December 19, 2006
Air Raid. It must be Tuesday.

Last week I was in downtown San Francisco to teach a database class. In the middle of one of our sessions, an air raid siren began to blare. I stopped my lecture and said:

"That can't be good."

"Oh, that," one of the attendees said, not phased in the least. "It's just Tuesday at noon. That happens every Tuesday at noon."

"What? San Francisco gets bombed?"

No. Apparently, they test their air raid sirens every week.

"Yeah," chimed in another. "If they *didn't* set off the siren, *that* would have been cause for alarm."

It's all so clear to me.

So, if you happen to be in San Francisco on a Tuesday, and noon comes and goes and you don't hear an air raid siren, then, well... duck and cover.

Posted by on December 19, 2006 12:00 PM in the following Department(s): Tidbits

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LOL.. I was in San Francisco last week when the emergency civil air defense sirens went off.. boy was I scared.. I thought North Korea had sent nukes for sure! :P Glad it was just a test.

Posted by: Matt Carrell on March 5, 2007 9:14 AM

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