Air Raid Sirens heard over Moscow today.

Interesting.

What is Moscow afraid of?

"our siren deployment policies can be very lax. It might just have been the boss of a factory signalling for someone to vacate his parking spot."

Thanks for the laugh, OP. Would be nice to think it is something that simple but in today's climate, I would be looking up if I were you.

oh my OP.

I don't blame you for feeling uneasy about that!

Stay safe, friend.

Are reports circulating in the cremlin?

No need to worry. New phones have the presidential alert feature. Besides Barry reminds us daily...He has his phone.

I personally think it might have been either a fluke, or orders coming in to test the sirens. As a stormchase enthusiast I welcome any additions to our warning capabilities. As long as there is readiness seen in our Government's actions to actually deploy and use them appropriately.

We really need to refresh our National Warning System and I look towards the US of A as a role model for such a system's deployment. We need to account for our local peculiarities though. Russians are not very accustomed to hearing those sirens yet, me being a fine example of the exeption today. Most of them either don't pay attention, or dismiss the siren activation too lightly.

PS! There is a slight chance the sirens deployment might actually be ment for me and as a warning shot. I managed to tick off an EMERCOM (MChS) offical arguing the Crimean case in our local forum today.

Hmmmmm

In the US of A they wont tell any one of an nuke attack until its to late. Best you can do is run to the nearest man hole in the streets and go down into the sewer, or all ready have an deep under ground nuke bunker that your all ready living in.

As much as I understand you, it has actually happened before.

This newspiece tells about a siren going off by itself, without warming and spooking the citizens of Petrozavodsk. The article is in Russian, please use Google Translate, or Babelfish.

[link to www.stolica.onego.ru]

The other article notes how a mannequin factory owner after failing to get in touch with a woman. She blocked the factory's gates. The factory owner / director activated those sirens and made a whole town district of Moscow panic :D

[link to newsmsk.com] This article is also in Russian.

Last Edited by Snuffielover on 03/19/2014 10:24 AM

I wonder if Putin is going to seize this opportunity to snatch back more of the former Soviet Union, Kazakhstan and Belarus?

Dangerous times indeed.

That looks like raspberry or blackberry bushes in your yard.

Do they produce berries?

Original, on the scene video reporting by a GLPer deserves a pin!

I live next to a steel factory and the sirens go off twice per day and every time something unwanted ex. Americium is found in the smelting plant.

Aw, don't worry, the rest of the world is corrupt as well :)

I think like the Middle East if the bankster controlled West wasn't rattling Russia cage by paying for Jihadist insurrections in the Caucasuses and phony populists Anti Russian insurrections in Ukraine compete with mercenary from you know where snipers shooting Ukrainians then nothing would be happening right now.



Oh BTW, google the tribe that the insurrectionist leaders PM and everybody comes from.

BTW, sellouts and ruthless tactics in Braveheart mirror what is happening there right now. Nothing changes.

Maybe it was a tornado? Just kidding.... for real, may the Lord be with you all. That is unnerving indeed.

so? every first thursday of the month they test these sirens in all major citys in Belgium since many years now.

May you be safe darling!

:bighug:

RUN FORREST!! RUN

Time to start learning Latvian/Lithuanian/Estonian.

Jobs soon...

So when did Belgium move to Russia?

Not me I'd take deep breaths and prepare to meet my maker. If it's that bad I wouldn't want to stick around.

Seriously, If you pissed off an official, they are trolling you with the siren.

:horror:

i heard sirens just outside cardiff today

nothing surprises me any more

was waiting for the flash

did i say waiting?

i meant hoping