then youll get radioactivity, then when ur pregnant, you will have a disordered baby. then that baby will eventually touch somone, then he will get sick. then loops
@@ash90989 lol you're usually pretty safe unless something goes absolutely horribly wrong and there's a leak. Under normal operation, there's a closed loop that's completely separate from the rest of the water that gets superheated and goes into a heat exchanger. The heat from that goes into the water taken from the lake, and turns it into steam for the turbines, which eventually is cooled back to liquid form and returned. The water in the lake is perfectly safe
@@FireheartIndustries it’s actually safer as counter intuitive as that is. Studies have shown due to the heating and cooling it kills a lot of bacteria (both good and bad) in the water during this process.
They think of that. It'll likely be a slightly different siren along with a notification to your phone and on TV and Radio that it's not a test or drill and to get the fuck out of dodge
@@chicxulub2947 If you don't know the difference it's because you don't know what the sounds mean to begin with, so won't run away no matter what sirens happening. But a real one would go up and down in pitch and is very different sounding.
@@jsjsjsjsjjsnsbsns well "matey" i tried to google it now but it didnt give me anything "matey" so could you "matey" please explain it like a normal human being "matey" without getting cocky "matey"
Or every French person ^^ Every 1st Wednesday of the month at noon the firefighters check the alarms for like 5 minutes. (I actually heard the alarm once for a real reason : a chemical factory blew up in my city in 2019. Would not recommend x))
Central European here, no danger of tornadoes or anything like that, but we do still have siren drills every first wednesday of a month, 12:00. Last usually 5 ish minutes.
the question is, what if a problem occurred at exactly noon on the first Wednesday of the month? How would people know if it's a genuine danger or not?
In Oslo, Norway we have a test of the alarm system every second Wednesday of January and July - at 12 o'clock. To have a test each month is just stupid.
@@theuniversewithin74 if the alarm doesn't go off and their is an emergency it could lead to probably thousands of deaths so its better to be safe than sorry
@@HmineCrafter yes, but testing EACH month seems unnecessary. And it might prime people to not take it seriously if indeed the alarm is real. What if an emergency happens around noon first Wednesday of the month?
@@theuniversewithin74 tests like these only last about 1 or 2 minutes, if something is really wrong than the alarm will go off for much longer than that, so people will still realize something is wrong.
I remember my cousin from West Virginia came to Ohio and the Wednesday alarms went off, he woke everyone up screaming trying get us all up and we were just like “buddy it’s Wednesday go back to sleep”
@@smileynation4020 you’re definitely the type of student in high school to say he’s gonna make it big in the rap industry but ends up working the late shift at McDonald’s
Im sure they thought this up. I don't think it that hard to notify both athourities and those repsonsable for sending you those emegency alerts for extreme weather/amber alerts and then initiate the alarm. I mean if I got that emergency alert and then saw police rushing around just before the siren whent off I think i'd know it is probably not a drill and gtfo once the siren goes off.
The siren is probably playing from speakers stationed around the city, not just the facility. We do the same thing in the Midwest, same test, same siren, just for tornados instead of a reactor meltdown.
I have a plant near by. Its loudest when in any range of one of the 96 sirens in the 10 mile radius of the plant. So if you live physically close to any one of those sirens, you hear it the loudest. We have one that's about 800 feet across the street from where I work. Its LOUD. Louder than the one in this video.
There are two different tones that the sirens can use. Alert is the tone heard in the video, which is a steady tone for 3-5 minutes used during tests or as an all clear. Attack is the wailing tone used during an emergency that is also used for 3-5 minutes.
eat-another-pie there is a voice over about 50% of the time the siren is going off saying it is a test. Otherwise (surprise surprise genius!) it either won't say it is a test or say explicitly it is not a test
Interviewer: what’s that Guy: Nuclear annihilation. Interviewer: shouldn’t we be worried? Guy: well if you hear the siren it basically means your screwed, so no point of wasting energy.
Dude, you know they would sound that if there is a potential failure too.. also nuclear fission energy is the safest energy we can grab a hold of as of now.
It’s this kind of thinking that’s got us 25 years behind the rest of the world on a much more “green” fuel source. Face it, we are the number #1 League Nation. But, we’re beginning to trail everybody in a lot of different regions now.
@@GmHomer Nuke Outage Worker US: ‘General Alert’ status not sheltering in place, or by offsite meeting point and or escape/travel routes. (acc. Wind direction). PUBLIC by General Announcement by Client designated spokesperson up to/and or G.E. Siren. And by municipal emergency affiliates. This is standing in the 16 different nuclear power houses on about 44 to 45 outages I’ve worked over the last 16 years. There is a (1) Client, Contractor, Employee (2) 10 mile to 50 mile alert warning plan for the Public. If you live in these areas and do not know what to do contact your local County Sheriffs office if you live X miles ‘close’ to a functioning nuclear power house.They will tell you or direct you to the proper authorizations in your area.
@@ayyorta if you live within the plant local siren zone, and don’t know what to do (by asking your self or not notified) from the position of you probably having family or relatives) then you are indeed ignorant. Knowing what to do is part of every P.A.T. (Plant Access Training) training and tests before we can enter and work at these facilities. Which are the some of the safest work places in the country. It’s this line of ignorance that’s helped to contribute the USA being 20 to 25 years behind the rest of the Nuclear World Community. Blame your State and Federal Governments and yourself for not learning of/about it, if you live by one. Safety and Awareness begins with you.
@@Vincent-oc4mt As funny as it sounds, compared to other countries, Germany has only a few Nazis, the Germans want to distance themselves strongly from this but should also
I mean the siren isn’t at the plant itself. There are warning sirens in all of the communities that would be affected if something went wrong at the plant. That’s why it’s so loud. He’s probably less than a mile from the siren.
I sense a lot of ptsd episodes taking place at that golf course. "C'mon grandpa lets go shoot some golf" "Okay pal" *Siren sounds* "THE NAZIS ARE COMING!!!!"
@@violentscorl697 radiation is the chemical that flows in the air after the nuclear explosion happens and gives you cancer the heat from the blast that’s about equal and bright as the sun causes a human to burn up instantly
There was once a tornado at noon on Wednesday and none of my friends even knew about it since they don’t check the news. Just assumed it was another test and that is actually a terrifying thought
one of these plants are right next to my school, and everybody just disregards the occasional sirens. these comments just reminded me how weird it actually is
Its not weird at all, tornado alley, all of australia during the dry season, florida hurricane season testing, lots of places do similar stuff all the time You ever wunna witness true creepy look up chicago's broken tornado siren
Had a similar thing happen while I was on holiday in Edinburgh. I was walking on the beach (you can see the power plant down the coast) and the siren went off. I legit thought I was about to die
You'd be surprised! While its still way louder at the plant, its not as loud as you expect it do be. I dont know how it works, but these sirens are somewhat around the same volume within its range. But again, they're much louder right next to them, but not as loud as you'd expect them to be.
@@dektarey4024 Perception of sound is logarithmic, hence why we use decibels. If the siren is 130 dB at one meter, 5000 meters (about 3 miles) away the intensity will be something like 1/5000ths that, but still about 60 dB; only half the volume to your perceptions. This is also why the dangers of higher dB sound escalates so fast and why we're so bad at recognizing the issue. Normal conversation is 60db and is just fine but the sound you perceive as only about twice the volume at the siren is intense enough to cause permanent hearing loss almost immediately
@@dektarey4024 well yea, but some sirens actually make you cover your ears. I heard a few older ones that were so loud that I either had to wear ear protection when standing next to them, or cover my ears because it felt as if I would go deaf instantly if I didn’t cover my ears in time. That loud! Some other siren enthusiasts I know even had headaches from hearing loud sirens up close
There was a warning where I live, it woke someone up and they were upset so they overreacted and yeah, they melted down.... A new pack of tic-tacs wouldn't mellow them up
Plot twist: The interviewee knew it wasn't Wednesday; he just lied to the interviewer to keep him happy and blissfully ignorant in his last moments before the plant exploded, wiping out every living thing in a 30 mile radius.
@@あくま月 Aku-chan the Fukushima daiichi plant actually exploded, the roof came off of it. I watched it on the news when I lived in Japan. The thing that actually explodes is a buildup in hydrogen gas that's released through the meltdown. Matta-ne(✿^‿^)
In reality even in the worst case scenario like a reactor fire you'd have a good few minutes before the smoke reached you, and even then it's not like one breath is deadly.
@@Intrspace What if you're working in the area of nuclear plant? It doesn't need to be scary, but it's irritating when it's above your head. Get some hearing protection.
Where I'm from at least, the long continous siren is always a drill, while in case of actual danger the siren would be oscillating tone, so you'd know the difference.
@@Fucisko We have sirens for if a nearby volcano erupts and they oscillate on tests, first Monday of the month at noon. I guess it just depends where you are.
@@chrishardin4695 of course i know that, its just knowing one of the most dangerous substances in the world is being housed there, gives off a chernobyl vibe
@@riku3716 those are also in concrete buildings built directly into the ground with reinforced concrete Edit: not to mention nuclear fuel can be reused and many other factors which I wont talk about because it would be 500 lines of text at least
The town I grew up in had an air-raid siren for local firefighters to assemble at the station. The area was in Australia and quite bushfire prone. The siren would go some time between 10am and 2pm. The firefighters, all volunteers, didn't know when, they just had to be ready. As a result, air-raid sirens remind me of home and make me happy.
We have the same thing in France, except it's not only for nuclear power plants, it's in every city and can ring for any serious reason (natural disasters, bombings, you name it). It also rings as a test every first Wednesday of the month, at noon. One day, the alarms rang, it wasn't on a Wednesday. I panicked, called my mom, considered going into my building's basement, etc. Turns out, it was just some dipshit that rang the alarm in my city for fun (or maybe it was accidental, I can't remember for sure, but either way it scared the hell out of a lot of people). We had no notice from the media or the governments until several hours later. Scariest moment in a while.
the alarms need to be way more secure tbh. Like, with that one situation where someone sent bomb alerts to everyone in hawaii by accident because they pressed the wrong button-
We have this in France every first Wednesday too. Not sure why tbh. I lived on an island before however and I know they’re testing the Tsunami/earthquake/Eruption sirens
Graphite cooling rods are used as part of a heat transfer system designed to help the cooling process... the incident at Chernobyl is one that had it... the joke is deeper than that though because officially Russia denied it happened... and even to this day downplays the incident
“Simpson you idiot! You caused one of our Reactors to blow up, sound the alarms!” “Oh Mr Burns it’s the first Wednesday of this month! How will anyone te-“ “Eh it’s their problem then!”
I live right by Three mile Island [TMI], ( the one that had a partial melt down, and just recently went offline.) Here in PA regulations dicaticate that you'r not using the main reactors while safety testing is underway, making it impossible for this situation to happen.
i dont know why but just a few minutes ago i was eating my chips and i paused the video to the strangest feeling. i looked around the screen to the shock that i had seen the exact thing on my screen in one of my dreams. the suggested videos, the still image of the paused video, the chips, it was all ther like from the dream. this has happen to me many times and to this day i cant explain it.
I once had a dejavu when I watched a Video of a Whelen Siren go of. Could've sworn I heard the exact same voice announcing the test the exact same way it did in the Video. That Siren sounded familiar. But I can't remember ever living near a Siren in my life and I don't think we have Whelen Sirens in Germany
We in the netherlands have the sirens all around the country and you can hear them every first monday of the month, they go off to warn us if there is an invasion in our country
@@joeywirt7953 What asshole thought that was a good idea? "Hey instead of testing this while the majority of people are at home, work, or school, and are already most likely awake and alert, how about we run this shit on their day off and tryna sleep in or chill?"
Yea I was in the car waiting for my sister to get out of a doctors appointment and because this was my first time there on a Wednesday I heard it and I reacted by leaving the car running into the offices and panicking yelling where my sister is and a dude told me to calm down it happens on a Wednesday every month. Imagine a 15 year old screaming like a little baby
This happened to me whilst playing lacrosse in Prague. I was sitting in my hotel room and I saw all my team mates sprinting back to the hotel from the street cuz this air raid alarm went off 😂 everyone thought the ussr had a sudden resurgence.
As a Czech person, this made me laugh, thank you 😂 Also, it's a general "danger" alarm, followed by "this is a drill" message. When it's not a drill, the tone is not monotonous.
Reminds me of an apartment I lived in. We had 14 tests a year of the build's fire system (monthly, an annual test of each floor's hallway sensors, and an annual test of the in-unit sensors). They would periodically be running a day or too late, so they literally had everybody trained to just ignore them even if it wasn't on the testing day. Plus the schedules were published so anyone wanting to start a fire maliciously would do it a couple hours before the scheduled test and watch everyone burn. First real fire the alarms didn't even go off, and the second fire nobody evacuated because why would they? Neither were a big deal, no significant smoke or injuries, but it was a great example of why you shouldn't train people to just ignore alarms.
I used to live near a chemical plant here in my area and they had the same weekly alarm. Also, the houses here in my town had special built windows that were tightly sealable in a way to gas-proof your home in the event of a chemical leak if the noxious gases were to flow downwind thru the neighborhood, so you could safely shut yourself in until it all quite literally blows over. since chemical leaks dont have to gradually "meltdown" first before exploding or whatever, city-wide evacuations just simply aren't fast enough once the wind picks up.
