A few weeks ago...
I'm working on Isle of Lewis and had to head into Stornoway to collect some stuff for the site. I'd just pulled into a garage for fuel when the air was torn apart by sirens coming from every angle.

It was the soundtrack to the end of the world and as a kid from the 'Threads' generation, Terror and panic were my first thoughts...

Never found out what it was all about, but they lasted for a few minutes....
( Larry Death Anger Pain Fear Aggression, Fri 15 Jun 2012, 12:38, 6 replies)

Was it a Wednesday about midday?
I ask because that's when they always used to test the alarms.
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Fri 15 Jun 2012, 20:56, closed)

It was probably the sirens at the gas tanks up on Sandwick road. Every now and then you hear them and think "they must be doing a drill again". So if they ever do go off for a proper emergency we'll all be blown to smithereens as we go about our merry ways thinking nothings wrong. On the upside, the new school's bomb proof because of the gas tanks up the road and the fuel dump down the road, so it might not fall apart in the first autumn gale. Maybe.
(who, me? The comedy account of someone who's not funny., Sun 17 Jun 2012, 15:08, closed)

You're up here too?
I thought that at first, but I headed up towards Plasterfield and the same siren was wailing near the back of the airport. Then the proper 'classic airaid' type kicked in....

I know in Cold War days, this would be one of the first targets...a deepwater port open to the North Atlantic and the perfect landing strip...
( Larry Death Anger Pain Fear Aggression, Sun 17 Jun 2012, 16:12, closed)

Yep another Sy person on b3ta, a most rare breed!
I live in town, so grew up hearing the gasworks alarm, but I've never heard any air raid sirens. Maybe something to do with the wargames that were on a couple of months back.
(who, me? The comedy account of someone who's not funny., Sun 17 Jun 2012, 17:12, closed)

Simons Road!
You ever in MacNeil's on a thursday night?
( Larry Death Anger Pain Fear Aggression, Mon 18 Jun 2012, 21:38, closed)

It's not the same as it was
I used to go religiously about 5 years ago, when you went out the front door and in the back to get to the pisser cos it was so busy. Tend to avoid the town now that it's so quiet.

Sorta catch-22 thing going on there..
(who, me? The comedy account of someone who's not funny., Tue 19 Jun 2012, 23:26, closed)