Eerie sounds

Jorgen Sigvardsson

I've got CNN on in the background. All of a sudden I heard this unmistakable sound of a missile/air attack alarm. It sent chills down my spine. -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

Marc Clifton

When I used to live in San Diego, the Blue Angels would practice at Miramar (where they filmed some of Top Gun) and one day they thundered about over the rooftop of the house that I was living in, all five of them, in close formation and a goodly amount of thrust. Near the speed of sound too, so fast that I couldn't hear them until they were almost on top of the house. Deafening. It made me shiver in my shoes thinking, what if I lived in some country where these things were doing a bombing run. I'd sure as heck surrender. I don't know how anyone can even come close to leading a normal life in a war zone. Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
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David Stone

Ah those were the days...it's too bad they don't do that anymore. The normal jets still fly over Miramar, and the AWACS too, but the Blue Angels don't. I believe they moved to somewhere in Arizona. Cool planes. Used to love going up to my friends house in Miramar when they started practicing for the air show. Car alarms went off every time they flew really low. :-D

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Roger Wright

They do their stuff out here over the desert now... sometimes they buzz I-40 around Newberry Springs and drive the motorists nuts... Great fun! Ancient man conquered his rivals with the jawbone of an ass; modern man uses the jawbone of a politician.

David Stone

:cool: Still wish they wouldn't have moved though. It was always fun watching them streak across the sky in formation.

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Roger Wright

Marc Clifton wrote: I don't know how anyone can even come close to leading a normal life in a war zone. Amen. They used to test the stealth stuff over my old neighborhood - the San Bernardino mountains. Spooky s*&t. You can't hear them, or see them, until they're on top of you. I'm told they use Ontario Airport along the I-10 corridor as a test approach, cruising along to see if the airport radars can detect them; can't verify that as I've been out of the business for a long time. But I had two little girls that lived with me convinced they were UFOs!:-) Ancient man conquered his rivals with the jawbone of an ass; modern man uses the jawbone of a politician.

Felix Gartsman

Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: I've got CNN on in the background. All of a sudden I heard this unmistakable sound of a missile/air attack alarm. It sent chills down my spine. I thought it was the local sirens... A few seconds of "where my gas mask???", before understanding it's on TV.

Lost User

It should. Better than being blase about war :( Elaine The tigress is here :-D

Jorgen Sigvardsson

Marc Clifton wrote: It made me shiver in my shoes thinking, what if I lived in some country where these things were doing a bombing run. Uh huh. It feels really bad when my problems are Powerbuilder and Java, while others must worry about dodging missiles and other dangers. :( -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine