Sunday, March 20, 2011

Is the super moon super annoying for emergency workers?

In my neighborhood the people who operate the sirens on emergency vehicles often seem to indicate their emotional state of being.

The quick "woo woo woo woo woo" lets you know that they are really in a hurry and don't want to deal with idiots, so move to the side very quickly.

The bored "woo woo whip whonk weeep" that occasionally comes out can actually start you giggling. The trucks calling that out are not usually going that fast - an emergency, but they just know it's probably another false alarm.

The annoyed "wooooooo" often happens around rush-hour, so get out of all intersections everywhere in the city please.

This weekend we had a super full moon - 20% bigger than normal because the moon is in an elliptical orbit around the planet and it got as close to earth as it ever gets. It was reportedly the biggest full moon in 18 years. And a full moon means many humans on the planet went quite insane yesterday. How many old boyfriends were talking to ex-girlfriends in a drama of insanity? Good day for target practice in Libya, eh?

So yesterday there were lots and lots of emergency sirens going off. And today there were almost as many. All of them were very, very angry.

So has this full moon been super - once in 18 years super - annoying for emergency workers? They being humans as well... they were probably going a bit crazy themselves! I hope the work scheduling has given all of them a break!

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