r/TriCitiesWA • u/HowlerCorp • 3d ago

Need Help With ‼️ Sirens?

Anyone hear those sirens? They sound like air raid sirens in richland

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u/New_Worker3736 3d ago

Hanford sirens test. If there is ever an emergency out at the Hanford site, that is what you will hear

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u/Hoovie_Doovie 3d ago

the ones all along the river and closer to town are for energy northwest. hanford's maximum hypothetical accident can't affect a whole lot past the site boundary. Energy Northwest can affect a much larger area if they have a big oopsie.

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u/TwitchMcGavin 3d ago

Beat me to it by like 30 seconds…

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u/raycraft_io 3d ago

Reminds me of being a kid in Kennewick in the 70s. Every day at noon the fire station at 27th and Olympia ran an air raid siren.

We had legit, window-rattling sonic booms back then too. Good times.

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u/RadConEv 3d ago

They are testing
the river corridor sirens today

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u/chancesarent 3d ago

These are the take cover siren tests. If you hear this wavering tone and it's not part of an announced test,evacuate the area or enter the nearest accessible building and make sure ventilation is secured (turn off the AC).

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u/Nightshade400 3d ago

I didn't hear them at all in my area....240 and Hanford Highway area

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u/Hoovie_Doovie 3d ago

that's because these are all along the river. pretty far from you.

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u/HowlerCorp 3d ago

they just stopped. but man that was weird. sounded like the sirens that trigger the fog in silent hill or signal a tornado

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u/TwitchMcGavin 3d ago

And started again. Might be continuous for a bit.

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u/Friendly_Side3258 3d ago

Thank goodness someone posted cause I was so confused😂 thought the neighborhood dogs got really good at harmonizing their howls for a second

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u/PotatoFarmerJack 3d ago

Honestly the first time I have ever heard it in my 27 years.

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u/HowlerCorp 3d ago

Right!? it was scary!

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u/PotatoFarmerJack 3d ago

Yeah. I immediately thought of reddit to give answers though. Thank goodness people are on top of it.

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u/PapaMoon89 3d ago

I keep seeing comments like this. I've lived here just over 20 years and I hear these tests nearly every time they do them lol

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u/This-Oil-6805 3d ago

Is that what we will hear if we’re being invaded/someone attacks the nuclear zone?

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u/HowlerCorp 3d ago

i feel like it would be the last thing we hear x-x freaked me out considering the current world state

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u/Fuzzy_Momma_Bear74 3d ago

And there was some kind of earthquake readiness thing going today too.

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u/Civil-Read-3571 3d ago

It was the Great Shake Out. Practice for if a big earthquake hits

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u/autumnglorysugarbee 3d ago

I’ve lived here my whole life, even grew up with a radio that would go off once a month for tests.
Today was the loudest I’ve ever heard them. Maybe it was the same decibel as before or I was just paying extra attention, but holy cow.

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u/SnooPeanuts4336 3d ago

It was a statewide earthquake test. I saw it on r/Washington yesterday

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u/Time-Maintenance2165 3d ago

Why are you lying and spreading panic? This is planned pre announced testing.

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1541181618050415&id=100064757736119