continuing silence

5/21/14

  The city went to great expense revamping the severe weather siren system. They made it so that wherever you are in the urban area, you can clearly hear it. To make sure the sirens function correctly, the system is tested once a month. Depending on where you are located, the siren wail can be excruciatingly loud.
  The weather was getting pretty wild, so i ducked in a store to avoid the rain. The siren goes off, and i want to crawl under the sales counter it's so painfully loud. One employee turns to the other and yells, "There goes the siren!", over the noise of the siren.