I am informed that I will probably not be allowed anywhere near the
Yantai siren when they perform their annual air raid siren test, now
said to be at 08:15, Tuesday 8-15-2006.
So my wife, a Chinese citizen, will try to get photographs with her
digital camera. She will wear her earplugs provided by Asiana Airlines!
I will be several hundred yards away at a monument on a nearby
hill to zoom in on the siren and hopefully get good sound - probably
much better than from where I was hoping to videotape the siren close-up.
Unfortunately, it will be an ordeal for her. She will sit on the back
of a bicycle and we will get as close to West Yantai Mountain as possible.
Then we will walk. It will be quite a climb for her.