Outdoor Warning Siren - Thorsby, Alberta

From CBC News - October 2nd, 2023:
"At 12 o'clock, a handful of towns hear the blare of sirens installed decades ago", Residents of some #Alberta communities are familiar with a rather noisy notice that it's noon.

The ear-splitting wails are the sounds of sirens that were installed decades ago.

Some are civil defence sirens — also known as air raid sirens — that were set up early on during the Cold War. Other sirens were put in by fire departments as a way to summon crews to an emergency.

"As annoying as it is, it's a part of everyday life, especially in small towns," said Sarah McEwan, who works in a store underneath the siren in Thorsby, Alta.

Thorsby, a town of fewer than 1,000 people located about 70 kilometres southwest of #Edmonton, has a civil defence siren, one of more than 120 installed in Alberta communities to warn citizens in the event of a nuclear attack. There were about 1,700 such sirens in Canada by the mid-1960s, according to the Canadian Civil Defence Museum website".

Can you guess the Siren anyone?

Original Article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-town-cold-war-sirens-still-blow-1.6979989#:~:text=Here%20is%20the%20sound%20of,hour%20siren%20in%20Thorsby%2C%20Alta.&text=Air%20raid%20sirens%2C%20like%20this,event%20of%20a%20nuclear%20attack.

Enjoy the Siren sound that's still present in Alberta.