On Chicagoan Tornado Sirens
It was a Wednesday a couple weeks ago. We were a group of Rocketeers on a wind- and rainswept balcony overlooking the river in downtown Chicago. All of the business types had fled after a table overturned in the maelstrom, but we were Hashrocket, and this was our happy hour. The waitress was thrilled that we continued to order drinks.
And then something strange happened… a siren started to sound. I had never heard anything like it, and my initial impression was that there was a normal police siren sounding that was being distorted by the buildings and rain.
Turns out, it was a tornado siren. But hey, it’s going to take more than a little tornado to keep us from our happy hour. Here’s the audio of the event: