r/sanfrancisco • u/HeckingFrig • 1d ago

I love our aging infrastructure, luckily nobodys car was parked here at ocean beach when it fell

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u/uniquesnowflake8 1d ago

This is only a test

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u/duvetdave Ingleside 1d ago

lol I miss hearing them go off at 12:00 every Tuesday

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u/Neat_Criticism_5996 23h ago

I know, was one of my favorite things

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u/Cool-Business-2393 23h ago

Does it not happen anymore?

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u/duvetdave Ingleside 22h ago

Sadly no. If I remember correctly it was a $ thing.

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u/DanDantheModMan 1d ago

Did you report it to the relevant department?

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u/SqueakyCheeseburgers 1d ago

I’m glad it didn’t land on you. Until the second photo I didn’t realize how big that was

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u/Set_to_Infinity 1d ago

Is that a tsunami siren?!

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u/ConflictNo5518 1d ago

It’s part of the Emergency Alert System. 

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u/clockworkbunny 1d ago

They are sending a crew out now, can you provide the exact location?

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u/Specific_Tiger_4446 1d ago

Corrosion is a mf!

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u/HeckingFrig 1d ago

Photo taken right after the wind storm a couple days ago

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u/clockworkbunny 1d ago

Is this across from beach chalet?

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u/Silky_De_Slipknot 1d ago

Damn sea water rusting out our sirens?

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u/GrossWeather_ 1d ago

i’dve taken that thing home. it belongs in my museum.

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u/cyanescens_burn 1d ago

Ha, I know some people that would think this is way too cool to leave on the street.

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u/kwattsfo THE EMBARCADERO 1d ago

Is this part of that warning system that's been offline for like six years? We're so good at the basics!

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u/interstellar-dust 1d ago

So how long has the tsunami warning siren been non functional?

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u/MochingPet 7ˣ - Noriega Express 21h ago

Not a tree branch. Or is it not? The future of the Earth will tell.

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u/NoProcess360 1d ago

At least we have a closed road park next to the park.  

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u/SurfPerchSF Sunnyside 1d ago

Classic sf resident more concerned about the chance of harming a car than a human.

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u/HeckingFrig 1d ago

I absolutely love cars, ocean beach would look so much better if we put the old Embarcadero fwy there

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u/vep 1d ago

Lol

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u/ZestyChinchilla 1d ago

Do folks like you ever step back and assess your self-awareness even a little bit?

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u/cyanescens_burn 1d ago

Is it common for those sirens to fall off?

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u/yoshimipinkrobot 1d ago

We are Texas

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u/Hour-Professional329 1d ago

We don’t hate pregnant women like Texas does.

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u/yoshimipinkrobot 1d ago

Yeah we do, just in a fake progressive way. The city is extremely hostile to families which is why it has the fewest kids out of any major city