First Monday of the Month testing of those sirens gets visitors when they first hear them, especially if (as seems traditional) their Dutch colleagues didnt warn them what was coming just for a laugh.
Yes, its a little unnerving especially if youre out in the open - it can be loud. Then you realise why most Dutch dual carriageways have raised sections - to serve as refuges in a flood. The UK lost lots of lives in the 1953 (?) flood, NL lost far more, hence seriousness.
It’s strange. But growing up my Mum worked for PO. We had a manually operated siren in the garage for dad to use if the nuclear alarm went off. The phone line was something special too so that it was always available to take the alert. We never even had a rehearsal for any of it. That’s all gone.
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although some politicians want to replace the luchtalarm with a noodoproep-sms.
nobody knows why Yesligöz hates our tradities so much