If I were a tornado, I'd strike your area on the first Wednesday of a month. Right when everyone's guard will be down.
this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2024
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I'm not sure this is unpopular. Unscheduled alarms of any kind decrease response to real alarms. It's a thing.
You are probably right on that.
Idk where the hell you are but they run them on the first Tuesday of every month where I am.
Yep. Whenever I lived someplace with alarm testing for fire or tornado whatever, it was always at a set time every time. Local fire station testing volunteer callout siren? Noon, daily, one “rev”. Tornado? Monthly at whatever time, but it was regular.
Point being it was not unannounced or random.
You are 100% correct. I worked in Oak Ridge for ten years. Twice in that time the alarm went off on a day other than the first Wednesday. I shit myself a little both times, and that's how it should be.
Living in the south (USA) directly in tornado alley, the tests were rigidly scheduled.
Every Wednesday at noon, unless there was inclement weather.
OMG, that's insane.
My area tests them first Thursday of the month, and it's well-known. Came in handy last Tuesday when we had a real tornado and the sirens did their job. Between those and the EAS alerts on my phone, there was absolutely no ambiguity.
If my area started doing them randomly, I'd raise hell because of exactly what you described. I don't always have cell signal (T-Mobile sucks here), but I can hear the sirens clear as a bell.
Yeah. Our city tests them every Wednesday at noon. If there's any inclement weather, they specifically will not sound at noon. We call them the Wednesday Woos.