Air Raid Siren

Fidelis

Anyone in Dublin south hear what sounds like an air raid siren? Really freaky. Around the Donnybrook area or perhaps further in towards town.

K!LL!@N

I heard a weird noise out in Glasthule/Sandycove area.
I presumed it was just the wind.

Killian

spiderlegs

I'm in North Dublin and I can bloody hear it!! WTF??

SpAcEd OuT

its from the rathmines barracks it goes off every so often for drills.

Binomate

Take cover, incoming Gerries tbh!

ballooba

In fariness they test the siren at Cathal Brugha (Rathmines) barracks once a week but AFAIR it's every friday at 11/12am?

Fidelis

/me puts away the iodine tablets.

CuLT

I've heard it every now and then over the last few years.

I've been recurrently disappointed that the apocalypse has not arrived.

danniemcq

Haha CuLT is waiting to unleash his legions of flying monkeys on a post apocalyptic world

kevthecelt

yeah i live in rathmines and have done for the last 12 years, it goes off every friday at 12 noon ive become quite fond of it actually

HybridTech

It's the Drogs celebrating wildly! The sound is carrying on the wind!

Sparky

yeah i do hear it every week, there also used to be one down the road from me in a garage called reg plunkets before it got knocked and turned into apartments, every morning it would sound, (not as loud as cahal barricks), and i found out it was when the garage door would be opening, to warn workers.

johnnyrotten

When theres a major fire/emergency in Dublin Docks a "Air Raid " siren goes off.

Lex_Diamonds

I love that sound.

Alessa...

Blisterman

I was working down near rathmines during the summer, and the first time I heard that, I almost **** myself, I thought we were being bombed or something.

DonkeyStyle \o/

Lex_Diamonds wrote:

I love that sound.

Yeah same here... it always makes me look up.

Sparky

Blisterman wrote:

I was working down near rathmines during the summer, and the first time I heard that, I almost **** myself, I thought we were being bombed or something.

i quite love it myself, you do get the jokes from people.
Ahhhhh air raid the gerries are coming.

heh heh heh, bring it on
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/8606/airraidsiren4ep.jpg

Redshift

Sounds like the doomsday whistle! Ain’t been blown for nigh onto three years ...

robbie1876

Sparky_S wrote:

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/8606/airraidsiren4ep.jpg

:eek: I want one! Dear Santa...

davej

I was wondering about this myself last night. I was in the killester/raheny area.

Bit of an odd time for a "practice" drill don't you think ?

davej

Kudos

I just asked CuLT this same question in real life and he had no idea what it was.

I found this thread as the first result in a Google search for it and would you look at that, there's CuLT posting in a thread after it's been answered. :pac:

Daqster

Is that not just Brendan O' Connor rehearsing for tomorrow night's show.

He'd be just leaving the canteen around then and bound to be letting off some wind.

EDIT: Just noticed the thread date, make that Gerry Ryan so :pac:

danniemcq

Kudos wrote: »

I just asked CuLT this same question in real life and he had no idea what it was.

I found this thread as the first result in a Google search for it and would you look at that, there's CuLT posting in a thread after it's been answered. :pac:

Fascinating

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