hale_bopp wrote:
ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
tornado sirens
Is that because of fear of the tornado or just the sound? I would hate that sound simply because it means there is a tornado coming.
It's the siren. There's one just a few feet from my house and it is so loud. I have yet to see a tornado but that siren goes off once a week, Saturdays at noon, for three minutes, also whenever a tornado warning is issued for the county. I don't see why they have to test it for three minutes each Saturday. Why not one minute instead?
As for the tornados, I have been through so many warnings, I have "tornado fatigue" and will not get scared until the tornado is actually right there about to hit the house I'm at. I stood in a relative's back yard just recently and witnessed the early stages of funnel formation, followed by golf ball sized hail. The wind started really blowing but not enough to cause me to be swept up in the air or anything. It did cause me to run into the house.