Tornado Sirens in Chicago

Curiously scary tornado warning sirens in Chicago!!!
August 2008

[@oatmealcereal.]

*The only reason the tornado is coming is to save the people from this siren*

[@oatmealcereal.]

@Sreekalavally Balasubramaniyan both are correct

[@lupeochoa5150]

😮Si Mari pp

[@luiztheluiz]

Agreed

[@GHOST-gf1vf]

I heared siren sound in India idk why

[@oatmealcereal.]

@@GHOST-gf1vf How? Which City?

[@kalevang4400]

Sounds like fifth graders learning to play recorders for the first time

[@kaitlinx2366]

That comment just made my day XD

[@radanju3]

LOOOL OMG XD THE MOST ACCCURATE COMMENT OF EVER!!!!!!

[@kirstynleigh7035]

Lol that made me laugh 😂

[@nbravender1716]

Trash can it's not that funny lmao tf

[@solidelgado4590]

EOWS IS LOW

[@WARVIATION]

My heart goes out to anyone who was affected by this siren

[@anythingeverythingchannel8641]

This is a federal signal modulator. It’s signal is alternate wail and this is the siren head sound

[@h.hholmes.492]

these type of sirens have the potential to make tornado more scary

[@PrimeDeanz]

It’s more annoying than scary to me

[@ChrisFan890]

14 years ago? This guy deserves a raise!

[@gabrielv.4358]

yes

[@Noob785_]

tf?

[@Milk_Milly_Chocolate]

Yes, marry christmas

[@expwnged]

what??

[@Aurigan]

For what? are you a npc?

[@Ant-ux9wh]

As someone from the Chicago metro, I will say most of us aren't really scared by tornado sirens or warnings, especially in the suburbs. For us, these things are so common that we just get somewhat annoyed and head to the basement lol (or walk outside to look for it). It happened just last night and will probably happen a good 25-50 more times before September. Illinois has the 5th highest amount of tornados out of any state in the US so this is very normal, everyday life for us. We get more tornados on average per year than many of the states that are stereotypically a part of tornado alley (though a lot of places do lump Illinois in with tornado alley)

[@cheshire142]

i don't give a fuck

[@annapertuset4693]

Wellllll you could live in ur basement and use as a home if the nados keep heading to ya than use the basement as a home!

[@emual842]

​@@Itsavibe739why swear

[@brogadierthethird7790]

Yeah tornado ally is moving more east. There is a trend for more tornados east of the Missouri River and in the Missisippi River area.

[@annapertuset4693]

I don't have a basement and there's nothing magically safe about jumping into a tub if it sucked you up how on earth do you think you're going to survive.

[@FlossGamez]

The funny thing is, I live close to Chicago (Not directly IN Chicago) and after clicking off this, the alarms start sounding, since in Illinois (I don't know if anyone else has this in their country/state) they test the alarms at 10 o'clock in the morning on the first Tuesday of the month. It so happened to be 10 o'clock when I clicked off the video. What a coincidence!

[@adamczech1461]

Ours is first Wednesday of the month at 1

[@maximesaindon3552]

In my hometown it was every day at noon.

[@abstract5249]

It's not a coincidence. The siren speaks. It knows who you are.

[@onradioactivewaves]

You live in Scary Gary?

[@Shona74]

Me : it's tornado siren Kids : ＳＩＲＥＮ ＨＥＡＤ

[@user-hh7ok6gg3h]

Me:Siren head or tornado?

[@EOWS812]

@@user-hh7ok6gg3hno

[@EOWS812]

No

[@EOWS812]

It’s alternate wail

[@SpeechlessGuyIntheworld]

Yes, Siren head also uses a Chicago tornado siren.

[@Stukleak]

Imagine waking up in the middle of the night at about 2am to this

[@ImarisYT]

Sirens Heard: Federal Signal DSA - Alternate Wail at Waveland Field House & Carillon’s Tower. Federal Signal Modulator 6024 - Custom Fast Wail (2001-SRN Fast Wail Tone) at Wrigley Field.

[@bodhipirategaming7476]

aka ice cream truck from hell

[@ImarisYT]

@@bodhipirategaming7476 Umm?? What about it?

[@ImarisYT]

Wow!! More than 25 likes on my comment!!! Thank U so much everyone!!!

[@stampynate0007]

@@ImarisYT I think he ment the DSA being the ice cream truck from hell lol

[@ImarisYT]

@@stampynate0007 Oh, okay.

[@funnybunny954]

Tornado: You can't stop me Chicago: i know, but he can Siren:

[@SteveMC5]

You mean siren head?

[@funnybunny954]

@@SteveMC5 no cuz i ain't cringe

[@SteveMC5]

@@funnybunny954 your profile picture and were is your amung us part two?

[@godzil7]

Siren: Tornado Must DIE

[@SteveMC5]

@Fox tube kid no...just no i´m cringe as hell but even i know he is cringe and look at his video

[@darrinpelszynski3682]

So if you were wondering what building this was recorded in, it is F.F.C. East Lakeview building

[@user-ui9tm1qe7g]

この不安感を煽るような音がたまらん

[@Francis-nh8we]

True

[@user-ce7nn6ee7m]

なんかわかるぅ

[@yurineko_nanoda]

サイレンヘッドにしか聞こえん(サイレンヘッドの音これが入ってる)

[@kayoko-o1g]

わかるマーン

[@EOWS812]

@@yurineko_nanodait’s alternate wail not siren head

[@absolutelynot10]

This is proof that the siren man isn't real, it is the sound of a tornado siren!

[@nnnnnnn4554]

i am from mexico so I didn t see never a tornado in my life but when i was in chicago in that exact moment, i remember my grandma scream " todos al sotano ! " and the sirens started to make that sound , thanks god my family was ok but it was really creeppy

[@v10-ACR-E]

A LOT of people to this day STILL think that this is a 2001 in fast wail and a Modulator in Alternate Wail. In fact, this is the Wrigley Field Modulator 6024 on MC Controls Using a Custom Fast Wail Tone, along with a DSA on Lake Shore Drive using Alternate Wail.

[@hj7372]

The feeling of dread you get from listening to this siren.

[@abstract5249]

The moment you realize you're the only one who can hear the siren.

[@kittiesanddoggies8474]

Yeeeees

[@_Devansh]

The siren is enough to make people shit there pants 💀

[@Ever_2008_ARG]

It's actually less scary in a clear night rather than at day with a dense fog

[@brownpotito9981]

Then it is not a siren, it is a sirenhead

[@vcorta4516]

Youre argentinian

[@vcorta4516]

@@Ever_2008_ARG yo tmb

[@iatif1995]

@@brownpotito9981 well duh its a siren

[@unionpacificrailroadcrossi9336]

@@brownpotito9981 bro it’s not siren head shut up

[@cristianoJR224]

genuinely, if I was there I would be living a life time.

[@jayoyo1001]

I don’t know what’s more terrifying a tornado or the siren.

[@sesrtyptik]

I would have died of fear without a lightning strike, lightning hit the house there, and Serena frightens me to horror and goosebumps 😢

[@raskullsshako]

I’ve learned that the siren isn’t broken - it’s a hi-lo signal :)

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

Alternate wail, to be exact. It’s a combination of the hi-lo and wail tones. It’s designed to different from any police or other emergency vehicle siren, making it effective at getting people’s attention. A few places around the country use it for tornado warning, but Chicago is, to my knowledge, the biggest city that uses it. Where I live is near the pacific coast. I’ve been down there a few times and seen tsunami sirens, which are identical to newer tornado sirens. I’m pretty sure the city of Chicago uses mostly Federal Signal Modulator 6024s, which have what appears to be 7 discs stacked on a pole, and a little electrical box on the side of the pole. The box is an amplifier, and between those 7 discs there are 6 speaker components of a similar construction to one found in a megaphone, just a lot more powerful. Think of the space between the discs as, essentially, a horn. If you put like 10 rectangular horns in a circle then removed the walls between the horns so it was one continuous surface, you’d get a similar shape. This is one of the new sirens that completely lacks a motor. Basic ones, such as the Federal Signal 2001, use a motor attached to an assembly that basically cuts through the air and makes a loud wailing sound directed through a conical horn, and another motor which rotates the entire assembly around so everybody can hear it. (Though the sound comes and goes with this design.) I think there’s a basic one in the background of this video, it isn’t doing the hi-lo thing, just wailing out of sync with the others.

[@eternalamos365]

Imagine you’re in the middle of the woods at night and you start to hear this.

[@TheIdkManBoi]

Dont tell me its si-

[@EvidentlyThinking]

😳

[@phobos5475]

@@TheIdkManBoi cringeren head

[@BoardB11]

I’m out

[@JosephCaperton]

SIREN HEAD!!!!!

[@MohammadHuzaifa-dz9ts]

*Even tornado is afraid of this Siren*

[@butterflybeauty615]

What a nightmare. The weather is terrifying enough, that Siren takes the whole Cake

[@Skibidibugs]

Imagine a person visiting Chicago for the first time ever and didn't know about the siren and a tornado happened EDIT:OH MY GOD THIS BLEW UP HARDER THEN A TOILET AFTER TACO BELL

[@bornfromnihilumbra7502]

And if they knew about siren head too

[@Skibidibugs]

@@bornfromnihilumbra7502 OOOOOOO THEY WOULD BE GOIN POOP

[@bornfromnihilumbra7502]

@@Skibidibugs *SIREN HEAD

[@yoofavvv.niyahhhh7795]

Alert would have been on the phone

[@Goomations]

@@yoofavvv.niyahhhh7795 STOP RUINING OUR STORIES

[@Turmpett]

This tornado siren is here to save the day! _By scaring away the damn tornado._

[@mattmakesmachines]

This is a mix of federal Signal 2001-SRN sirens in fast wail and federal signal modulators in alternate wail

[@JT-qw1cn]

The lightning illuminating a giant tornado heading towards you is truly terrifying.

[@nasinopuzzolente5396]

don't worry, you'll be in the stratosphere soon

[@giarni_]

it's not a giant tornado, it's called a supercell storm, it's a paricular kind of storm that can generate a tornado

[@Lamminica]

@@giarni_ I’m probably wrong but if you look above the building in the middle of the video you can see a weird funnel kind of shape which could be a tornado forming.

[@sunneltakes]

@@Lamminica That is a shelf cloud.

[@Lamminica]

@@sunneltakes what’s a shelf cloud?

[@rahuljoshua6331]

This sounds are more scarier than tornado 🌪️

[@inkblot_the_cat]

Every kid watching this(probably): OMG ITS SIREN HEAD

[@OnlyPainAllDayEveryDay00]

This siren probably scares away the tornados and could be why we don’t see many near the city

[@luke8617]

no shit, that's the point?

[@magethechicken3189]

@@luke8617 no the point of sirens is to warn them about the tornado, but this man was making a joke about the siren because it sounds creepy

[@carachin4421]

People before 2020: the siren is so freakin scary People after 2020:SIREN HEAD!

[@ThatOneKitty096]

*New achievement unlocked:* chills from a video siren.

[@hopelfreyamikaelson9348]

I would literally scare to death before tornado even hits

[@remipeiffer8066]

Me too lol

[@NO-qc6no]

I'm so scary and tornado

[@alvinandthechipmunks5207]

I'm so scary! 😰

[@veganteacher4964]

I'm so scary!!! I'm, so, scary! 😰😰😨😰😨😰😨😰😰😰😨😰

[@veganteacher4964]

@Blue shep / GOLD (YT) uhhhhh....

[@GoliathusGoliatus]

I would watch the night sky with this siren, watching the lightning strikes

[@lucianaschroder6127]

I can hear the FS Modulator of course, and I hear the FS 2001 Fast wail

[@chasebrace7575]

UGHHHH WHEN THE SIREN KEEPS RISING AGAIN I TENSE UP EVERYTIME

[@justarobloxbaconhair8888]

The federal signal modulator 2008 is really scary when it's like this.

[@oakknot1902]

That siren is absolutely terrifying, I get more scared listening to this in the day time then being woken up by Canadas eas alarm

[@polishcow7925]

You think this is scary? Search up norway tornado sirens. It will blow your soul outta ya chest

[@oakknot1902]

@@polishcow7925 I’m just saying

[@oakknot1902]

@@polishcow7925 I just listened to it and it doesn’t come close to this

[@yoboyloc]

oh my god don't even remind me of the eas alarms here

[@oakknot1902]

@@yoboyloc sorry

[@brianwade879]

Man, I remember that night ! That siren is really loud, when you're there in person. It really spooked me.

[@EXP_Jenova]

Chicago tornado sirens deserve a spot here even if they’re not EAS. Shit is straight bone chilling lol.

[@XGames-94]

Dont panic people, get inside and stay safe Meanwhile plays the most anxiety inducing siren in existence.

[@blackscreen8125]

well its the whole point of the siren. It has to trigger your fight or flight instinct so you get tf out of the way

[@InchUncle]

In an apocalyptic movie, you already know the monster is big when the camera zooms into the distance.

[@Rooboxgaming]

So this is where siren head sound affect came from

[@EOWS812]

yes.

[@Justalegofan]

That is the scariest siren in the world- I swear this gives me the shivers…The torpedo is scared of the siren

[@Kar_1946]

Chinese earthquake early warning: *Hold my countdown*

[@oatmealcereal.]

DEATH SIREN: Israel siren

[@DestinyTheSwiftie]

Saudi Arabia 1991 eas alarm:

[@a_balloon]

Torpedo 💀

[@luminocitymusic]

The torpedoes are so much more scarier then the tornados

[@coocooart3]

These sirens are more scarier than the tornado itself 😅

[@ashleevangorder5316]

It’s actually less scary in a clear night rather than a day with a dense fog

[@Tvskibi]

FUN FACT THIS IS NOT A TORNADO WARNING BUT IF YOU ARE IN CHICAGO AND THERE IS A TORNADO ITS TO SCARE IT AWAY!

[@JasperStarinsta]

I think the sound of this ear positive siren is keeping the tornado away.

[@Tokyu-oj8oz]

Siren head's legit inspiration

[@lenimarlina8609]

This is not siren head

[@Tokyu-oj8oz]

@@lenimarlina8609 i know that, just made a joke where he gets the sounds or something

[@Imcooldaniel111]

Is name sound siren head bosses version

[@christophermardo4746]

It’s siren head

[@bombtipboy7218]

@Leni Marlina IT IS

[@Alguien2027]

0:52 If you pause quickly you will see a lightning show the super cell

[@leestacker4532]

I was living out there back in 09, I was 2 years old at the time, now 17 going on 18

[@lucad3869]

Imagine waking up at 2am and hearing this. Bro this is so terrifying.

[@Ant-ux9wh]

Here in Illinois if we hear stuff like this we're usually not scared by it at all were just mildly annoyed lmao. Last night we had warnings and the sirens went off in the nearby suburbs and instead of panicking, everyone was like "ugh seriously again??" Because it's so common here

[@Eliselovesu_]

@@Ant-ux9wh i visited but just- no.

[@cashiko]

I think that tornado in Chicago is a nocturnal tornado, they are super dangerous.

[@Roblocksgaming]

Imagine waking up to those siren sounds at 2 am but you live in the middle of the woods

[@DownToYouSirens]

Seems the DSA siren inside the clock tower (the green little building on the right at 0:17) is the one doing the “alternate wail” tone. The MOD6024 at Wrigley Field (the bright lights at 0:32) did the normal wailing tone that night as seen in other videos and extremely faintly heard here (although the Alternate Wail of the clock tower DSA and the fast wail of the Ravenswood 2001 [which is further away but has a larger range] drown it out but it’s there as heard in other videos from that night taken at the field). So it seems that only SOME of the Modulators/DSAs used to be programmed to do alternate wail (at least the DSA in the clock tower and at least 2 Modulators downtown) and the rest of the Mods/DSAs were programmed normally to do regular wail. Makes me wonder if it ACTUALLY WAS a programming error since only some Mods/DSAs used to do it while others never did…plus nowadays they all (the 2001s that once did fast wail included) do the normal wailing tone for tornado warnings.

[@TravisDillon2000]

in 2008 they used alternate wail/fast wail for the first activation than the second activation was just normal wail/attack

[@scaryduothicc]

Happy 14th B-Day to this video and me!

[@katerinaPDJ]

This is my favorite alarm of all time

[@benitocamela3502]

Lol with that siren looks like the Apocalypse 😂😂😂

[@michaelgentry4908]

I don't know what's more scarier: The storm or the siren....??

[@YordanStoyanov2004]

Definitely the siren

[@navishjadensingh1307]

Siren

[@julien3331]

Both I would say

[@iamsodumbtoday9374]

The storm would be very scary. But the siren.. It adds more creepiness to it.

[@krithikganesh2746]

I think both of them are

[@Cacalord686]

this video came out one day after I was born

[@oliverdustingmartinez]

Nice video of sirens! Please, don't erase it never, never.

[@EvanTheBag]

2009 : oh no we gonna die in a tornado ! 😓 2018 : scary eas alarm 😣 2020: OW ITS SIREN HEAD 🤓

[@gato12477]

2023: who the fuk is siren head

[@EOWS812]

no.

[@Drippy_Spoon]

Adults: KIDS GET IN SHELTER NOW Kids: SIREN HEAD!!!!

[@EOWS812]

no.

[@ashleevangorder5316]

The only reason why me and my sister are watching it right now

[@duckyinthemud4601]

Tip: don’t be like this person and STAY INSIDE THAT STORM IS HUGE

[@josiahcumpio]

Imagine someone is watching you quietly and this sound plays😶

[@asherhayden4061]

The siren is an eows 612 on a federal signal MC aka modulator controller. in stead of the original siratone C/B

[@N0VAGT.L0L]

kids in 2009: oh no, a tornado kids in 2023: OMG ITS😊 SIREN HEAD!!!

[@trulyyours3075]

The siren has the vibe of 80's Horror movies

[@icytiger34]

Not it doesnt

[@jhinabloomingflower807]

Nope it doesn't

[@johnf4300]

More Apocalypse Now

[@Atomic_Bomber-man]

Siren head

[@EOWS812]

@@Atomic_Bomber-man no

[@Penguinupsidedown]

BRO NO WONDER I HEAR THAT TORNADO SIREN IN MY BED AL AWAY FROM TEXAS I THOUGHT IT WAS SIREN HEAD I ALMOST HAD A HEART ATTACK

[@Peachy_Aki_XD]

idk why tornado sirens have to be so scary when they could just be a little melody instead of "YOU ARE GOING TO DIE IN 2 SECONDS" type thing.

[@ericaferguson7169]

Definitely a nice wall cloud there. If there was a tornado there to the left, it was most certainly rain wrapped.

[@GloofyYT_Offical]

The alarm doesn’t warn the public, it scares the tornado

[@samzway]

I remember this day, we just thought the siren by us was broken and needed to be fixed.

[@carrier794]

0:23 see the tornado

[@WeirdGuyOnTheInternet]

Brings me back to 2020. Any of yall remember Siren Head?

[@MericaMaps]

Yep

[@Hoohai360]

Yes

[@jaylonwalden2109]

Yep

[@thatsirenenthusiast]

Sadly yes. And how it destroyed the siren community

[@EOWS812]

@@thatsirenenthusiast exactly.

[@Mostarda_4]

Adults : siren Kids : its siren head omg

[@sirensofFL]

Fr. These SiReN hEaD kids are the definition of annoying

[@Dariushehelol]

No way bro😨. I sent this to all my friends

[@SinisterOL]

This video is 13 years old and yet it is still popular and quite mainstream

[@ultrawariowarefan1431]

Is it because of siren head

[@BlancaAyala-ml5rw]

This siren is so sacred 😳

[@marissawright5646]

**all dads run outside to stand with hands in their pockets to watch the storm**

[@glowzinho104]

Everyone's mentioning the siren but I can't help but look at the awesome lightnings in the background, especially the one at the end!

[@v0533]

Well Chicago is known as the golden coast. Btw if you ever get a chance, fly over it at night. It’s absolutely beautiful.

[@kevinroche5480]

I'm not sure why a 2009 video was recommended for me in 2022, but I'm glad that it was. What a wonderfully creepy noise, is this the original source for the Siren Head sound?

[@bro_i_dont_exist]

No since the siren head was created in 2020 2017 while the eas alarm come from 2009.

[@kevinroche5480]

@@bro_i_dont_exist So why couldn't the alarm be the source for the Siren Head sound?

[@omniscientbarebones]

@@kevinroche5480 because it’s “too old.” It is the Original Siren Head sound

[@thatredsunburst]

@@omniscientbarebones no it comes from a cthulhu video titled "cthulhu attacks chicago"

[@bravo4683]

@@thatredsunburst i hope you are a troll

[@khrisbro]

Guys, chill, the tornado sirens are just broken

[@therobloxplayer5556]

Honestly an absolute banger

[@SamuelSimmons]

That is so creepy AF. And i was creeped out by the Arkansas sirens here...that's just wrong!

[@sphagetitedy1]

Fun fact: it is dangerous to be on a rooftop while a storm because lightning strikes high places. But the lower the rooftop is, the lower chance that lightning will strike on the rooftop. Stay safe out there!

[@XBGamerX20]

I assume it either was a window or a porch on a high building

[@SophisticatedArc]

Not so fun fact: lightning may burn your skin.

[@zabm141]

since when or where is elementary school standard education on weather a 'fun fact'?

[@GovernmentCanada]

0:17 you can see the wall which is apart of the same building. Anyways later cutie.

[@arandomcommenter412]

@@zabm141 fact /fakt/ noun a thing that is known or proved to be true. And lightning has been proven to strike high structures made of metal, thus the need for lightning rods, so in short, it is a fact.

[@ORANGEFANTADRINK]

Bro why are they still watching the baseball games when there a fricking tornado

[@fakerplush]

*When you're watching siren head in Chicago and then you hear this alarm outside..* 💀

[@screammovies7228]

Did you know that there was a policy change in Chicago for them to stop using Fast Wail and Alternate Wail? The same EXACT year when siren head came out, or maybe a year later. They changed policy to only sound them in Wail/Attack.

[@South_Park_Zuzu]

10/10 thanks a lot Chacago

[@shahzad1433]

My brain got pregnant listening to this siren 😂😂

[@rossymaldonado8283]

0:23 you can see the light of the lightning!

[@tomato-v8x]

this is like saying H2O is water

[@lumpyam8763]

It’s Called: “Light-ning” For A Reason

[@KerimKozy]

@@tomato-v8x 😂

[@xdesignsbylivx150]

No shit 😂

[@K1ZLAR]

@@tomato-v8x 💀💀💀

[@GreekoPlays]

Pov: Siren head comes when a tornado is happening

[@EOWS812]

no

[@lesaoiakopo622]

Imagine if you was in the woods right now and your like oh sh”t I gotta go

[@williamdenton6427]

Sometimes tornado sirens can be programmed to give the up and down effect this is usually reserved for a tornado emergency situation where a killer tornado is on the ground entering the warned area this really alerts people in immediate danger that this is a special situation and not a regular warning however in this case the system malfunctioned and should have sounded the even tone siren.

[@niro2766]

Not trying to be offensive but do you have a source for this because there are other videos of Chicago at different day times that played the exact same siren sounds.

[@williamdenton6427]

@@niro2766 I will explain how all this evolved later this afternoon, there is no official orders on how a siren should operate but some sirens have the ability to give a straight tone or warbling tone to let proper authorities know how urgent a situation is it is unofficial and dates back to the 1960s.I will get back to you...

[@williamdenton6427]

In the 1960s in unincorporated cook county volunteer fire depts. had sirens to call in personel they used an up and down wailing siren because this type brought the most attention in a serious situation. as civil defense and towns started to add weather or tornado sirens they at first and still do use a long blast they rotate on a pole for maximum effect. a spotted or radar indicated tornadic rotation promts a siren to get turned on. as a throwback to earlier times some older spotters to really get the public to heed the warning by using the wailing mode especially on pds tornado warnings. Yes i know the system in chicago somehow was even in test mode or on other warnings not taken out of up and down mode. Perhaps the sirens malfunctioned and were eventually fixed but as i know here in chicago it takes a long time to get anything done. but there is no policy other than unoffically using the system to really pay attention to a dangerous situation. it was scary for a reason.,like what the hell is going on . it did its job as all the different times and places were noted by us subscribers If the sky is black with fast moving clouds and you hear that same sound take cover immeadiatly.

[@niro2766]

@@williamdenton6427 Thank you for your explanation. Do you live in Chicago? I've seen footage of 2009 and 2015, both sirens sounded the same so it must really took them some time to get this done. I think I've seen also footage of 2021 which was declared as tornado warning from Chicago where the sirens sounded in a similar tone but like not broken as you've mentioned so you could be right about it.

[@williamdenton6427]

@@niro2766 I work and live in Chicago, i am a lanscaper and one of my sites is chicago city hall. I am there all the time. It envolves so much red tape to get anything done Chicago is reactive not pro active . IT takes a lawsuit or a major disaster to get anything done, it is always why do we need to spend money on that? Then as fate would have it a disaster happens and the money fairy appears granting any wish. Knowing chicago as well as i do if an ef5 tornado was at the west edge of the city they probably would not even activate the sirens they dont want to appear crying wolf, then after hypothtically a trillion dollar amount of damages and scores of fatalities they would say oops we dropped the ball. as much as they hate when i open my mouth its the truth and around here thats a rare commodity. I love my city and am really disappointed on how it is falling apart.

[@invisibledude7783]

The siren didn't warn the people, it scared the tornado.

[@ChrisWMF]

In Chicago they try to scare the tornado away with the sirens of hell.

[@Maverick_VR]

The siren isn’t to warn the people, it’s to scare the tornado