Friday, September 09, 2005

Taiwan Emergency Procedure Drill

It started with a loud wailing siren that went through the whole city. All traffic must come to a stop and pull off of the road, and all people stand in place. Civil Police poured out of office buildings and stood on every street corner in military uniforms. I was told by a local that this is done by the army as practice for defense in the event of an invasion by China!

So for one half hour the city stood still. I shot this video with my camera just as the "All Clear" siren started up.

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