I remember them into the 1960s.
2007-01-28 06:43:36 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
you're right. somewhere in the mid-to-late 60s they discontinued them. i remember them in school (like public school) but there weren't any in college). it was kinda fun, like fire drills. it got us out of class and into a public place. remember, we weren't to talk (but we did anyway. we used the events as a social occasion). fond memories based on not-so-good reason.
2007-01-28 06:49:56 · answer #1 · answered by blackjack432001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Last time I heard an air raid siren was back in the 1960s we still had a Civil Defence in those days - a continuation from WW2.
2007-01-28 17:35:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tests were phase out when they no longer meant anything. When the sirens were installed, you could have several hours warning about an impending attack as the bombers flew toward their target. Even jet bombers took hours to reach a distant goal. People could actually do something in the time available, like walk or drive to a shelter.
Today, with missles as the deliverly system of choice, the amount of warning is measured in minutes. In the little time available, the best most people could do would be to get out in the open as they tried to reach a shelter. This would just add to possible casualties and hinder movement of emergency vehicles.
This also doesn't do anything for the bomb that has been smuggled in and is sitting on the dock, or in the truck travelling down the highway, etc., that would go off with no warning at all.
2007-01-28 15:23:12 · answer #3 · answered by wires 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they could afford plan tables with four legs!
In the 1970's I worked for the Borough Surveyor and had charge of the Council's drainage plans in the basement of the Town Hall. One end of my plan table was propped up by a brand new, uncrated, hand-cranked air-raid siren together with thousands of leaflets on what to do in the event of a nuclear strike. I don't know how they expected to utilise this stuff because I held the only key!
2007-01-28 16:19:41 · answer #4 · answered by Jellicoe 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not sure. When I lived in Westbury, Wilts between 1968 and 1971, the old air raid siren was used to call the retained firefighters when they were needed. For all I know, it still is.
2007-01-28 14:46:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In Hereford, the air raid sirens are still tested.
2007-01-28 14:58:17 · answer #6 · answered by AmyLoosie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The air raid sirens are still used where I am. They are now used to warn of impending flood.
2007-01-28 15:32:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They have'nt stopped.
In Fulwood Barracks, Preston, Lancs., they sound the air raid warning siren every Friday at 9.30 am prompt.!!
2007-01-28 14:53:42 · answer #8 · answered by JohnH(UK) 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi,Hibee,
As recently as 1976 I can remember the 7:00am test of the nuclear warning siren on Wednesdays off Brackensdale Avenue,Derby.
I was paranoid for almost five years.........
2007-01-28 14:51:41 · answer #9 · answered by misterviv 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where you live. There are places that still have working air raid sirens, only now they warn for tornadoes.
2007-01-28 14:53:48 · answer #10 · answered by serious troll 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋