I live in the city. Since the new year, I've been hearing them at least once an hour throughout the day and night, but usually more like every 15 minutes or so. Before the new year, over the last two years during this fake pandemic, they've been regular at specific times of day: in the morning when people are going to work, when they get off for lunch, when they're going home from work, and then throughout the evening until most people have gone home for the night.
I sent an email to complain to the city, and they responded saying something about the need to test the sirens. A bunch of BS.
I live in the city.
My deepest sympathy.
I'm in a village, established in the 1800's. We even have a water tower ala Petticoat Junction. There's a couple of Hootervilles about a half hour away and Mount Pilot is about an hour. Sirens around me are still pretty rare. (They test the big emergency sirens once a month.)
When I hear them, I go to broadcastify.com and pull up the local police/fire channels to listen to. Perhaps you can find channels near you so you can hear what those sirens are responding to.
You're blessed to live where you do. It sounds like the kind of place I would like to be.
broadcastify.com is only for the US. I'm in Canada.
Is this Mount Pilot?
According to this page, not only is broadcastify in Canada, but the drop down menu lists a bunch of other countries, as well.
https://m.broadcastify.com/listen/coid/2
No, that's not my Mount Pilot, but it sure looks lovely! I was making a reference to the big city they used to drive in to from Mayberry on the Andy Griffith Show.
We lived in an outer ring suburb of a major metropolitan city. Had enough of the asphalt jungle and not even the small, outlying cities (Hootervilles), were far enough removed, so we ended up in 'Petticoat Junction' (yeah, I loved the 60's tv shows).
Got the chance of a lifetime that we never thought we'd get, to move away. Almost 30 years of bliss in this historic village in the middle of nurseries, farms and vineyards. Lot of great local wineries. If the lake ever freezes again, I'll walk up and bring you a bottle or two! ;)
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