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So that people in the area recognize what they sound like, regardless of how long ago they moved in.


Everyone knows what a siren sounds like.

"So that people in the area quickly learn to ignore sirens, regardless of how long ago they moved in."


They don't necessarily know "That's the tornado warning siren" (as opposed to some other siren), though. More important when there's multiple possible alerts, of course.




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