1.   Because the Texas City emergency siren system is normally tested at noon on Wednesdays, at least one person near the Sterling plant disregarded the warning.

2.   Fielding said he hopes to have emergency sirens in place by September.

3.   If they got quiet, it was like the emergency sirens going off in the neighborhood.

4.   Richard G. Cann dreams of a leaf blower that sounds more like a waterfall and less like an emergency siren.

5.   There were no emergency sirens.

6.   Emergency sirens have also been installed at the airport, he said.

7.   Emergency sirens shrieked across the capital when the quake occurred, and traffic suddenly halted on major highways as drivers stopped and jumped from their swaying cars.

8.   In Hawaii, public schools and beaches were closed and emergency sirens alerted Hawaiians living in coastal areas to evacuate their homes.

9.   In Hawaii, schools and beaches were closed and emergency sirens alerted Hawaiians living in coastal areas to evacuate their homes.