Lowest Mounted Siren in UK

[Don't Panic!]

Once commonplace in Edinburgh, Scotland air raid sirens mounted on top of police boxes.


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[rdfox]

Well, THAT seems... unnecessarily cruel to all involved. What, couldn't they even afford a single utility pole to mount it on so it wouldn't deafen the PC during tests?

[Don't Panic!]

Well, THAT seems... unnecessarily cruel to all involved. What, couldn't they even afford a single utility pole to mount it on so it wouldn't deafen the PC during tests?

Yeap, anyone walking by...oh, ouch.



As you mention, why could they not afford a utility pole, like elsewhere, but hey, the Scots are well known as savethrifts.

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[holler]

Dear god...

Everybody in town would know you called the cops.

[Brendan W]

What were they thinking when they installed the things?!