GR: screaming

[John Doe]

This is correct :  ) the "screaming' is in fact an
air-raid siren at peak frequencey, being compared to
the "screams" the V-2s belatedly make after descent
and impact....

--- "Erik T. Burns" <erik.burns at dowjones.com> wrote:

> foax:
> 
> about the screaming that comes across the sky in the
> first line: i had
> always assumed this was the sound of a rocket, but
> something someone said
> here in the last couple of days made it out to be an
> all-clear siren
> instead. that was the first time i'd thought of
> that, and it makes eminent
> sense: that's why The Evacuation, while it still
> proceeds, is all theatre.
> The all clear comes too late to stop them
> evacuating.
> 
> this also makes sense given the description of the
> incoming mail on page 7,
> you don't hear the rockets until after they hit.
> "the first news you get of
> it is the blast." after brennschluss, they're
> freakily silent.
> 
> obvious, perhaps (it sure looks obvious to me now)
> but I warrant most people
> just think that screaming is a rocket.
> 
> etb
> 
> 
> 
> 



		
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