In France
they test their civil defence sirens at noon on the first Wednesday of every month in major cities. I was unaware of this until suddenly a load of deafening air raid sirens started going off all over the place. Spent about a minute considering where to shelter then thought 'nah, I'll just film it for posterity'.
In the event of a surprise nuclear strike, smartphone users will be wiped out.
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John Q Wagonwheel Spent, Sun 26 Aug 2012, 16:39,
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I was in the Slavonia region of Croatia in 2000 when their air raid sirens went off
Began wondering whether the Serbians were kicking off again when someone pointed out that they now used the sirens to get their part-time fire brigade in for an emergency.
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Smiley_Neil filling the interweb with crap, Mon 27 Aug 2012, 16:01,
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