“Never understood the modern use of sirens.”
This incompetent DemocRat should have pulled out some old Civil Defense manuals. He would have seen that sirens can make different kinds of noises. A steady rising and falling tone meant Take Cover and a quivering tone meant All Clear.
In this case, one tone could have meant Tsunami! and another could have meant Fire!
But, this DemocRat would think, “How would my stupid subjects know the difference?” Buddy, the citizens are not as stupid as you are. Have an education and training program, conduct periodic tests and training using the siren tones.
Thank you, that was interesting. But I mean something else: simple human speech. Of course, that would create a disparate impact on non-English speakers, so we couldn’t have that. Even if you miss the subtleties between consonants, I’d bet people would have no trouble distinguishing between fire (”Siyer! Siyer!”) and Tsunami (”soo-ah-ii!”) Hell, “Mauka” (”to the hills!”) and “Mikai” (”to the sea!”) vary only by their easily distinguished vowels sound as it is.