Air raid siren

[Ylen13]

I am not sue if I should post this in official war post or not

If a conventional missile would have been lunched at us, do we have the raid siren that Iraq has to warn the citizens or would government be relying on technology to intercept it and radio and TV to tell people to take cover?? Just wondering

 

[Beau]

I know my town still has them, whether or not they work, I dunno.

 

[Ylen13]

Originally posted by: Beau
I know my town still has them, whether or not they work, I dunno.

Hmm interesting never seen them in Los Angels other then near nuclear stations to warn residence to take cover as their have been accident at the nuclear facility

 

[Deleted member 4644]

Most US cities do not have civil defense systems.

There are clear reasons for this.

Back in the late 50s and early 60s the US and the USSR both had highly agressive civil defense programs designed to defend agaisnt nuclear attack. However, both nations realized that civil defense programs gave both leaders and the public a false sense of security--for example, what good would it do to save 100 million city dwellers if 99% of the farm land was a radioactive wasteland.

For this reason, the US and the USSR entered into a sort of gentlemans agreement to reduce or at least halt the development of civil defense systems, thus assuring MAD.

 

[godmare]

I think they'd just use the media, etc., since most people wou;dn't know the difference between an air raid and weather siren, if there even is one.

 

[MadRat]

Originally posted by: LordSegan
Most US cities do not have civil defense systems.

They must not have tornadoes or floods where you're from. Civil defense sirens are pretty common across the entire nation.

 

[Deleted member 4644]

Well, I live on the west coast 😛

 

[Ylen13]

Originally posted by: godmare
I think they'd just use the media, etc., since most people wou;dn't know the difference between an air raid and weather siren, if there even is one.

I may not know the difference but I would for sure to turn on TV or radio to find out what is going on

Most US cities do not have civil defense systems.

There are clear reasons for this.

Back in the late 50s and early 60s the US and the USSR both had highly agressive civil defense programs designed to defend agaisnt nuclear attack. However, both nations realized that civil defense programs gave both leaders and the public a false sense of security--for example, what good would it do to save 100 million city dwellers if 99% of the farm land was a radioactive wasteland.

For this reason, the US and the USSR entered into a sort of gentlemans agreement to reduce or at least halt the development of civil defense systems, thus assuring MAD.

Well I guess that makes sense.

 

[Ylen13]

Originally posted by: LordSegan
Well, I live on the west coast 😛

 

[konichiwa]

None on most major east coast cities either

 

[Looney]

for example, what good would it do to save 100 million city dwellers if 99% of the farm land was a radioactive wasteland.

This doesn't make sense. Air sirens stop radioactive waste?

And what good would it do to save 100 million city dwellers? It'll save 100 million city dwellers!

I don't buy that. They knew 'duck and tuck' from a nuclear attack was useless... but they still taught it to all the children and had all those instructional videos. It was to give a false sense control and thus security. Why would you purposely want to make the population feel less secure?

 

[GeekDrew]

I used to live in a small town in southeast ohio... I know we had them there.

Also, I was in a suburb of Chicago this summer for a few weeks... and I know that I saw several of them there. I believe that their main use is for tornadoes, but they would also be used because of a nuclear emergency, I believe... there are many reactors around there.

Andrew

 

[SgtBuddy]

We have the EBS

This is only a test...if this were an actual....yadda yadda

For those who are worried about a missle attacking the USA, I am selling Missle insurance. Buy now and get a free star of your choosing...The Sun has been taken....

hehe

 

[MadRat]

Sound the alert! The British are... uh, nevermind.