Day 2: Air Raid Sirens? WTF?
So Heath and I are chilling out, me on my laptop going through photos, him lying back watching TV, when suddenly the LOUDEST air raid siren starts wailing in the distance. We both go outside, it's getting dark, and the entire Picton valley is just this echoing howl of doom. First thing I think is earthquake or tsunami or something. To be completely honest, the first thing I thought was ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, but it's getting so passe I had the good grace to look slightly embarrassed before blurting out "Don't worry, it's probably just a volcano or something". Funnily enough, I don't think it relaxed Heath in the slightest.
Luckily, the owner of the hotel figured we'd be all "WTF?!" and came out to tell us that it's the fire siren. Because the fire brigade in Picton is all volunteer, the siren needs to cover a long distance so all of the volunteers know there's a problem. Why it needs to sound like The End of The World, he was unable to explain.
Needless to say, I was quite disappointed with the lack of zombie hoards, though I am glad it wasn't earthquakes, tsunamis, or volcanoes.
Oh, and the news is telling us there's a likelihood of snow through the week. Does anyone know how to put snow chains on a car? Or where on the car they go?
Luckily, the owner of the hotel figured we'd be all "WTF?!" and came out to tell us that it's the fire siren. Because the fire brigade in Picton is all volunteer, the siren needs to cover a long distance so all of the volunteers know there's a problem. Why it needs to sound like The End of The World, he was unable to explain.
Needless to say, I was quite disappointed with the lack of zombie hoards, though I am glad it wasn't earthquakes, tsunamis, or volcanoes.
Oh, and the news is telling us there's a likelihood of snow through the week. Does anyone know how to put snow chains on a car? Or where on the car they go?
posted by Boon at
6:59 PM
2 Comments:
I'm pretty sure snow chains go around the bonnet. Also, my dad used to be in the volunteer fire fighters and they used pagers. It's amazing what you can do with technology these days.
I used the chains to tie the accelerator and break together. That way we can't accidently go too fast.
Also: Air Raid Sirens are WAY cooler than pagers. At least with the siren, everyone within 300 miles knows there's a rubbish bin on fire.
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