Air Raid Siren

Fidelis · 04-12-2005 11:26PM #1

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 · 04-12-2005 11:28PM

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

Killian

spiderlegs · 04-12-2005 11:30PM

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

SpAcEd OuT · 04-12-2005 11:48PM

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

Binomate · 04-12-2005 11:52PM

Take cover, incoming Gerries tbh!

ballooba · 05-12-2005 12:05AM

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

Fidelis · 05-12-2005 12:14AM

/me puts away the iodine tablets.

CuLT · 05-12-2005 12:20AM

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 · 05-12-2005 12:25AM

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

kevthecelt · 05-12-2005 12:28AM

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 · 05-12-2005 12:29AM

It's the Drogs celebrating wildly!

The sound is carrying on the wind!

Sparky · 05-12-2005 12:40AM

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 · 05-12-2005 12:45AM

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

Lex_Diamonds · 05-12-2005 12:57AM

I love that sound.

Alessa...

Blisterman · 05-12-2005 01:09AM

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/ · 05-12-2005 01:14AM

Lex_Diamonds wrote:

I love that sound.

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

Sparky · 05-12-2005 02:08AM

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 · 05-12-2005 02:13AM

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

robbie1876 · 05-12-2005 02:41AM

Sparky_S wrote:

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

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

davej · 05-12-2005 09:57AM

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 · 10-01-2014 01:27PM

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 · 10-01-2014 01:38PM

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 · 10-01-2014 01:41PM

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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