Air raid siren 

Well dad you seem to be getting you tube famous , at least you can say lifting those bastards in and out of the car was worth it 😂

Your neighbors must love you

That's such a horrifying sound. Imagine being at work and then hearing that.

*how to scare your grandfather*

British Grandfather: “Damned Jerries are back at it again!”

Love this sound!! Too bad it means sh*t has hit the fan.

babies on airplanes when they're about to take off:

When you pause the video but the sound is still playing

No one: Neighbourhood great Grandpa having a flashback:

Get ready boys, we’re gonna hear this soon

No one : *Our microwave when I use it at 3 AM*

The sound of this used to terrorize me as a little boy. They used to test these things back when I was in kindergarten and first grade and all that. The teacher would teach us “duck and cover” and make us get under our desks where we had to stay until she said we could come out. The sirens were so loud and scary. I used to cry my eyes out and wanted my mom, but of course she wasn’t there because I was at school. Even today, the sound of that siren makes my stomach get tight. That sound never means anything good. It always means you’re in danger and better hide inside somewhere. I’ll bet my entire generation has PTSD about these damned things. Good video, though. Thanks for sharing.

Everyone: 2020 is bad but at least it can’t be any worse? June:

Mom: Im home in 5 min, you remembered to do all the chores right? My brain:

Step 1: Hook up an air raid siren to your vehicle. Step 2: Go to a protest. Step 3: Wait for crowd of people to form around your vehicle. Step 4: Turn that siren on and watch people panic. Step 5: profit???

I'm old enough to remember when my city tested these every Friday at noon. It was during the cold war when we all thought the Soviet Union was going to nuke us, and they had to make sure these "air raid" horns were in working order. I always wondered what they looked like.

Everybody gangsta until it doesn’t stop when they turn it off. “Whats that speck falling out of the sky?”

Everybody gangsta until it doesn’t stop after the video ends

Nobody: *The school computer's fan trying to run Tetris:*

Idk if anyone else has it the same way, but the air raid sirens that were set up in my area during the Cold War are still working and used today. The fire departments use them to to signal that there’s a general emergency like a fire, a car accident, or even an EMS call. Some departments have even taken the expense to update the sirens. I’ve been told that if I hear it turn on and play for 3 minutes, it’s time to start preparing for the end

I think RU-vid is trying to tell us something with this recommendation...

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED *Congratulations, you just triggered a WWII flashback*

Ironic that this appears in my recommendation at this time in history

I never lived during war, hit or cold, yet this still sets me on high alert. Well designed, I must say.

Nobody: 12 year old's mics on online shooter games:

“Sir, this is a McDonald’s drive-thru”

see you 10 years later when this is recommended again and Volkswagen owns RU-vid

I think of the worst aspect of this sound is the wind down. People always talk in comments about how the sound of an air raid siren can invoke feelings of fear even in people who have never experienced them for real, simply because we know the association of what the sound means. But for me, that wind down, the slowly fading away sound, is the most powerful part of it. Because I imagine the families in the war slowly starting to emerge from their bunkers, unsure of what the damage was and what pieces have been left for them to pick up.

youtube: hey do you wanna hear an air raid siren me: uum... sure why not

I wish to recall my original comment :/

To this day we have one of these here in Opunake, New Zealand. It is tested at 12 midday EVERY day of the year and people stop work for lunch when it goes up. Primarily it is still used for Fire and Ambulance callouts..as these are volunteer services and not everyone walks around with their pager on it remains a useful backup. Dad was ex RNZN and RN WW2 and also ex-Army Korean War. He did not enjoy hearing the siren go up every day as he had been in London and other parts of the UK when air raids were on ...some bad memories of things he wouldn't even talk about. I believe there are quite a few of these still in service around NZ. Best wishes. Dave.

*Put the Air Raid siren on a car and lets go raid Area 51* **Next time*

I accidentally unplugged my headphones and now my grandfather is gathering everyone into our basement

I showed this to my grandpa, he's so happy he's dancing uncontrollably on the floor

Let me list the things I would do upon hearing one of these: 1. pee myself 2. just relax and accept the fact that I'm screwed 3. die

Nice to know what the warning siren sounds like, for when the nukes hit.

Imagine living in the 1960's rural America making breakfast and hearing this, then getting the golf game on the TV interrupted by the International warning program.

my computer fan likes to do this when I'm trying to be quiet

Ya it’s rewind time Grandpa: GReNAdE

Mom: What is that thing? Me: …. My new alarm clock.

Yeah i bought that same thing and i thought it was a fan but my city is being now evacuated...

*Flushes an unknown toilet* The toilet: *Normal toilet sounds* What my ears can pick up: 0:00

We're detonating the alpha warhead in T-minus 90 seconds

Everyone gangsta til the video ends and the siren doesn't.

video: air raid siren 2.1 million people: *hmm interesting*

imagine being this guys neighbour and you're just like *GOD DAMN IT HES USING THAT DARNED AIR RAID SIREN AGAIN*

"How obnoxious would you like your ringtone to be?" "Yes."

When you're looking at the device in the daytime it takes the fear away. Let it be misty, rainy, nighttime, dark haze or a combination and the siren in the distance: That is fear.

0.25 speed - Old arcade racing game Normal speed - air raid siren 2x speed - fire truck

Grandpa's on 1 mile radius be like: *panik*

My granpa always forgot my name when he heard this, my name isn't medic

*No, you're not the only person who had this on their recommended in 2020*

Why are the war veterans getting out of their houses fully equipped?

Am I the only one that absolutely loves this sound. As a kid and now I still get excited when they test these

one day i will buy one of these and i will put her on the roof of my '54 chevrolet pickup... but first of all i will buy a '54 chevrolet pickup

Sirenhead: Becomes popular. This video: Gets in everyone’s recommends Reply «ok» if your’re gay

*removes headphones Sound still playing Oh right I'm in iraq

I’m a sophomore in college and I’m living in Georgia as of now. Came from Montana, so hurricanes are unheard of for me but as Hurricane Helene tears through the southeast, it produced some tornadoes in my area earlier. I’ve heard the air raid sirens in person before, but it was only for tests. Tonight was the first time I heard it used for its intended purpose, and that alone was so bone chilling I nearly got frozen with fear as I gathered things and prepared to evacuate my dorm to go to lower ground. Definitely a core memory for me.

I finna walk into a retirement home with this playing outside

I don't want a full sized, but I wish they could make a scale model (assuming that the smaller it gets, the quieter it is too.) I would want TONS of those.

RU-vid recommends this out of nowhere. I'm not even mad.

Thanks for posting this…back in the 80,s these were expensive to maintain and had heating elements both sides to stop freezing up….so they were redundant. The metropolitan engineers isolated the 3 phase power and my job as an electrician was to cut the bolts and cable and bring them down in a cherry picker . 3 a day was our target in London. Best job ever

Why don't manufacturers put this thing in electric cars with motors for noise; It will sound great.

Sirens in the 1940's: *everyone runs away* Siren in 2020: *everyone runs towards it with their phones in hand*

The comments: 90% tired memes 10% actual enthusiasts wondering where all the bad jokes have come from

I love this song! I remember when they played this live back at Dresden!

jan: ww3 February: Australia burns march: toilet paper april:

God damn that sound is chilling... and I didn't even grow up in the cold war era

Nobody: My ps4 late at night:

This is one of the scariest sounds i ever heard. I can’t fathom to think what soldiers felt

y'all about to hear this again anytime soon lmao

Played this on the school's loudspeaker Schools out for the day

1. Hear siren 2. Sky turns dark, ash starts falling from the sky and a thick fog shows up. 3. shit... Why did I vacation in Silent HIll

Growing up in Minnesota in the 60’s our 100 year old elementary school had an air raid siren on the roof. Every so often they’d test it and we’d all file down to the basement and sit facing the stone wall taylor style with head down with hands clasped over our neck. This was going to save us from a nuclear blast somehow. In the summer it would go off whenever there was a tornado warning. We’d run outside and grab the bikes, lawn chairs, Tonka trucks, clean laundry off the clothes line and take everything inside then huddle down in the dank unfinished cinder block basement until the siren stopped and it was all clear. That sound is so eerie.

Me: Pulls a prank on Grandpa with this Siren. Grandpa: *Pulls out m-16* "Come get me bastards!"

when a redditor discovers that someone didn’t understand a joke

“This is quiet, let me turn it up” *The volume was muted the whole time*

Me: playing sound near to my grandfather Grandfather: starts wearing equipments

I love the sound of these, they just sound so cool :)

My local town in the UK had one of these up a small tower at the police station back in the 80's. It served only one purpose if it went off - Nuclear war. Before it was dismantled they ran it once and it sort of instinctively induces utter fear and doom when unaware.

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It actually amazes me how simple these things are when i thought that they weren't.

RU-vid: 2013: no 2014: no 2015: no 2016: no 2017: no 2018: no 2019: still no 2020: this is the right time

"hey why is the pause button not working?" Hol up.....

tbh I always thought that the sound was made by a speaker not a motor

Out of all the air raid sirens i've seen on RU-vid, this is by far the best 👍

and scares the shit out of people anywhere they can here it

So I guess RU-vid wants to recommend me both an air raid siren and a kid screaming like an air raid siren, so I guess RU-vid knows what I want?

Wait... Are they just spinning really fast to create the sound? Cool

Nothing : My PC trying to load RU-vid video :

The most terrifying sound a human can hear. It means the end of all you have ever known untill that point. I hope to never hear that IRL.

anyone else just get recommended with this video that was made literally *6 1/2* years ago and just clicked on it for absolutely no reason?

I had one of those in our back garden as a kid. My dad had to test it still worked every year in case of emergencies. Fun times :-)

the air raid siren youube rabbit hole gotta be one of my favourites

I like turtles

Shit is real if you hear one of this!

Me : scrolling for videos RU-vid : You want see air raids siren for WWIII ?

Everyone’s grandpa: OH SHIT THEY’RE BACK!

Me: I like this! Elderly that were in WW2: *GET IN ZE BASEMENT*

Iraqi here, this brings back so many bad memories from 2003..