Siren

• Terry Nunn

  • Location: London Road, Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  23 December 2013     06:24256109
  #1      
  Woken at 05.45 this morning by a wailing sound that lasted 10 minutes. Just as I ventured outside it stopped. Car alarm, burglar alarm, tsunami warning? It was bloody loud. Any ideas?
  
  
  Terry
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• Andy B

  • Location: dover
  • Registered: 10 Nov 2012
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  23 December 2013     08:08256110
  #2      
  Didnt hear this one but occasionaly i,ve heard one similar to an air raid siren usualy around midday.Maybe a factory testing its alarm system.
• Guest 673

  • Registered: 16 Jun 2008
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  23 December 2013     10:34256121
  #3      
  The one that sounds like an air raid siren is the one in the docks. Have heard DHB test the alarm in the Eastern Docks at around 11am every so often, probably weekly or monthly.
  
  Here is a photo of Dover's air raid siren "Lizzie" in World War One:
  
  

  
• Guest 641

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  23 December 2013     10:39256122
  #4      
  I didn't hear anything, a bit early for an air raid siren test, maybe someone was putting the cat through the mangle Or maybe you had a bad dream Terry
• Terry Nunn

  • Location: London Road, Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  23 December 2013     10:55256126
  #5      
  I think putting my head out of the window would have woken me up Barry!!!
  
  Terry
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• Guest 641

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  23 December 2013     11:06256128
  #6      
  Strange things, dreams, Merry Christmas
• Guest 717

  • Registered: 16 Jun 2011
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  23 December 2013     12:19256129
  #7      
  The port of Dover have one and test it often but I think the Duke of Yorks test theirs every week. I used to be worken up all the time by a sound coming from near there.
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