This is only a test

I am just sitting here at work, door open, breeze blowing in softly when all of a sudden I hear the most horrible, loud sound I have ever heard. I walk outside and go into the shop and ask one of the guys what that is. Well, apparently on the first day of every month they test the tsunamis horns to be sure they work. They blow this thing for at least a minute. My first response after the guy told me what it was was that I hope a tsunamis doesn’t come on the first day of the month, then or we are all screwed. He said that if it were not just a test the pitch of the horn would be different. So except for the fact that I am now partially deaf I am ok with it, now that I know were are not all going to die!