe 15-20 seconds
tornadoes it blares for 5+ minutes
about a minute in I bet you would figure it out
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Re: Does your town blow the siren at noon?
[Re: Gary Benson]
#8060333 01/26/2412:49 AM01/26/2412:49 AM
At noon my whole life. Just thought everyone did it.
Originally Posted by Scott__aR
One a week (Wednesdays) at noon, to test the system's operational status.
Just my opinion, but sounding it daily only leads to its' ineffectiveness, as people get conditioned to ignoring it.
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Nope, tells us farmers it's lunch time. All different calls have different sounds/durations. You can tell what kind of call it is rescue, fire, etc.... by the alarm if you know the code. There's no getting condition to ignoring it. Just the opposite, if it's not the noon whistle (which sounds different) everyone wants to know what is going on.
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Re: Does your town blow the siren at noon?
[Re: Gary Benson]
#8060395 01/26/2405:44 AM01/26/2405:44 AM
A church across the road plays bells on Sunday and I had a Beagle That could really sing a tune when they did. The wimmen would come out of the church to watch him, lol.
Re: Does your town blow the siren at noon?
[Re: Gary Benson]
#8060412 01/26/2406:41 AM01/26/2406:41 AM
Yep, at noon. They quit doing it 15-20 years ago for about a year, but then they started doing it again. I live out of town but you can hear that whistle for miles and miles. If I'm outside it lets me know what time it is.
Re: Does your town blow the siren at noon?
[Re: Gary Benson]
#8060485 01/26/2408:31 AM01/26/2408:31 AM
Not just a rural thing. I grew up in the burbs in southern New England. The fire house was about a mile down our road and the whistle went off at 6 pm every evening in addition to whenever they were heading out on a call. If it wasn't 6 pm you knew there was a fire somewhere and it warned everyone to watch out for the trucks tearing out of the firehouse and going down the road. I left that part of the country behind as fast as I could almost 50 yrs ago so have no idea if it is still done.
We checked our clocks against the whistle time and reset to match if needed. Here in rural southwest Va I never hear alarms unless there is a fire so I assume it isn't done.
Re: Does your town blow the siren at noon?
[Re: Gary Benson]
#8060517 01/26/2409:15 AM01/26/2409:15 AM