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Title: Avonmouth NR Work "axed as hundreds risked being trapped in chemical emergency" Post by: Lee on October 30, 2018, 10:26:02 Network Rail postpones work in Avonmouth after locals raise access risk issues - https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/train-works-axed-hundreds-risked-2159050
Title: Re: Avonmouth NR Work "axed as hundreds risked being trapped in chemical emergency" Post by: JayMac on October 30, 2018, 15:38:33 Well done to the individual who raised the issue. Using the immediacy of social media. Twitter can be a force for good.
Doesn't bear thinking about it there had been an COMAH incident, and residents were trapped on the wrong side of the level crossing. Title: Re: Avonmouth NR Work "axed as hundreds risked being trapped in chemical emergency" Post by: Richard Fairhurst on October 30, 2018, 16:47:57 The Severnside Sirens would be a great name for a band.
Title: Re: Avonmouth NR Work "axed as hundreds risked being trapped in chemical emergency" Post by: JayMac on October 30, 2018, 18:22:13 The Severnside Sirens would be a great name for a band. When I moved to Lawrence Weston from central Bristol in 2006, nobody warned me about the sirens' existence or their monthly test. Having a siesta one afternoon, not long after moving in (they're tested at 3pm on the 3rd of each month), I was somewhat scared and bewildered when awoken by the test. I thought it was the end of days! Never really got used to them. Scare the bejeebus out of you if you happen to be walking by one as it goes off. I always seemed to be either dozing or walking past the Lawrence Weston one at 3pm on the 3rd. Now, the sirens are to warn of serious industrial incidents on the Avonmouth industrial area. At least that's what the powers that be want you to believe. One resident of Portishead recently shared the truth though: Quote "Don't panic when you hear loud sirens at 3pm tomorrow. "As long as you take the right precautions beforehand, you'll be fine. "See, every month, at 3pm on the third day, an alien spaceship lands in an unused building somewhere in Avonmouth Docks, its evil crew proceeding to violently kidnap people within a few miles' radius before disappearing back to their faraway galaxy. "Obviously we don't know exact numbers, as nobody's ever returned. That notwithstanding, an educated guesstimate is that the bloodthirsty demons are not satisfied until they've captured around 250 everyday people like you and me. Like your parents, like your children. However, we are confident that they only snatch people carelessly wandering outdoors... "...so, as long as tomorrow - and on every third day of every month - you lock yourselves in, you should be just about fine. And don't look out of your windows. Never. Look out. Of your windows. At 3pm. On the third day. Never. Ever. Ever. Title: Re: Avonmouth NR Work "axed as hundreds risked being trapped in chemical emergency" Post by: Lee on October 30, 2018, 18:32:39 Footage just in from Diamond Back Road, Avonmouth...
Title: Re: Avonmouth NR Work "axed as hundreds risked being trapped in chemical emergency" Post by: TaplowGreen on October 30, 2018, 18:34:15 The Severnside Sirens would be a great name for a band. Wouldn't be popular with the Navy. Title: Re: Avonmouth NR Work "axed as hundreds risked being trapped in chemical emergency" Post by: stuving on October 30, 2018, 20:24:14 I was wondering only yesterday if I'd missed our sirens being tested, or if they had finally been decommissioned. Since the tests were at 10 am every Monday, you did at least get used to them quickly. When I moved to Wokingham I had no idea what they were for until I asked the neighbours; there was nothing about them from the council. There still isn't anything explaining when they will actually go; you can search for meeting minutes but they are all out of date.
So why does/did Wokingham have sirens? The Broadmoor esacape warning system, put in in the 50s after an escaped patient killed a child. I remember the press reports for a few years back about plans to remove them when the new Broadmoor hospital (and wall) were built, but haven't seen any more recent news. The trust that runs the hospital (West London NHS Trust, for no obvious reason) is not much better at providing up-to-date information, and the local schools still have published emergency procedures based on the sirens still operating. We (collectively) aren't very good at routinely checking our websites to see what needs updating, are we? And yes, there is a local band called the Broadmoor Sirens - a lot edgier than Severnside; I have no idea if that's what they are like. Title: Re: Avonmouth NR Work "axed as hundreds risked being trapped in chemical emergency" Post by: johnneyw on October 30, 2018, 21:49:58 The Severnside Sirens would be a great name for a band. I would offer my services on lead triangle! 😀 Title: Re: Avonmouth NR Work "axed as hundreds risked being trapped in chemical emergency" Post by: Red Squirrel on October 31, 2018, 09:59:59 I've tried playing a lead triangle - made a very unsatisfying 'thunk' noise...
Title: Re: Avonmouth NR Work "axed as hundreds risked being trapped in chemical emergency" Post by: johnneyw on October 31, 2018, 10:08:58 I've tried playing a lead triangle - made a very unsatisfying 'thunk' noise... Had to think about that one of half a mo. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |