For decades, my local village had a siren-alarm....mostly for the volunteer fire department.
I'd take a guess that you'd hear it five to ten times a year....always for fires....sometimes for car fires....sometimes for house fires.
In recent months, the fire department guys went to a new cellphone alert deal, and the siren alarm (for the entire city and neighborhoods of Wiesbaden).....went to a new different 'rules of conduct'.
Now? If you hear the siren (unless for practice)...it's the signal for “Warning the population”.
The guidance? Well...there's four basic instructions:
1. Immediately close your doors and windows to the house.
2. Stay indoors only.
3. Turn your radio on for instructions.
4. Turn you ventilation and AC units off.
I sat and pondered over the guidance. Most likely, it's geared toward nuke attack, or a nuke plant on fire.
The same guys in charge of Covid-19 ban-rules....in charge of nuke attack/nuke plant emergencies? Well....yeah, and that by itself makes you worry a bit.
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Funny you mention that. On the dot of noon today in central Wiesbaden I am sure that was a siren going off. The time suggests it was practice. We are all still here afterall.
Out in my village....way on the edge of Wiesbaden....went off at 11 AM. 'Warning' only came up in the news around 9 AM. That's where the rest of this BS came in....what you need to do and react to.
Up until this point, the alarm was a slightly different warble, and was for the volunteer fire department. It's now for 'emergencies'.
Four years ago, Chancellor made a big deal that you needed to have a five-day supply of canned food or emergency 'stash' in the basement. At the time, I thought that was pretty weird. My wife got all hyped up. So I have a supply of sterno now in the basement, and twenty-odd cans of fruit/vegetables. Beef jerky was forbidden by the wife on this endeavor (too much sodium). None of this effort has made ever made sense.
Is this all In case of a nuclear accident ? I think the first question is : what about the water supply ? you can go on without food for a few days.
Speaking of doomsday preppers i have this brother in law in New York state, he is one of those guys, you would not believe the "pantry" he has in his Queens apartment, i think his supplies are enough for him to go on for 2 months or more.
He was ready before Covid19 hit last march, he was ready for years...
No one ever says what this in event for. It's like a two-line explanation that should be two pages. My gut-feeling is that it's some event where air is contaminated from something.
Having known American doomsday preppers....I'd say most Germans are prepared for a maximum of three or four days. Maybe they've got a 30-day beer supply in the basement.
Just to suggest a harsh 'down-period' where the electricity is off for six hours would hype most Germans.
I remember when i was in highschool during the days after the Chernobyl accident, people were lining up to get water from deep wells, it was not the food that was their primary concern, nor the electricity, we had rolling blackouts daily during that time period so it would have not shocked anyone if the electricity would go down... As on oddity i saw people with water containers 6-8 months after it was "all clear" still getting their drikning water supply from deep wells lol... I think the skepticism runs very deep Eastern European countries, they do not trust their governments, they've been burned too many times before
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