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Texin

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15. Up until about February of this year, those Civil Defense sirens were tested in our area(s) Dallas-Forth Worth the

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #14)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 04:36 PM

Jul 16

first Tuesday of every month, as they had been since I was girl in grade school back in the 20th Century. Back in the days when they had school drills where we all trooped out to the local bar ditch (as they say here) to duck and cover. If it was raining, we all dove under our desks and covered our heads.

Ahh, the good old days.

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Days after tragic Texas floods, Trump's NOAA demands public TV stations remove weather alerting equipment from towers [View all] bigtree Jul 16 OP

OMG no no no no no TommieMommy Jul 16 #1

Next they will want to disable tornado sirens all over the country. House of Roberts Jul 16 #2

Those sirens aren't just about tornadoes (flooding, etc.), they're also Civil Defense warnings, i.e., Texin Jul 16 #10

I remember Baltimore still tested theirs once a month back in the 80s. Not many tornadoes in Baltimore. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 16 #14

Up until about February of this year, those Civil Defense sirens were tested in our area(s) Dallas-Forth Worth the Texin Jul 16 #15

Evil republicons doing evil thing to Americans BoRaGard Jul 16 #3

When does the hell no part of this kick in? yorkster Jul 16 #4

That's not going to work in Florida. Baitball Blogger Jul 16 #5

Their pattern is so obvious: Baitball Blogger Jul 16 #6

This is insane surfered Jul 16 #7

Weather Radio is a primary entry point for the EAS system TrumanTheTiger Jul 16 #8

"Trump's ideological crusade against public broadcasting will cost lives". Texin Jul 16 #9

Their ultimate goal is ... Escape Jul 16 #11

and it turns out he can do it without gas ovens MadameButterfly Jul 16 #13

Pure evil... n/t Ol Janx Spirit Jul 16 #12

This is for Vlad Putin's Orders to Destroy America Cha Jul 16 #16