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(49,454 posts) Tue Sep 3, 2019, 12:10 PM Sep 2019

The sirens last night sounded differently [View all]

There were lightning and rumbles but no rain. And then the rain started in earnest and then I thought I heard whistles, thought that it was the rain banging on the chimney. And then spouse came downstairs and said these were the tornado sirens. So we opened KARE11 - the closest to us. What we see and hear they do, too. And then the alert came on my cell phone. At least it passed fast.

Was really strange. We wondered whether the strong wind caused the siren to sound at a high pitch..

Hope everyone is OK, otherwise..

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The sirens last night sounded differently [View all] question everything Sep 2019 OP

There was a tornado warning for Hennepin County The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #1

Weather Terror Planet NAVAIR000 Sep 2019 #2

Frankly, I think that Minnesota is the best question everything Sep 2019 #3

The tornadoes we get here have rarely been as fierce as the ones in Oklahoma or Missouri dflprincess Sep 2019 #4

welcome to DU gopiscrap Sep 2019 #6

We are all much more likely to be killed with a gun than by any natural weather/earth phenomenon. fleabiscuit Sep 2019 #5

I thought they sounded a little different when they went off Wednesday for monthly test dflprincess Sep 2019 #7