Alarming Wake-Up Call In East Sacramento

A Cold War-era relic was responsible for that loud siren blaring across several Sacramento neighborhoods for more than a half-hour Monday night.

[@lumberpilot]

There is an emergency. Our country is literally going belly up.

[@vernwallen4246]

Stop the BLUE in 22!🗽👍

[@danielmcgillis270]

Well there is shit we can do about it so we may as well get some sleep.

[@TheLucky1967]

Californians for the most part have drunk 😵 all the kool aid. Beautiful land and climate but un inhabitable if you have common sense.

[@GawgaCracka]

Well said my friend.

[@miapdx503]

Ever since 2016...

[@fredgarvin716]

If you don't remember these sirens being tested every month, you're not a "long time resident" of Sacramento.

[@realone229]

Factz

[@IslandBuzzy]

Yep, Honolulu too!

[@ThomsenArts]

Ha! Yup! Used to have one just two blocks over. They’d do the test on the last Friday of the month. This was back when we had air raid drills at school and get under our desks and cover our heads. Ah, the simpler times. 😜

[@DownToYouSirens]

@@IslandBuzzy Honolulu still tests theirs every month. Though it’s used for tsunamis now

[@MrChancebozey]

They need to reimplement them because a real emergency will most likely cut off any other modern alert system. Back to the basics backup.

[@lee-leesong5941]

You know it!

[@quilasskoolofglamology9109]

I believe it is a real emergency and they're trying to cover it up to prevent more chaos🙏🏿

[@BarbaraMerryGeng]

I agree - keep those alarm systems in place

[@steelisthemeal]

@@quilasskoolofglamology9109 That’s very possible

[@ncrtransport5993]

Most small towns still use them regularly. My mom's small town has them for call outs for the local volunteer fire department. 1 cycle Fire teams responded to fire house. More then 1 take cover

[@vancemyers6655]

"THIS IS A TEST, THIS IS ONLY A TEST OF THE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM".

[@punker4Real]

hurricane warning get vaccinated xd (don't)

[@IslandBuzzy]

Omg...I can hear the recorded voice with the instructions that followed: tune in to your local news station...

[@markmyjak7739]

What i saw how oblivious people are to their surroundings.

[@flashthompson1085]

They need to get these back up and operational ASAP! Why not?

[@joelpatrol864]

How doesn’t anyone know what a air raid siren is. These use to go off at 10AM the last Friday of every month. It went through the 80s

[@ArtsyRi]

Im Richmond they do it on Wednesday

[@doccholo905]

That's like 30 years ago. Not everyone knows. These are remnants of the Cold war

[@whitemike7822]

In Oklahoma it's at 12 on Saturday

[@dougmorgan510]

@@ArtsyRi I believe its the third wed every month. And im pretty sure its for the chevron refinery which has leaked toxic stuff in recent years. And they were used to alert a shelter in place.

[@danielmcgillis270]

Wouldn't it have been messed up if the USSR decided to nuke the two air force bases on at 10am on the last Friday of the month?

[@lward9675]

Apparently SOMEONE knows how to activate them.

[@gene7arttech]

They are clueless, ain't GOD ALMIGHTY Grand.🤗

[@MasenMonster]

Imagine they activate the super creepy dual tone ones. This is what they would sound like: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5XZamWLgt10kNU

[@ithken]

this is the first test recordid of a scream master siren the person who did that thank you a lot now we know wat they sound like

[@benmeyer2916]

That is really interesting, if they don’t have the equipment how the hell did it activate? I love it

[@southernbelle1831]

Living in the Twilight Zone...

[@gene7arttech]

They are clueless, ain't GOD ALMIGHTY Grand.🤗

[@imaginox9]

My guess would be some kind of short circuit might have activated it

[@BarbaraMerryGeng]

Best to leave those alarm systems in place. You never know - they might come in handy / if the internet goes down … > Just saying ….

[@supersonic5900]

The inevitable has yet to come...

[@CorvixEyes]

Not a smart idea to cut the power from it, the internet might not be totally reliable. Keep it.

[@jennyanimal9046]

Shit is about to hit the fan

[@lee-leesong5941]

LOL

[@gene7arttech]

🤫 shsssss, let them be clueless, ain't GOD ALMIGHTY Grand 🤗

[@thatkidfromsmartsville2012]

@@gene7arttech you schizophrenic? Cause judgment will probably happen in like 1000 years or so

[@RinaLee79]

The Air Raid sirens used to go off monthly to for testing, I clearly remember my grandma explaining what the sound was and why, it was I think the last Friday of the month around 11am, I could swear the 4th Ave railroad crossing still does, maybe not monthly anymore but I know I've heard it at least 2 in the last 7 months because the first time I had been gone for 6 months so it was nostalgic and comforting on a level, the second time it surprised me how quickly the month had passed. I'm shocked long time residents who are obviously old enough to remember these sirens don't. Especially since I had always been under the impression that each siren still was regularly tested and maintained to some degree. Now I'm wondering if "My" siren has just been testing itself for 40+ years and no one notices because of the time of day. Or, this is a Mandela effect thing and explains some other inconsistencies as well 😂

[@BackyardBeeKeepingNuevo]

I live in Southern California and they are still on poles all over. When they would test them we would do the duck and cover routine in elementary school and that was all through the 1970’s for me.

[@Abcdefghijk920]

Why would you cut peer to such an important admins effective device? People need to get a clue.

[@Pratherwind]

I know right? People are not living in reality

[@jesusthenue1610]

Sounds like it’s the last warning to leave California

[@lee-leesong5941]

I mean, Riiiight, for real, for real!

[@gene7arttech]

🤫 they are clueless, ain't GOD ALMIGHTY Grand.🤗

[@AwakeningWarrior]

Literally. They are doing this everywhere, not just in Sacramento. A few weeks ago they were running around here blaring their emergency horns and I live in the country. No explanation was given but they were just "testing" emergency alert systems... why? Something is up. I know what's up, but most don't...

[@mytoasteroven2402]

I meeeaaaaan siren tests aren’t uncommon if your local emergency operations has everything together. They aren’t supposed to just sit there for months and gather dust until they’re actually needed, are they? That’s a recipe for a disaster without a working early warning system. They’re tested on a regular basis to make sure everything works and doesn’t need maintenance. It’s basic preparation that can and does save countless lives during an emergency.

[@californianorma876]

Not used??? huh, ours are still tested every Wednesday! Well, we do have a little Chevron refinery...Richmond CA

[@esmereldahipswitch]

Vtown here.

[@hunterbear2421]

When i used my tow nwe tested it once every year.

[@bkinouye]

These need to be kept active for the eventual extra-terrestrial invasion.

[@lee-leesong5941]

LOL

[@leslienold7719]

LOL! Perfect

[@southernbelle1831]

Too late. They've already landed in Washington DC and everywhere else a possible politician can be found. 🛸 Its the 'invasion of the mind snatchers'.

[@gene7arttech]

Y'all can't do anything, but run around screaming in panic. Our hide in caves and ask the rocks to fall on you, and us from the one who sits on The White Throne.😳🤗

[@Devildawg-ye8vl]

Glad to hear they still work haha

[@ItsMe-vg4vj]

With 60+ ships off the coast ya never know. Might be another ironic event.

[@Kuzkii]

If it turned on itself that means is something coming or its warning us now they cut it and if anything happens in Sacramento within days months years from now dont blame anybody because yall wanna cut if off

[@SC-fj2zp]

Oh you better believe something is coming.

[@gene7arttech]

🤫 shsssss, let them sleep, and run around in confusion. Ain't GOD ALMIGHTY Grand 🤗

[@vladnovak9029]

It’s a warning.. Make sure you guys have enough supplies and have your crp packed because SHIT is about to happen sooner then we think..

[@douggaijin]

I remember the 60’s when they used to test these every week. When we heard it all us students would immediately duck and cover. Just keeping us on our toes.

[@pamelajordan2890]

Yes under your desk head covered with your hands.heals up...such good memories 😱✌️

[@GotoHere]

With Joe dementia Biden warmongering with China they are starting up again.

[@emarr3720]

These are everywhere--just forgotten. They use to tested once a month on a Thursday. There's one 1/2 mi from my house. These went the way of the Dodo like the "Fallout Shelter" signs I use to see around.

[@nonservitium]

I used to live across the street from one... seems kinda sus if someone doesn't know what that sound is/means

[@michaeltorris5675]

It’s because they’re East Sac/McKinley Park people. You don’t need to know about warnings of imminent danger when you’re filthy rich.

[@As130thps]

These are Californians. They have been dumbed down this far. I mean look at the people they interviewed😂

[@nonservitium]

@@As130thps I was born not too far from that area...

[@realreviews4102]

@@As130thps I’m from CA but your right 😂 the people interviewed never did some deep thinking into why this occurred. They probably believe everything politicians or businesses say... You know because they seem like great people (no further thinking ever)

[@deewesthill4705]

I'm in south Sacramento, and after moving here in 1997, for several years an incredibly annoying loud whine would start up in the mid morning and go on for a few minutes once a month, which was once a month too often! Finally, after making a few phone calls to the city and county, i found someone who was able to identify it as an old air raid siren, apparently with an automatic self-testing mechanism. Since it was not necessary anymore (if it ever was), he said he'd have it turned off and did. What a relief!

[@yvonnewilliams1769]

Bs they were test yall over there to see what the reactions would be

[@cornfarts]

I remember this going off often in SJ when I was younger in the 90s

[@JudiInIdaho]

They used to sound them every time we had a bad storm/small tornado. And tested them regularly. I got my kids and myself out of cali a very long time ago thank God. But I thought they still used them like they do in the coastal towns.

[@TheGor54]

This after the chinese reveal thier new hypersonic nuclear missiles....🤔

[@kbanghart]

That miss their target by 24 miles.

[@johnpuls6335]

Sniffing joe and the sniffers wouldn't even give us a warning. C on man

[@delaineyjohnson8238]

Yeah...I'd think that turning on wasn't an accident. But like everything...the govt can't be transparent. they'll just warn you danger is coming and expect to die when you hear shit like that.

[@kbanghart]

@@delaineyjohnson8238 the government expects you to die?

[@iprofox3758]

@@kbanghart A 100 megaton nuke missing by 24 miles isn't a big deal.

[@colleenoconnor5999]

Those sirens are used all over Minnesota. The first Wednesday of every month at 1:05 pm, for a test. Any other time they are being used it's for an emergency - mainly tornadoes.

[@marcosjara1797]

They should keep it and fix it. Update it. When you are asleep your tv is not on your not on your phone, plus China controls all our electrical.

[@historicaltrainbusfan1067]

Two potential ways this could have been set off…. 1. This siren was not properly disconnected during decommissioning and still had power and a potential activation mechanism such a dialler that was still hooked into the phone lines that was triggered by some sort of power malfunction. Which is highly unlikely as most sirens have their diallers or pagers cut before being disconnected from the power grid. 2. The siren still had the electrical disconnect switch, relay (electrical motor starter), and manual test switch still in place even though the activation mechanism had been cut and was manually activated by someone.

[@alexesworldtoyskidzboptvmore]

probabaly correct

[@alexesworldtoyskidzboptvmore]

or it was the first option

[@ktor538]

I get this everyday at 12pm from local fire departments chime across the street 🚒 reminds me of "Slient Hill".

[@barrydingle481]

The Japanese are comming!!

[@yvonnewilliams1769]

At any rate it's still not right warning people this way if it were real they wouldn't have stood a chance of finding a safe place because they were already sleep

[@propertymanager75]

I love those🤣

[@lee-leesong5941]

@@yvonnewilliams1769 So true Yvonne, seems most of us would just freeze up and call SMUD/PG&E.

[@gemlazium]

Better to have it and not need it... Upgrade it. Would be a failing on the city to rely solely on new tech in these catastrophic events.

[@quilasskoolofglamology9109]

That was not a coincidence or by default don't be easily fooled that's the warning before destruction 🙏🏿

[@gene7arttech]

And look at how clueless they are, ain't GOD ALMIGHTY Grand. 🤗

[@aricanikulin9635]

You know what I actually agree with you I'll try to be paranoid but there's a reason why things happen and I feel like something was telling people something it just don't see how it could just go off with there being no machines to make it go off after all these years and I'm talking about years something's fishy

[@patriot98300]

I was thinking the same.

[@guynorth3277]

The sky is falling, the sky is falling, cheesus is coming!!!!

[@gene7arttech]

@@guynorth3277 prepare for the devil and their angels.😳

[@kaitlinwilson]

Who says we don’t need that though?

[@osirisvega4706]

In SF, one of the sirens is located at gateway high school which would be tested every Wednesday at Eleven o clock, the building used to be Roosevelt middle school. (Fun fact is the basement has most of the 50’s era books in storage, some even pertain to nuclear devastation.

[@mybuttitches6450]

A premature evacuation

[@ericx4124]

Everyone over 40 should’ve instantly recognized that tone. Last Friday of the month. The guy with the beard is pretty annoying.

[@TheFrogfeeder]

“Nobody ever told me sacramento had these...” god forbid that guy ever go outside and look around at the place he lives in, probably spent his life inside playing video games, he has that look to him...

[@RinaLee79]

Thank you! I felt like I was in the Twilight Zone watching this "what do you mean you don't know what that sound is??"

[@timg2973]

Hey don't be rude it's them not he.

[@Zizzyyzz]

That would've been last Wednesday...

[@fredwilliams7893]

The guy with the beard seemed like a hipster douche. Lol.

[@LectronCircuits]

At least it still works. That's awesome. Cheers!

[@lee-leesong5941]

The comment section is on fire. I didn't know there were so many hilarious people in Sacramento!!

[@lucasstuart-chilcote7069]

The one in my neighborhood is tested on the first Wednesday at 11am every month.

[@RinaLee79]

Last Friday here, thank you, I was nearly thinking I'd imagined hearing it recently.

[@thatkidfromsmartsville2012]

Are you talking about the own in Torrance, CA that test on Wednesdays at 11 AM? Because it’s used for refinery warnings

[@josephmckenzie8953]

I heard fighter jets flying all Friday night over Fortuna California. We are in the far north part of the state, and have no air bases near us.

[@jljanicelavergne9367]

Following the Loma Prieta quake the emergency broadcast system was proven to be an absolute failure. Several minutes after the quake Radio stations powered back up and ask people to call in with reports about what they had seen. TV was down. The emergency broadcast system was silent.

[@esmereldahipswitch]

I remember. In Vtown

[@kds365]

Sweet, they still work. I remember those once a month air raid drills when I was a kid.

[@dogie1070]

Then I get the “patriot power generator” youtube commercials before and after this video…

[@lee-leesong5941]

🤣🤣🤣

[@gene7arttech]

I guess that some kind of Spirit connection.😳

[@ohsugar5431]

One is located at 24th & Broadway in Sacramento.

[@theoryofpersonality1420]

That amazing. Built in the 40's and still works. Much better idea than cell phones and things. The alarms are much more affective means of warning.

[@Mattstuffnidkcare]

50s*

[@karma4872]

Or that’s just a sign. I mean really? All of sudden after all these years

[@sheri3135]

When I was growing up in the 70's and 80's in the San Fernando Valley in So Cal, that siren was a weekly test on Friday mornings !

[@philiphorner31]

I miss them.

[@doyrayburn2668]

We still have ours and they test it sortof regularly. Used to be every Sat at noon.

[@AhJodie]

What??? Everyone seems so ok with an air raid siren going off for no known to the public reason???

[@cardinalstar2048]

Clever yet hilarious explanation 😂

[@paulbeldenbush]

One night about 10pm a coworker and I were climbing down from the void above the nave of a historic old NC church where we installed AV equipment. We were close to the narthex and wanted to avoid walking along the spine of the vaulted nave ceiling in the dark. We found a door and a rope hanging from a disused belfry. We rang the s__t out of those bells and then sprinted down to the truck where our boss was waiting with engine running. The Mayberry PD was right across the street so we skedaddled.

[@tomorrowhowever7488]

Hahaha Love it!

[@1979RoadFan]

There are air sirens where I live in NW Arkansas. They sound every Thursday, right on time. These 'humans' are completely oblivious to reality, quite sad to see.

[@mcbride991]

Should be kept

[@dogie1070]

Because cell ph can be jammed. Then we’d get no alerts.

[@blaackbarbii3221]

Agreed

[@JohnSmith-sh1zg]

We had those all the time going off in Arkansas. Tornado sirens test once a week and when tornados are in the area. Crazy to hear for the first time if your new in the area.

[@raymondperdigone7870]

Your not a local from downtown if you've never heard them. They go off all the time.

[@dce89109]

You're truly in trouble there in California. Leave !

[@jennyanimal9046]

WE ARE IN END TIMES.

[@fur1375]

Alarm goes off…. What’s that noise let me walk outside and investigate….🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️lol

[@kylegrinolds3996]

We sound our every day at noon in our small town. Let’s everyone know it’s lunchtime

[@FunWithDom]

Incase of an e.m.p. or in general I think we should still use them. Upgrade! We also need some real fallout shelters.

[@carlosmontanez1173]

There is an old map of the Sacramento area where the fallout shelters used to be online. Since its pretty old from the 50's alot of things have changed but you can kinda figure it out if you use a modern paper map and compare them.

[@RinaLee79]

Until now I had thought that they were being maintained for that purpose

[@carlosmontanez1173]

@@RinaLee79 i do recall up until a few years ago the sirens would be tested at the end of every month but as far as the fallout shelters go only a small fraction remain, many had been in buildings that no longer exist or have been converted to something else

[@punker4Real]

@@carlosmontanez1173 1950 shelters would need to be upgraded since a lot has changed since then

[@gene7arttech]

That's not going to help you for what's getting ready to come. 😳🤗

[@miggyr7777]

There was one on Broadway and it would go off at noon for about 30 seconds on the last Friday of every month back about 30 years ago

[@cedricksamaniego9146]

Beautiful sounds

[@BeYouNa70]

dont be fooled! Newsom was checking if that alarm was still working!

[@TheCrackedJoker]

It happened every last friday of the month at 11am until the mid 90s. Officer Chellew was killed when he was involved in a motorcycle chase and crashed. He ended up slamming into a pole for one of those alarms on Fruitridge and Stockton blvd

[@colizai1689]

I lived, and still live in sacramento for 15 years of my life, and not once had I heard any of them go of, but I have one scream master siren not far, in fact a 5 minute walk from my house to that siren , is how close it is. It's directly standing in front of a house.

[@sirensofny2755]

Me:: Stays asleep during a tornado is wrecking my house

[@BackyardBeeKeepingNuevo]

Would love to have one of those coldwar relics for my house.

[@WMAC_Master]

San Leandro actually used to do monthly or weekly tests of these sirens

[@chrisward4576]

I want one on my 4x4

[@valeriesmith3218]

We used to have that sound through out Phoenix Arizona every Saturday at 12 noon.

[@dustinlukegosampagaandsire14]

It's coming from the fire station

[@deathtrucker777]

Those are some nice tones from a vintage Siren good thing it works they need to be used

[@Yah-Izoa-Hakaboth]

I think all states should have these. I’m based in North Carolina.

[@josephkennedy5299]

Still happens EVERY Saturday 12 noon here in Columbus GA

[@ralphmiller5510]

It's a sign of the times

[@shawnwolfenbarker3327]

Testing to see if it was still working.

[@TravisCyprien]

Sad! They are going to be wishing they kept those Sirens! Typical! To adapted to technology!

[@kathleennorton6108]

Counting on tvs, phones, etc., only isn't wise. Those kinds of communications could go down.

[@randallsmerna384]

"Getting under a table"... Really?

[@wpeale71341]

As soon as I heard the siren I instantly knew what it was. These were heard through much of my childhood. In the form of monthly tests of the siren system.

[@robertstack2144]

Someone saw Pelosi without warpaint

[@lee-leesong5941]

lol🤣🤣🤣

[@danangstadt5492]

These are tested once a week where I live

[@TheFrogfeeder]

I heard it, around 10pm that night.

[@carolremoaldo4454]

They used to have them in San Lorenzo. Of course they took them out. They used to go on at noon time when I was a kid. The good old days.

[@miguelcastaneda7236]

Old air raid sirens ..i remember those in tucson im '60s sundays 1'pm....back then we all knew where bunkers were people today would have no clue even now in calif i drive past two and know of another under a auto dealership they house hundreds of cars in

[@sweetsongstress7398]

Very very loud… uh, yeah that’s how it’s made duhhhhhhh

[@johnharrison3425]

Being California, it might have been a low intelligence alarm.

[@susanlbk]

🤣🤣🤣

[@femmebrulee5053]

Un shooting off missile in NK again probably caused it to activate

[@eveskey7982]

Oh I love those

[@mikepamgragg7042]

A pre warning

[@the_expidition427]

How quickly people forget

[@BTSloan70]

In tornado country you hear them several time a year.

[@s550wulf9]

Power stored in capacitors, moisture in the air creates a situation we’re voltage was jumping or arching, caused a fail safe to engage

[@gene7arttech]

And that's how GOD ALMIGHTY did it. Isn't He Grand, said a man with a Bachelors Degree of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering Technology.🤗

[@HiHello-ku1fl]

News anchor lady is beaufitful.

[@hootiemac3437]

1st off you had 2 major Air Force bases in the city, (McClellan and Mather) which is the reason those were put up back in the day. I bet ALL the Libs were crying saying..."The Patriots are coming" and were scared as F.....lol....LET'S GO BRANDON

[@Phanonyoutube]

So no one was ready even if it was false alarm