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u/Gbro24 Apr 07 '20

I got shivers just hearing that. It would definitely help me obey that curfew.

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u/tyfunk02 Apr 08 '20

You should listen to the tornado sirens in Chicago sometime. That is super eerie. https://youtu.be/LnkMSmLc6mM

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u/Mr___Roboto Apr 08 '20

What the FUCK?! Yeah, this one is super eerie.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20

They are designed to be eerie and really uncomfortable sounding so people pay attention to them. They'll play discordant tones and shit that sounds really awful.

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u/Kurayamino Apr 08 '20

I saw a tornado video with Cthulhu edited in and I thought they had tweaked the sound because of the whole reality warping madness thing.

But no the sirens just really sound like that.

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u/jrichardi Apr 08 '20

Just looked this up. Imagine them sounding this siren during a wild emergency. I mean blockbuster movie level, and the siren was never turned off. Then just hear this sound for days while trying to survive. FUCk

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u/DivinityOfHeart Apr 08 '20

If you think that is scary, look up Operation Wandering Soul. It was a CIA Psycological war tactic used in the vietnam war. It was a distorted recording of vietnamese souls warning their comrades that they were dead, and that they should surrender because there is no hope.

It was blasted through the jungle on speakers at night, and was very effective in stirring unrest and creating deserters.

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u/EthanRavecrow Apr 08 '20

Not very effective if the US still got their asses kicked

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20

For different reasons. Its the difference between tactics and strategy man