Comments on: I Can Hear an Air Raid Siren http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren A Site About Everything and Nothing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:17:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on I Can Hear an Air Raid Siren by: Andrew http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11684 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:49:06 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11684 this is a subject i'v always been rather sensitive aout.... I was traumatized as a child because in 1 week we were taght about the war and the hiroshima bombing at school then went home and found an old vinyl of frankie goes to hollywood's "two tribes", then to the following day on the way to school hearing the dull sound of an old air raid siren.... this affected me pretty badly and to this day if i hear anything that sounds like an air raid siren it gives me almost paralyzing type fear..... although this siren i heard on the way to school happened every monday at 10am and it was faint, so i put it down to a test, "just incase". it's still a very ominous sound and one to be feared in my book. if anyone can give me any info on tests of these community evacuation alarms or "doomsday whistle's" it would be appreciated. thanks this is a subject i’v always been rather sensitive aout…. I was traumatized as a child because in 1 week we were taght about the war and the hiroshima bombing at school then went home and found an old vinyl of frankie goes to hollywood’s “two tribes”, then to the following day on the way to school hearing the dull sound of an old air raid siren…. this affected me pretty badly and to this day if i hear anything that sounds like an air raid siren it gives me almost paralyzing type fear….. although this siren i heard on the way to school happened every monday at 10am and it was faint, so i put it down to a test, “just incase”. it’s still a very ominous sound and one to be feared in my book. if anyone can give me any info on tests of these community evacuation alarms or “doomsday whistle’s” it would be appreciated. thanks

]]> Comment on I Can Hear an Air Raid Siren by: chris keyworth http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11500 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:03:27 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11500 well i guess were toast.... the debate is how much notice will we get of an explosion they have a tendancy to just happen my guess is if you hear it its to late to do anything about anyway... regards chris well i guess were toast….

the debate is how much notice will we get of an explosion they have a tendancy to just happen my guess is if you hear it its to late to do anything about anyway…

regards chris

]]> Comment on I Can Hear an Air Raid Siren by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11499 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:57:15 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11499 Chris, I don't like the sound of "the community evacuation siren" :( Without being glib - what if a disatster happens on the siren test day ? Best Rod Chris,
I don’t like the sound of “the community evacuation siren” :(
Without being glib - what if a disatster happens on the siren test day ?
Best
Rod

]]> Comment on I Can Hear an Air Raid Siren by: chris keyworth http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11498 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:28:18 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11498 Ive been on both sides here.. but nowadays i have to put up with them twice a week and reframe from putting my NBC kit on , the refinery next to immingham test there fire sirens regular but we all know what they mean round here, but we also have somthing a bit different inbetween habrough and killingholme there is a Directional low frequency siren which is tested twice a year the next one is on April 17th it is the community evacuation siren if you can hear this and it goes off on any day other than the test days then you are in danger, it was installed after the refinery went boom the last time. somtimes the fire siren goes off every day this sounds like an air raid siren and is very loud but the evacuation siren is extremly loud and can be heard where i live aprox 4 miles away any unsuspecting visitor would be scared out of there witts.. regards chris Ive been on both sides here.. but nowadays i have to put up with them twice a week and reframe from putting my NBC kit on , the refinery next to immingham test there fire sirens regular but we all know what they mean round here, but we also have somthing a bit different inbetween habrough and killingholme there is a Directional low frequency siren which is tested twice a year the next one is on April 17th it is the community evacuation siren if you can hear this and it goes off on any day other than the test days then you are in danger, it was installed after the refinery went boom the last time. somtimes the fire siren goes off every day this sounds like an air raid siren and is very loud but the evacuation siren is extremly loud and can be heard where i live aprox 4 miles away any unsuspecting visitor would be scared out of there witts..

regards
chris

]]> Comment on I Can Hear an Air Raid Siren by: Amiguru http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11497 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:28:12 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11497 Rod, Generally they do, except some of the newcomers! I have just e-mailed you yet another historic Grimsby map. Regards, N :twisted: le Rod,

Generally they do, except some of the newcomers!

I have just e-mailed you yet another historic Grimsby map.

Regards,
N :twisted: le

]]> Comment on I Can Hear an Air Raid Siren by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11496 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:06:10 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11496 Neville, do all the locals know what the siren is I wonder ? In Louth when the flood warning was sounded the other year people were all wondering what the noise was ! Alarmingly Yours Rod Neville,
do all the locals know what the siren is I wonder ?
In Louth when the flood warning was sounded the other year people were all wondering what the noise was !
Alarmingly Yours
Rod

]]> Comment on I Can Hear an Air Raid Siren by: Amiguru http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11494 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:55:34 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11494 Ooops, For WWI read WWII.......I'm not that old :oops: N :twisted: le Ooops,
For WWI read WWII…….I’m not that old :oops:
N :twisted: le

]]> Comment on I Can Hear an Air Raid Siren by: Amiguru http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11493 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:53:00 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11493 Rod, Not only was I in the floods of 1953 when we lived in the village of Huttoft, near Sutton-on-Sea, but I now live on the coast of Essex in a locality where 38 people lost their livesin the same floods. Now get this - the school where I work has one of these original WWI sirens <b>in the school grounds</b> and it too is periodically tested. Warnings of the impending tests are publicised in local newspaper and on the local radio. They invariable are timed for 11am and the one at our school is about 30 feet from the ICT suite where I am based! I can tell you you don't want to be outside and close to this thing when it goes off :!: Furthermore I am old enough to have been around during the war and as soon as the siren starts my hair stands on end, such was the impression on me as a young child. Regards, N :twisted: le Rod,

Not only was I in the floods of 1953 when we lived in the village of Huttoft, near Sutton-on-Sea, but I now live on the coast of Essex in a locality where 38 people lost their livesin the same floods. Now get this - the school where I work has one of these original WWI sirens in the school grounds and it too is periodically tested. Warnings of the impending tests are publicised in local newspaper and on the local radio.
They invariable are timed for 11am and the one at our school is about 30 feet from the ICT suite where I am based! I can tell you you don’t want to be outside and close to this thing when it goes off :!: Furthermore I am old enough to have been around during the war and as soon as the siren starts my hair stands on end, such was the impression on me as a young child.

Regards,
N :twisted: le

]]> Comment on I Can Hear an Air Raid Siren by: Andy http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11489 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:37:18 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-11489 I too live in Whitley Bay and heard the WW2 siren going off at around 11am on Sunday morning (though Sunday gone, so would have been the 24 Jan) . I've actually just Googled "air raid siren Whitley Bay" just to see if there was any chatter about it! Most perturbing... I was just going into Sainsbury's and had to make the decision whether to rush home and hug my family, or continuing shopping for wine and broccoli. I chose a common sense "must be a mistake approach" and the latter and found the soothing normality of bored shoppers just the tonic for lingering fears about nuclear fallout. And if the bomb did drop, at least I was close to the spirits... It's not the first time I've heard it. It also sounded during an A-level exam at Whitley High in 1988, but this time it did go on for longer! I don't know where its located though... I too live in Whitley Bay and heard the WW2 siren going off at around 11am on Sunday morning (though Sunday gone, so would have been the 24 Jan) . I’ve actually just Googled “air raid siren Whitley Bay” just to see if there was any chatter about it! Most perturbing…
I was just going into Sainsbury’s and had to make the decision whether to rush home and hug my family, or continuing shopping for wine and broccoli. I chose a common sense “must be a mistake approach” and the latter and found the soothing normality of bored shoppers just the tonic for lingering fears about nuclear fallout. And if the bomb did drop, at least I was close to the spirits…
It’s not the first time I’ve heard it. It also sounded during an A-level exam at Whitley High in 1988, but this time it did go on for longer! I don’t know where its located though…

]]> Comment on I Can Hear an Air Raid Siren by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-8228 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:24:08 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/i-can-hear-an-air-raid-siren#comment-8228 Hi Ben thanks for the comment, much appreciated and welcome to the site. There were people on the local news saying they didn't know what it was, likewise I personally know of people who live there and they didn't know. All the best Rod Hi Ben
thanks for the comment, much appreciated and welcome to the site.
There were people on the local news saying they didn’t know what it was, likewise I personally know of people who live there and they didn’t know.
All the best
Rod

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