In Russia, from 10:00 to 11:00 on March 6, the operation of the public alert system was checked. Sirens were heard and loudspeakers were working in various cities of the country. TV channels also previously reported on the upcoming check related to large-scale exercises to prepare for floods and natural fires. www1.ru spoke with residents of various cities in Russia about today's check.
St. Petersburg stood out the most; they abandoned the original plan to turn on the siren, and in order not to frighten residents, they put the polonaise from Pyotr Tchaikovsky's opera "Eugene Onegin" into the loudspeakers.
During the check, citizens were urged to remain calm. Ekaterina, a resident of St. Petersburg, admitted that she had read about the alert in the media, but did not hear the signal itself.
I knew about the signal, but I was at work, I didn’t hear it. None of my friends heard Tchaikovsky, but a friend who lives in Devyatkino wrote that they just had a siren sounding
But Muscovites among those we interviewed were surprised by the very absence of audible alarm signals. And seeing a warning on the TV screen, many were frightened at all. It is worth noting that the editors also did not hear sirens. Although there is confirmation on the Web that they were still heard in Moscow here.
Sirens, what sirens?! I don’t know, I slept soundly, maybe they did something at 6 in the morning. Maybe they don’t check at all? No one would just scare the population with sirens. Not the time.
In the morning we were preparing breakfast, turned on Malysheva. And then this squeal started during the advertisement. We threw away the pans, knives, and ran to the TV. Panic, heart palpitations, shock began. The first thought is that they are flying to kill us. They said that this was due to floods, but what floods in Moscow?! We don’t even know where to run, we’ve never been in the basement. We even have limited access to the stairs. The nearest bomb shelter is 20 minutes away, it is unlikely to be functioning. The only hope is for air defense.
Alert signals were definitely heard in Khimki, Istra, Cheboksary, Murmansk and other cities. www1.ru readers surveyed also stated that they do not know where to hide in the event of a real threat. Most believe that there should be a bomb shelter somewhere nearby, but they do not know the exact location.
I didn’t know about the check, I didn’t see any information in the public, I could have missed it, of course. All this was associated with a horror movie, like a zombie apocalypse. But it wasn’t scary, since the siren had been blaring periodically before. If this is not a training exercise, then I don’t know how to proceed and where to run, but I know that there is a bunker somewhere nearby
They warned that they would turn them on tomorrow and they would be heard everywhere. They are on the roofs plus a car drove through the streets. Everyone knew, they wrote about it in all the groups. And I myself told my grandmother about it yesterday. But if it weren’t a training session, then I don’t even know what to do, where to run. The only thing, intuitively, I probably want to be closer to the ground, and not on the 8th floor in a house that sticks out next to the field.
In Cheboksary, for reliability, they even decided to turn on the siren twice, but this confused residents.
And why did they turn it on 2 times for some reason. They warned about the first one, and on the second one we were already joking, whether to run or not. But we were just joking, it wasn’t scary. Perhaps because they warned. Perhaps because the sound is booming, not sharp, due to the plastic windows. I have little idea how to react. Here, in Cheboksary, we have a police cultural center in the basement, they are supposedly in a Soviet bomb shelter. But I don’t understand whether ordinary residents will be allowed in there or not. They should, probably. But I don’t know what to do in Odintsovo - there is an ordinary basement there.
Let us remind you that if you or your loved ones hear an alarm signal for no known reason, you should remain calm and follow the instructions that will be announced to the public through state broadcasting channels on television or radio
