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All Clear Siren

Siren sounds until a public hazard is detected.
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All cities will have a grid of one mile squares laid out on a map. At each intersection a 180 HP Chrysler gasoline powered air raid siren ( http://www.victorysiren.com for info) will be installed and sound continuously until a hazardous condition requiring public notification is detected. At such times, all sirens will shut down to allow citizens to hear the official instructions from the government. Field tests of this systm have also demonstrated a tendency toward massive reduction of the rodent population as a bebeficial side effect.
dreaminfusion, Dec 21 2003

CHRYSLER AIR RAID SIREN http://www.victorysiren.com/x/index.htm
It's the size of a car! [baconbrain, Nov 19 2012]

Biber http://en.wikipedia...i/Biber_(submarine)
Sunk without trace … [8th of 7, Nov 19 2012]

Everything's OK alarm http://www.youtube....watch?v=lTzByQTeyJQ
[bs0u0155, Nov 19 2012]


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       Living near a tornado siren that was on a great deal of the morning as it was installed, I can personally say this is a very bad idea.
Baker^-1, Dec 21 2003
  

       Hardy har. (-)
motive power, Dec 21 2003
  

       The sirens you speak of "is so powerful that it can reportedly start fires with just the sound vibrations it produces. " One on every intersection, you say? Yup.
Magik, Dec 21 2003
  

       I voted against it but I love the thinking. I laughed hard.   

       There should be a kind of marking or other axis of appreciation here in the half bakery rather than (or in addition to) the For/Against options. Since this is a perfectly awful idea rather than just a dumb or poorly thought-out one. It should not be confused with them.
DadManWalking, Dec 21 2003
  

       The typo in the last sentence makes me think this could work on Biebers, too.
baconbrain, Nov 19 2012
  

       But not Bibers- you need depth charges for them …   

       <link>
8th of 7, Nov 19 2012
  

       Simpson's did it <link>
bs0u0155, Nov 19 2012
  

       I always wondered about that "3 o'clock and all's well !" stuff.   

       More realistically it's "3 o'clock and I'm not asleep boss, really !"
FlyingToaster, Nov 19 2012
  


 

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