Ok, I've lived in SoMD now since 2008 (Lexington Park, now Hollywood). Can anyone tell me the meaning or reason for the siren horns that go off? I don't want to come off as a moron here...I get it, they go off at high noon (I assume as a daily test, and hey, what better time than noon to check them and everyone can hack their watches too...) and I assume the other times are to possibly alert the volunteer fire dept of a major call? But are they also in place in the event of an incident over at Calvert nuke and tested for that as well? Or in the event of a natural disaster (tornado, etc.) ? Other times...they just seem to go off, like this morning at 0505. I guess for a fire call? But I never heard the trucks go (I'm in ear shot of the firehouse).
I guess my point is, the nuke plant could be having a melt down, the Russians (or Iranians...) could be nuking us, the queen coming to visit...but I wouldn't know one way or the other from the randomness to which the horn sounds.
Should I care?
I guess my point is, the nuke plant could be having a melt down, the Russians (or Iranians...) could be nuking us, the queen coming to visit...but I wouldn't know one way or the other from the randomness to which the horn sounds.
Should I care?