1.   Long motorcades with blaring sirens have become just a couple of cars.

2.   The normal weekday calm was shattered every few minutes by the sounds of blaring sirens and screeching tires.

3.   When Colin Ferguson arrives at Nassau County Court, he is accompanied by blaring sirens, flashing red lights and bomb-squad dogs sniffing for explosives.

4.   Gunfire and blaring sirens could be heard on TV reports of the storming.

5.   He rides around town, sometimes just in the back of a black sport utility vehicle, without police escorts or blaring sirens.

6.   Police negotiators tried blaring sirens to keep him awake Monday and intermittently cut the power to the home.

7.   The passengers said their bus was passed by three motorcycles with blaring sirens escorting an unmarked Mercedes.

8.   Ambulances and security vehicles with blaring sirens rushed towards the site of the explosion.