as a chinese person, let me tell you how terrifying hearing the count down start truly is. having any sort of time restraint always adds so much pressure lmao
damn ur english is super nativelike do you have a connection to an english speaking country or something? i know a lot of nonnative english speakers even who are quite good but there was nothing other than "as a chinese person" that gave away that u werent a monolingual native english speaker
That Japanese one is specifically for earthquakes. There are a bunch of other ones too for tsunamis, missiles, flooding, etc. I'd say the missile one is the scary sounding, but the earthquake one that gets automatically played from your phone at full volume when one happens is really annoying and catches you off guard (it's a different sound from the one in the video).
@@yuurmom7644 Ah, ya, that is the missile one I mentioned. Besides drills, the only ones I've heard for real are for earthquakes and flooding (I live by a river), but I guess parts of Hokkaido got the missile sirens going off a couple years back because of North Korean tests.
@@mago._. I don't know for sure, but I've heard that before too. It is played for drills and such in elementary schools, so it's probably for the best that it's not super scary.
I'm surpised how you reacted towards Japan's earthquake alert. I'm from Japan and this sound is borderline traumatic. It's meant to alert people through music theory: the combination of tri-tone and half-step is supposed to grab your attention and take immediate action. This is crucial as people literally have to make split-second decisions to save their lives. I've been woken up to these sounds multiple times and it is honestly terrifying.
i'm not from japan, btu i find people's reactions to that alarm very...........? well, kind of dismissive of japan LOL like "oh it's just cutesy and kawaii like japan haha!" and it's like, no, it has a very obvious urgent sound to it. it's not meant to panic people.. i can imagine it being very effective. but i'm sorry you've had to hear it. :(
I'm sure it's all up to associating the sound with bad experiences. I'm not from Japan but have lived here many years and hearing that sound I feel nothing. However hearing the sound from my home country makes me nauseous because I just associate it with something BAD
I’m not from Japan, but I’ve always been a bit bothered when people dismiss the alarm as “the ice cream truck of doom”. Like, I get that it isn’t as immediately startling as, say, the US or Greece, but it still sounds urgent. And frankly, I think it accomplishes its job well-it keeps people calm but alert, which is vital for a densely-populated place that gets so many earthquakes and tsunamis. Wishing you the best from America!
let me say as a norwegian, they do test-runs of the alarm every once in a while here and let me tell you, it nearly gives me a heart attack even when i'm prepared for it
My first thought is always that it’s a train, because the old trains that carry wood and stuff make that sound. I live in a place where you can hear trains from the train station in a big part of the town.
Yeah I thought it was kinda weird that the list mixed sirens with emergency announcement signals. We have the same siren sound in Sweden, they're testing it out tomorrow.
Actively had a panic attack in my room because of this video playing the Canadian one. I am American. I have no reason to have that visceral discomfort
It’s literally so funny cause it scares the shit out of me, I turn it off but keep my ringer on, so literally 2 mins it goes off again to show the French ver. and I get scared again
I was visiting family in Vancouver and heard this as a test at 3AM and I literally shit my pants. I thought the US one that I’m accustomed to was scary but nooooo. My family died laughing when I ran out smelling like shit screaming for my life even though they were scared despite knowing it’s just a test. Never going to Canada again. Oh and now I got PTSD.
Scotland's alarm gives me "it is too late to run, they have come. Hug your loved ones and find god. There is no hope for us now" also, the shepherd tones remind me of the underground trains coming to the station and passing straight through. Found myself expecting a service announcement telling me that the circle line is experiencing delays
no literally, i knew before starting this video that it would make me panic but i’m still watching it and letting it trigger my fight or flight lmao edit: the iranian one made me cry, this shit is scary man 😔
Oh yeah thats why I Totally agreed with most of them, especially canada, getting an amber alert is the scariest fucking thing they sound so horrible and they play on the TV EVERY TIME it's literally so panic inducing
I think because their so common the alarm is meant to be somewhat “cheerful” to not cause panic? It’s probably not as bad when you’re used to it I guess.
The Australian one is absolutely terrifying when a wall of fire is coming towards you during bushfire season. Or when a cyclone is nearby. It’s honestly so traumatic.
A lot of these probably aren’t that scary because it’s not helpful for an alarm to be too scary in emergencies. For locals though, it’s the sound *paired with context* that makes it so anxiety-inducing. I’m from Japan, and I genuinely felt uneasy hearing that sound in this video.
I'm Israeli and once had that play as a test run (everyone knew but me because I'm an immigrant) my whole family was out of the house so I was trying to force my cats into the saferoom while I was crying hysterically and that terrifying sound played in the background.
Japan's is made that way so it wouldn't be panic inducing but you'd know to get going. Italy's I'd start a rave 💀 America's is the most ear grating of them all IMO.
@@sirlame5336 damn chill, people can have opinions as long as it ain’t hurting anyone Also I don’t think this commenter would _need_ to put the effort into listing *every* single alarm on the list
I actually think that the Japanese alarm is one of the creepiest ones because it's like a happy little tune while something bad happens. Imagine and apocalypse starts and then just: bring bring :) bring bring :) bring bring :) bring bring :)
the fact that it has a little trace of that terror in it too... it's like a lil robot bell guy saying "uhhhh i hate to trouble you, but i got bad news" on repeat
As a Canadian (from Quebec), I have only heard our alarm a few times, normally in the context of amber alerts and extreme weather warnings. But it definitely gets you out of bed and over to whatever device you have to get more information. You get kind of used to it but the frequency just wakes up your whole body lol
makes me giggle a bit because it looked like nick couldn't remember what the Australian flag looked like and had to go back to tell the difference between the 2
The US one has actually always been really fucking scary for me. Im not sure if it’s because its grainy or if its the frequency but it’s always been very jarring for me.
yeah like every time i hear it on the radio, the announcers talking about the alert afterward are so quiet and grainy so you have to really listen closely to figure out what's wrong :( don't like that lol
As a German, i can tell you that that is NOT our EAS siren. Ours actually sound like air raid sirens, so much more scary. I have no idea what that siren in the video was supposed to be.
Thr reason the Japanese one is so peaceful is so kids remain calm in case of an incoming tsunami for easier evacuation since trying to evacuate kids who just got scared the crap out of is a very hard thing to do.
The Japanese one is only for earthquakes, and I believe it’s so uh.. nice- to not make people panic. Earthquakes are very much frequent and the last thing they want is people running and getting themselves hurt trying to get to shelter
At most, you have 10 seconds between the sound of the alarm and the occurrence of an earthquake. Even if you are in a hurry, you cannot go to the shelter. (In the first place, Japanese buildings are designed not to be destroyed by an earthquake, so it is safest not to leave your house.)
Thing about the cute little Japanese one is it normally proceeds something legit scary (large earthquake or tsunami... or both) so that kinda makes the alarm scary in itself. Its one that you are probably more likely to actually hear so it kind of makes sense it doesn't sound like the end of times.
This is a really interesting example of how where we grow up influences our emotions. I can see how all of these are scary or anxiety inducing because of the context even if they don't sound "scary" on a personal level.
this was the comment i have been looking for! throughout the video i was imagining it playing in a real world situation, so all of them felt either unnerving or surprising to me
@@gingertwerk472 Right, but I actually don’t find the US one scary at all because it only plays for snowstorms where I live. We get a lot of snow here but it isn’t usually too serious. So it really depends on where you live, even in the same country.
as an Australian I can tell you they cut off the end of the alarm, it typically says 'evacute' or 'lockdown' depending on which situation a few times, it's the ones they use in schools primarily
I feel like this on is used for bushfire. There is another alarm for buildings where it starts like the Swedish alarm but then goes " *whooop whoop* Emergency! *Whoop whoop* evacuate now! "
As a Norwegian, hearing those trumpets blare once or twice a year is is startling to say the least. We getused to it, but i cant imagine hearing them as an actual emergency is happening. Its a distant end-of-the-world sound for sure
Imagine rangking the greek one by "how musically interesting" when it sounds like that "the submarine is in danger!!!!!" kind of sound effect from american movies.
funfact! every first monday of the month, the dutch have scheduled their alarm to go off in the middle of the day to test if it still works for real emergencies. it's terrifying but you get used to it.
Some of these give me major dystopian vibes. Imagine walking out of you’re home to a destroyed city, buildings on fire, people running, and hearing, like, the Chinese alarm. Crazy scary.
The worst is when you're woken up by it on your phone, you turn it off, then 2 minutes later its going again because they had to make a correction (that may just be my province tho our provincial government where I am is... filled with not the brightest bulbs ngl lol)
The german one is false, the alarm is wailing sirens that get gradually louder, reach a peak and slowly become silent and repeat. It's similar to the air raid sound
Finally something we can be proud of 😭 We're not just beaches and deadly animals. We're also rocking with a scary as shit alert sound (that I've never heard irl in 25 years tbh)
Also, story about the alarm... last week, Wednesday, we had a fire drill at school (first of the year) and when it started... there was an old lady walking with a toddler... just walking by the school as it started.... she was probably so confused... its hilarious...
The Japanese one doesn't sound so scary until you get woken up in the middle of the night by it. Those panicked few seconds where you think 'is that my phone alarm??' to then realising 'OH EARTHQUAKE OH NO' and you have to run for cover are genuinely terrifying lmao
how bad ya'lls earthquakes? i was right on a fault line in california and earthquakes were so common we weren't alerted and it was just business as usual
@@scarletbailey6086 honestly I'm not sure- i only ever got alerts for amber alerts. never in my life have i been alerted to an earthquake. they just happened and i was like "huh, fun" and went about my day haha
I might be in the minority here but Japan's alarm is fucking terrifying to me. The juxtaposition of the lighthearted chimes and the terrifying chords, especially considering the context makes that one of the scariest for me
We usually hear it for Amber Alerts but from time to time you'll get a tornado warning on it too. If you hear it as a tornado warning, you run to shelter, because they don't like using it unless they're very sure. Amber alerts are free game though, and can sometimes go off 4 times for the same kid. Ie, once for French and English and then when the child was found, in French and English. Also sometimes you get a provincial alert and then a city alert. Thing is that boomers hate it so much they tie up 911 trying to complain that their phone went off. 😂
@@hideakisorachi3953 yeah, for the American alarm ( I'm American obv ) it catches my attention because I wanna know if I need to take shelter. like if I'm in the kitchen I'll give myself fuckin whiplash to look at the TV.
For context Canadian alarms will force full volume on every single phone with a SIM card and power (the SIM doesn’t need to be in service just intact and in the phone). It happens frequently for things like amber alters and severe weather. It also often triggers in the middle of the night or very early in the morning. I don’t really think the recording of the Canadian alarm actually did it justice it felt a bit flat when it’s incredibly piercing. Despite hearing it almost once a month for my entire adult life I’m not used to it; It still strikes fear into me.
No it won’t force it if you have do not disturb on, as well as your ringer off I know from experience because I absolutely hate the eas and turn on do not disturb at night so I never have to hear it at night Lmfao
I live in Canada, and where I live there are a lot of forest fires coming in season, where I am we are in a forest fire alert. I have been hearing that EA sound every day so far. It is very terrifying, especially at night! A few times were in the car, It scared me so bad I thought I was gonna have a heart attack. It's like very quiet then out of nowhere that loud sound comes on. It is a jump scare for sure, and many Canadians will agree
I love how arrhythmic the ones that have a rhythm to them can be, like they are causing you musical discomfort, just like the extreme dissonance in some of the sirens (which Norway nails). They make the notes or rhythms uncomfortable to listen to, because your brain wants harmony and rhythm. The German one repeats the last 2 notes too many times and made me notice that.
UK here, I've never heard that alarm before (Though I think the government are trialing something similar for mobile alerts now), but for things like flood warnings, a lot of towns still use air raid sirens which are really haunting.
A Canadian here. Our eas actually put the fear of god in me as a kid. I remember being happy and playing with my dolls and watching cartoons . And then that shit intrupts my show. I still have flashbacks when it comes on for amber alerts and stuff
I'm from Canada and that alarm is creepy when everyone's phones start going off with it (normally I've been at work when I hear it). Normally they do it for really severe weather warnings or occasionally amber alerts, if not just for testing.
As a Taiwanese, this is the last thing we wanna hear at school. We'll just be trembling and freaking out while immediately hiding under our table. The scarceness is so huge that I can't even feel the earthquake.
I remember that there was a day in Germany where they tried to test our alarm system all across the country. They tried to figure out if the sirens were still in tact and stuff and they failed miserably. Not even half of the sirens went off because they are all over 30 years old.
I love how Nick and Riley expected something scary from Germany and instead started vibing to it My dad is German and said the alarm scared him as a kid but agreed it definitely wasn't intimidating to him anymore My dad said that he remembers something different though, I looked it up and it looks like the one they heard in this video is fake
The Japanese EAS alert sound was composed by Ifukube Toru, a relative of Godzilla's composer, and is designed to alert people by using dissonant and rapidly changing pitches. *Translated by DeepL
The American EAS alarm is really creepy when paired with the message on your TV screen. On its own, it is pretty spooky, but paired with a blank blue background and white text telling you about a tornado is just plain scary.
as another mexican i agree, hearing that shit never fails to make tremble or even have an anxiety attack- but i’ve seen a lot of foreigners, specially gringos, laugh at it or dance to it 💀
4:46 I was in Japan for a job That sound went right off after the earthquake hit When North Korea plays with their bombs near Japan. Then you hear air raid siren
As a mexican i can tell that sound makes everyone run, cry or heartbeat to get faster, the earthquake that happened in 2017 is still so fresh in our memories that we put more attention if we hear it or any similar sound. Many people get more scared from the alarm than from the real earthquake, also nowadays it has a voice that says "alerta sísmica".
I love that Nick immediately thought the South Korea alarm sounded like a fax machine. That is absolutely the sound of AOL dialup at 2am when you're hoping not to wake your whole fam up because you're not supposed to be online that late.
It's been 12 days of Russian full-scale war against Ukraine. We hear the sirens 15-20 times a day and everything is getting bombed around. This sound gives me so much PTSD I can't wait for the war to finish so I can never hear that sound again...
The thing is, I'm from Greece and I don't think I've heard this alarm before. It's usually a very much scarier you're gonna die in 3 2 1 kinda sound, 10/10 super effective
@@irenem7410 btw what you’re talking about is the civil protection alarm. The EAS i think is for much worse situations, like… an air raid or smth. Covid alarms aren’t EAS alarms
as a canadian, ours is just so unsettling that i’ve always gotten so much anxiety from hearing it. they use it mainly for amber alerts when there is kidnapping or children missing.
You're like asleep and all of a sudden you wake up to hearing DRRN DRN DRN DRN Blasting from every device and then a random voice speaking after the noise
When I was a kid, whenever I was chattering teeth because of the cold here in Denmark, I would make the sound of our EAS alarm. It's funny how you guys mentioned it sounds like someone shivering, because it really does, and it's very easy to make that sound when you're actually shivering
Yeah it’s freaky but it genuinely just sounds like a train to me. I feel like I’d feel a little more scared by it than mine (Swedish one, was tested today) because of the deeper feel
the us does too! one time I had my phone hooked up to my car radio to listen to music with my brother and his friends and the eas sound came on at full blast. it was definitely alarming that's for sure!
The one from Japan is not to make people panic more then they have to. Japan is the most tectonically active country so they endure a lot of natural disasters and hazards so it has to be something not to scary so they don’t add to the fear. Also the ones that aren’t as scary become scarier when the message plays that something bad is about to happen, for instance; if there is a tsunami you hear the alarm then a person will give an announcement about what it is for and tell u to get to high land
as a ukrainian-canadian, the ukrainian one just made me really sad because of how much i’ve heard it in the videos my family members have sent us over the last few months...
Very sorry mate, I am in the same boat. My family has been in Canada for a few generations, but it still hurts seeing the home of my heritage being destroyed every day on the news...
The fact that I never heard the French alert in twenty years... Honestly the one that goes off the first Wednesday of each month is scarier but I think it was the WWII alarm and it makes more sense if this is the actual emergency alert. But yeah can't imagine living in a country with tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunami or shit...
I actually like the USA EAS alarm not because its kinda scary (grew up in texas I affiliate it with tornados and severe thunderstorm warnings) but because the way it works is actually really interesting it is the SAME Header alert system, and it works by turning on automatically and broadcasting. The first 3 Beeps are data dumps which give out a set of letters when unpacked. These letters are codes which when decoded give commands to 1. start the broadcast 2. what is being broadcasted 3. what counties or areas are being broadcasted 4. who sent out the broadcast (the government, EAS participant for testings, civil authorities like mayors, police, and fire department.) 5. purge time which is intervals when the broadcast is being broadcast like 15 minute broadcast intervals through an hour and then after that hour the broadcast is purged. 6. time of broadcast being sent out along with day since start of the year. this is repeated 3 times hence the 3 beeps the ending is called the tail which is the short 3 beeps at the thend which each send out 3 ns like NNN which signify the end of the broadcast and repeated 3 times so radios can automatically turn off and return to normal broadcasting. (the starting 3 beep meanings are not in ones are not in order cause I forgot)
Exactly this! SAME is really awesome, the sound of the data burst gets your attention RIGHT THE HELL AWAY and it also carries a ton of really important information. Plus the best-two transmission selection to reduce decoding errors. I mean sure it sounds horrible but so did handshaking on dial-up modems.
I needed the TV to sleep as a kid so when the American alarm went off id wake up in a panic, curl up in a ball, shut my eyes, plugged my ears rlly hard, and just sat there in irritated fear. Then I'd just be up all night. Def S tier imo or one lower
Okay but genuinely the scariest moment in my life was running at night by myself and the test tornado alarm goes off when I’m unknowingly about 200 feet away from it- I have never felt adrenaline and terror like that before I thought that the US was being nuked because it was so unfathomably loud
I'm from Ukraine so I have to hear air raid alarms on a daily basis. The one in the city I am living now is really unpleasant and has lots of text about walking to a bomb shelter and other precaution. It's kinda scary every time because you can die. It's different in different cities for some reason. russ¡a is a terrorist state.
i’m canadian and where i live there’s a lot of kidnappings, so i hear this sound probably around every 3-5 months, i’m a bit used to it but when i’m in school and there’s an amber alert and that’s the only thing you hear, it’s scary
Yeah, my immediate thought was, "Oh the amber alert sound." It's just a general EAS noise but kidnappings happen so commonly here that I automatically associate it with an amber alert/assume that's what it is every time it comes through my phone... Never not terrifying.
@@bean6567 Same I don't think I've ever had an alert on my phone for something other than an amber alert, it's strange how often we get amber alerts, once there was like 4 in one day. all for different people.
@@yourlocalmars3676 if you check the last names they often match up. It's all crazy parents stealing the kids from the other parent. Figure your shit out seperated parents! you are giving us all trauma! lol
I'm in Ontario and a lot of the kidnappings are by family members from a custody battle, and they usually get resolved fast. I always check the alert though
@@crispykalechips Same, thankfully the cases I get alerts for are resolved quickly and safely more often than not, but it's never not anxiety-inducing.
That is not a good idea lol, you’re gonna make yourself anxious, especially if alarms trigger you Imagine waking up to the more scarier sounding sirens lmao
I may be biased as a Canadian, but you haven’t known fear until you’ve been falling asleep listening to ambience and then they hit you with the amber alert
As a Japanese person the alarm makes me go "earthquake!" lol. I agree the alarm isn't very scary, but it takes you by surprise when it suddenly starts playing at full volume.
I grew up in germany and I've never heard an alarm in my life, a couple months ago I moved to the netherlands and I nearly got a heart attack when I heard their alarm for the first time, turns out they just test it every first sunday of the month 💀
If I heard Lithuania EAS I would SHIT. Honestly the Japan EAS is kinda creepy in how minimal it is and has a vaguely ominous “creepy doll music box” feeling. Sounds less “disaster is coming” and more “some creep wearing a jester suit and facepaint has broken into your house”
I’m from Norway and I promise you, the Norwegian one is way scarier in person! My old high school have one of the sirens on the roof and they get tested twice a year. It’s super loud and the way it echoes throughout town is terrifying as hell; especially if the alarm comes from the roof of the building you’re in💀💀
@@AnagramMK7 I am gonna film when it happens because it'll last for 10 minutes. Though..it has already passed now. So I'll have to wait half a year to be freaked out of my mind. Everytime I hear the alarm I never get used to it. I always believe we are under attack.
I once had a shooting alarm in my school. It was just this woman's voice telling us to lock the door and not go outside until police tells us to. A few students had just gone to the toilette and we didn't see them until after everyone was evacuated. You also couldn't lock the bathroom door. It didn't have locks at the time. We were so scared and my mother as well. She was working at her job at the time (rehab clinic for people with bodily injuries) and got a call that the hospital had to transport patients over because there was a shooting going on at her daughter's school. You just don't know how scary a calm voice telling you to barricade yourself, can be. I couldn't look at that room the same way after that. It just remains in your head.
Same omg one time I was camping with a bunch of friends and all of our phones went off with an amber alert in the middle of the night it was terrifying
as a chinese person, let me tell you how terrifying hearing the count down start truly is. having any sort of time restraint always adds so much pressure lmao
i didnt even know it was a countdown and i was nervous
I haven't even heard this one irl, but I knew it was bad as soon as I heard “三，二，一” here 💀
Yeah i study mandarin and the countdown creeped me off
Something about this one made me tear up lmao
damn ur english is super nativelike do you have a connection to an english speaking country or something? i know a lot of nonnative english speakers even who are quite good but there was nothing other than "as a chinese person" that gave away that u werent a monolingual native english speaker
That Japanese one is specifically for earthquakes. There are a bunch of other ones too for tsunamis, missiles, flooding, etc. I'd say the missile one is the scary sounding, but the earthquake one that gets automatically played from your phone at full volume when one happens is really annoying and catches you off guard (it's a different sound from the one in the video).
i looked up a vid because i was curious and the jpn civil protection one is horrifying
@@yuurmom7644 Ah, ya, that is the missile one I mentioned. Besides drills, the only ones I've heard for real are for earthquakes and flooding (I live by a river), but I guess parts of Hokkaido got the missile sirens going off a couple years back because of North Korean tests.
The earthquake one sounds like that to not scare them so much they start panicking right? Or am I thinking of the wrong one lol
Tbh the noise being so pleasant makes it scarier imagine a serious earthquake and you hear that it’s terrifying
@@mago._. I don't know for sure, but I've heard that before too. It is played for drills and such in elementary schools, so it's probably for the best that it's not super scary.
I'm surpised how you reacted towards Japan's earthquake alert. I'm from Japan and this sound is borderline traumatic. It's meant to alert people through music theory: the combination of tri-tone and half-step is supposed to grab your attention and take immediate action. This is crucial as people literally have to make split-second decisions to save their lives. I've been woken up to these sounds multiple times and it is honestly terrifying.
i'm not from japan, btu i find people's reactions to that alarm very...........? well, kind of dismissive of japan LOL like "oh it's just cutesy and kawaii like japan haha!" and it's like, no, it has a very obvious urgent sound to it. it's not meant to panic people.. i can imagine it being very effective. but i'm sorry you've had to hear it. :(
I'm sure it's all up to associating the sound with bad experiences. I'm not from Japan but have lived here many years and hearing that sound I feel nothing. However hearing the sound from my home country makes me nauseous because I just associate it with something BAD
I’m not from Japan, but I’ve always been a bit bothered when people dismiss the alarm as “the ice cream truck of doom”. Like, I get that it isn’t as immediately startling as, say, the US or Greece, but it still sounds urgent. And frankly, I think it accomplishes its job well-it keeps people calm but alert, which is vital for a densely-populated place that gets so many earthquakes and tsunamis.
Wishing you the best from America!
I like the sounds of tritones and half-steps though. That's just the blues.
@@brutalbunnyI don’t think it’s that deep
let me say as a norwegian, they do test-runs of the alarm every once in a while here and let me tell you, it nearly gives me a heart attack even when i'm prepared for it
My first thought is always that it’s a train, because the old trains that carry wood and stuff make that sound. I live in a place where you can hear trains from the train station in a big part of the town.
Yeah I thought it was kinda weird that the list mixed sirens with emergency announcement signals.
We have the same siren sound in Sweden, they're testing it out tomorrow.
surprised it didn’t make S tier tbh that shit’s haunting
It feels like an old train passing slowly through super thick fog. It’s horror movie stuff for sure.
Today is the day in Sweden and I’m so ready for it 😬
The Canadian emergency alert has ripped me out of a medicated sleep before. Very powerful, 10/10.
Fr that alert has woken me up faster than any alarm I've set for myself
Actively had a panic attack in my room because of this video playing the Canadian one. I am American. I have no reason to have that visceral discomfort
It’s a legitimately very strong alert, it’s gone off in class before and professors don’t even get mad bc they’re also a bit shocked
It’s literally so funny cause it scares the shit out of me, I turn it off but keep my ringer on, so literally 2 mins it goes off again to show the French ver. and I get scared again
I was visiting family in Vancouver and heard this as a test at 3AM and I literally shit my pants. I thought the US one that I’m accustomed to was scary but nooooo. My family died laughing when I ran out smelling like shit screaming for my life even though they were scared despite knowing it’s just a test. Never going to Canada again. Oh and now I got PTSD.
Scotland's alarm gives me "it is too late to run, they have come. Hug your loved ones and find god. There is no hope for us now"
also, the shepherd tones remind me of the underground trains coming to the station and passing straight through. Found myself expecting a service announcement telling me that the circle line is experiencing delays
As a canadian, having that sound wake you at 4 am is an experience
i go into fight or flight every god damn time
it sends a jolt in my body everytime
I was having a nap one day and a test alarm went off and I almost fell off my bed lmao
was just gonna comment this, also is that a deku cosplay 💀💀
@@eggyeox1792 unfortunately yes
Do alarms give anyone else irrational anxiety lol
Except the sillier ones, but where I live, the alarms make you damn near expect an alien invasion
Alarms are terrifying
No definitely feelin it too
no literally, i knew before starting this video that it would make me panic but i’m still watching it and letting it trigger my fight or flight lmao
edit: the iranian one made me cry, this shit is scary man 😔
Oh yeah thats why I Totally agreed with most of them, especially canada, getting an amber alert is the scariest fucking thing they sound so horrible and they play on the TV EVERY TIME it's literally so panic inducing
I’m glad that I’m not the only one but also oh noo I hope you guys are all okay THOUGH 💙 I know some handle anxiety from certain things badly :(
As a Canadian, waking up to our alarm in the middle of the night, in the dark, alone, it’s the most horrific feeling to have after waking up
And then after waking up it’s just a damn test-👁👁 most annoying thing after realizing it’s just a damn test-
Or an amber alert
@@kohenh5721I don’t care about your damn kid, lemme sleep
Happened to me at 11:30 at night because in Surrey, A Mother abducted her daughter and son
Yeah bro from hull Canada QC
As a canadian, the alarm is 10x worse when youre in a big group like a classroom and everyones phones are playing this in unison
That happened at my school but there was a few seconds between all of them
That happened in the class i was in too, everybody’s phone started blaring that EAS sound for like 20 minutes straight.
It was a test alert.
I was in a ikea once, and the alarm went off, so everyone just got the notification slowly
Dam I'v never heard it irl but i have herd it in some EAS Scenarios.
happened today lmao
to be fair if i heard Japan’s EAS it would be so UNNERVING because it’s not traditionally scary and could be an indicator of anything
It's pretty scary when your phone starts blasting it BEFORE an earthquake, ngl. Air sirens do a different sound
This one’s specifically for earthquakes, which they do frequently get
I don’t think the nuclear missile/civilian protection one is as “cheerful”
I think because their so common the alarm is meant to be somewhat “cheerful” to not cause panic? It’s probably not as bad when you’re used to it I guess.
There's something almost scarier about a cheerful or pleasant sound being used in a threatening situation
lol it reminds me of their j-pop music because most of them sound so cheerful, but then you read the lyrics and it's about suicide
The Australian one is absolutely terrifying when a wall of fire is coming towards you during bushfire season. Or when a cyclone is nearby. It’s honestly so traumatic.
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A lot of these probably aren’t that scary because it’s not helpful for an alarm to be too scary in emergencies.
For locals though, it’s the sound *paired with context* that makes it so anxiety-inducing. I’m from Japan, and I genuinely felt uneasy hearing that sound in this video.
I'm Israeli and once had that play as a test run (everyone knew but me because I'm an immigrant) my whole family was out of the house so I was trying to force my cats into the saferoom while I was crying hysterically and that terrifying sound played in the background.
@@unseasonedsalad as a fellow israeli, just from hearing the sound in the video i felt my heartbeat rise
I agree after 2011 the sound is just horror inducing
im not even from japan or ever been there and that sound is so terrifying to me
@@XinnaBun As a 3th Israeli I just wanted to say, שלום!
Them: Germany has to be scary.
Germany: 💃🕺💃🕺
As a German I think this one is fake I never heard this (but earthquakes are quite uncommon here)
@@missyle9801 Yeah it's fake, sadly :(
Yeah I thought so as well, never heard that one bevor
BAHAHAHHAHAHA
we arent scared of the chaos we DANCE TO IT
The German Alarm sounds DEFINITLY an other way. I live in Germany, and I can tell you, that even a firealarm in a school is much scarier
True
Fr
the german alarm is fake
Japan's is made that way so it wouldn't be panic inducing but you'd know to get going. Italy's I'd start a rave 💀 America's is the most ear grating of them all IMO.
Agreed
Yeah if you get past the very beginning section the USA one is super grating
I like how you completely ignored the other countries and decided to put your shit take in with only 3 of them
@Rebekah I've had my phone wake me up in the middle of the night with that exact tone. I agree, not fun :(
@@sirlame5336 damn chill, people can have opinions as long as it ain’t hurting anyone
Also I don’t think this commenter would _need_ to put the effort into listing *every* single alarm on the list
I actually think that the Japanese alarm is one of the creepiest ones because it's like a happy little tune while something bad happens. Imagine and apocalypse starts and then just: bring bring :) bring bring :) bring bring :) bring bring :)
the fact that it has a little trace of that terror in it too... it's like a lil robot bell guy saying "uhhhh i hate to trouble you, but i got bad news" on repeat
Oh my god, it’s actually really scary, I’m not joking 🤡 Like, if I heard that in the middle of the night, I’d die-
main this is that its not actually the main warning system. that one in particular is only for earthquakes
Just Listen To The 1945 One
😂 frr
As a Canadian (from Quebec), I have only heard our alarm a few times, normally in the context of amber alerts and extreme weather warnings. But it definitely gets you out of bed and over to whatever device you have to get more information. You get kind of used to it but the frequency just wakes up your whole body lol
makes me giggle a bit because it looked like nick couldn't remember what the Australian flag looked like and had to go back to tell the difference between the 2
Aussie here, I don't blame him all the Commonwealth flags look alike well Oceania countries linked to Commonwealth 😊😂
@@hannywhyy3415 im a kiwi and even i used to get the aussie and nz flags mixed up lmfao
@@confusedman423 hah! duuuuude that's so funny because it's true
i was hoping someone would bring this up lmfao
and the way he pretends to listen to it again kills me
lmfao i noticed that too but also only bc i realized i couldn't tell which one was which
The US one has actually always been really fucking scary for me. Im not sure if it’s because its grainy or if its the frequency but it’s always been very jarring for me.
it could be in a purge movie
the us one for me is freaky bc where i live it’s used for amber alerts
@@alexmkc same- new jersey is amber alerts and hurricanes and tornados
delaware it’s amber alerts and tornados mostly
yeah like every time i hear it on the radio, the announcers talking about the alert afterward are so quiet and grainy so you have to really listen closely to figure out what's wrong :( don't like that lol
I’ve always associated it with like, purge movies lol
“German’s gotta be scary”
“It’s has to be”
“Cmon now”
*German EAS alarm plays a good beat*
As a German, i can tell you that that is NOT our EAS siren. Ours actually sound like air raid sirens, so much more scary. I have no idea what that siren in the video was supposed to be.
Thr reason the Japanese one is so peaceful is so kids remain calm in case of an incoming tsunami for easier evacuation since trying to evacuate kids who just got scared the crap out of is a very hard thing to do.
Yeah I can see that. I'm american and I remember the panic and chaos of trying to do a fire drill even in high school
Japan really thought about the people, unlike other Emergency Alerts LOL! 😂
The Japanese one is only for earthquakes, and I believe it’s so uh.. nice- to not make people panic. Earthquakes are very much frequent and the last thing they want is people running and getting themselves hurt trying to get to shelter
they have another one used when north korea 🇰🇵 launched a missile
At most, you have 10 seconds between the sound of the alarm and the occurrence of an earthquake.
Even if you are in a hurry, you cannot go to the shelter.
(In the first place, Japanese buildings are designed not to be destroyed by an earthquake, so it is safest not to leave your house.)
Thing about the cute little Japanese one is it normally proceeds something legit scary (large earthquake or tsunami... or both) so that kinda makes the alarm scary in itself.
Its one that you are probably more likely to actually hear so it kind of makes sense it doesn't sound like the end of times.
This is a really interesting example of how where we grow up influences our emotions. I can see how all of these are scary or anxiety inducing because of the context even if they don't sound "scary" on a personal level.
this was the comment i have been looking for! throughout the video i was imagining it playing in a real world situation, so all of them felt either unnerving or surprising to me
Definitely. I hate the American one because I associate it with a scary situation.
@@gingertwerk472 Right, but I actually don’t find the US one scary at all because it only plays for snowstorms where I live. We get a lot of snow here but it isn’t usually too serious. So it really depends on where you live, even in the same country.
@@mezzovii I found most to be pretty scary, other than the US, Japan, and Italy.
so true
as an Australian I can tell you they cut off the end of the alarm, it typically says 'evacute' or 'lockdown' depending on which situation a few times, it's the ones they use in schools primarily
and i’m p sure there’s a message that plays before it when it’s just a test too
@@mellowhateseverybodyandals1289 not in my experience that i can remember
I feel like this on is used for bushfire.
There is another alarm for buildings where it starts like the Swedish alarm but then goes " *whooop whoop* Emergency! *Whoop whoop* evacuate now! "
@@philinator71 im just speaking from personal experience lol
they had it in my school in nz for fire drills lol
As a Norwegian, hearing those trumpets blare once or twice a year is is startling to say the least. We getused to it, but i cant imagine hearing them as an actual emergency is happening. Its a distant end-of-the-world sound for sure
love how this tier list went from how scary they are to how musically interesting they are
That's what happens when your alarms sound like trap beats
@@Kobekolaor bad techno you would find at a shitty rave
Imagine rangking the greek one by "how musically interesting" when it sounds like that "the submarine is in danger!!!!!" kind of sound effect from american movies.
funfact! every first monday of the month, the dutch have scheduled their alarm to go off in the middle of the day to test if it still works for real emergencies. it's terrifying but you get used to it.
Yeah, its funny to see ppl on tiktok who Just got to the Netherlands being terrified because of the alarm 😂
Same for french every first Wednesday of the month and I'm pretty sure it's linked to WWII
@Kendra VanBurkleo really? Where I’m from in Kansas they test the tornado sirens every first Wednesday of the month at 11am
In the US it typically happens dependent on state but most every other Saturday at noon
They do a little trolling
15:30 the last thing you hear before you die to a flower or some shit
Some of these give me major dystopian vibes. Imagine walking out of you’re home to a destroyed city, buildings on fire, people running, and hearing, like, the Chinese alarm. Crazy scary.
Your*
You’re is short for You are, so you basically said “Walking out of you are home”.
Id piss myself ngl
@@karin1636 I think I’d die on the spot ngl
Imagine the Chinese one mixed with Norway-
@@ZirkaZironka id rather not
As a Canadian who has woken up to the Canadian EAS sound many times, it is honestly so terrifying in the moment
Yuuuppp this ^
Literally heart attacks when it goes off at like 2am
Same omg
Even with the “this is a test” announcement at the start I am OUT of there
The worst is when you're woken up by it on your phone, you turn it off, then 2 minutes later its going again because they had to make a correction (that may just be my province tho our provincial government where I am is... filled with not the brightest bulbs ngl lol)
I feel like my phone is fucked cause if i put it on silent I don't get the sound 💀💀
The german one is false, the alarm is wailing sirens that get gradually louder, reach a peak and slowly become silent and repeat. It's similar to the air raid sound
south korea is literally just the dialup internet sound & the fact that they don't recognize it makes me feel 100 years old
Same
he's not wrong, it's the sound of a fax machine as well. they have the same sound as dialup
don't worry i'm 19 and recognized it you're not old yet
it's a fake EAS, south korea uses something different.
lol don’t worry i’m 17 and i recognized it
hearing australia get a good tier is the closest I've been to nationalism in my life
LMFAOOOOO
Finally something we can be proud of 😭
We're not just beaches and deadly animals. We're also rocking with a scary as shit alert sound (that I've never heard irl in 25 years tbh)
I feel like it's a banger at first, but it's perfectly jarring that after a few minutes I'd be sensory overwhelmed and get the fuck out.
Do you guys also have the "emergency, evacuate now" voice with the alarm? Cause I genuinely can hear that along side the alarm in this video...
Also, story about the alarm... last week, Wednesday, we had a fire drill at school (first of the year) and when it started... there was an old lady walking with a toddler... just walking by the school as it started.... she was probably so confused... its hilarious...
The Norwegian one is freaking _haunting_, can't believe it didn't make S tier
The Japanese one doesn't sound so scary until you get woken up in the middle of the night by it. Those panicked few seconds where you think 'is that my phone alarm??' to then realising 'OH EARTHQUAKE OH NO' and you have to run for cover are genuinely terrifying lmao
like
*Panic*
"oh wait i have to stand up for work "
*calm
*"nevermind not my clock"
*panic*
ITS NOT MY ALARM!! THERES AN EARTHQUAKE
how bad ya'lls earthquakes? i was right on a fault line in california and earthquakes were so common we weren't alerted and it was just business as usual
@@fiona.jade. Do y'all not have any alert whatsoever, or were the earthquakes small enough to not warrant one by California standards?
@@scarletbailey6086 honestly I'm not sure- i only ever got alerts for amber alerts. never in my life have i been alerted to an earthquake. they just happened and i was like "huh, fun" and went about my day haha
@@fiona.jade. I see, in Japan we are only alerted when there's a possibility of there being a seismic level of lower 5 or worse.
I might be in the minority here but Japan's alarm is fucking terrifying to me. The juxtaposition of the lighthearted chimes and the terrifying chords, especially considering the context makes that one of the scariest for me
Seriously. And imagine it at 3am
fr it's like demented
It gives me like possessed doll time to die vibes I hate it
I mean its one of the chillest ones
mm valid
Your reactions to the Canadian one makes sense. It’s freaky, and canada usually isn’t dangerous
We usually hear it for Amber Alerts but from time to time you'll get a tornado warning on it too. If you hear it as a tornado warning, you run to shelter, because they don't like using it unless they're very sure. Amber alerts are free game though, and can sometimes go off 4 times for the same kid. Ie, once for French and English and then when the child was found, in French and English.
Also sometimes you get a provincial alert and then a city alert.
Thing is that boomers hate it so much they tie up 911 trying to complain that their phone went off. 😂
I like how people are defending their alarms in the comments going "guys!!in a real life situation its way scarier i swear you guys!!!??"
it's like obviously if you grew up associating a sound with danger, it's gonna sound scary to you 💀
@@hideakisorachi3953 yeah, for the American alarm ( I'm American obv ) it catches my attention because I wanna know if I need to take shelter.
like if I'm in the kitchen I'll give myself fuckin whiplash to look at the TV.
best comment
The Dutch one doesn't scare me at all anymore 😂
@@Nixxori it's especially terrifying when you're just watching your stories and then it's like "this is just a test btw"
For context Canadian alarms will force full volume on every single phone with a SIM card and power (the SIM doesn’t need to be in service just intact and in the phone). It happens frequently for things like amber alters and severe weather. It also often triggers in the middle of the night or very early in the morning. I don’t really think the recording of the Canadian alarm actually did it justice it felt a bit flat when it’s incredibly piercing. Despite hearing it almost once a month for my entire adult life I’m not used to it; It still strikes fear into me.
Everytime theres a test or an AMBER alert and it blasts on my phone I basically shit myself.
I agree
Amber Heard has her own alarm?
No it won’t force it if you have do not disturb on, as well as your ringer off
I know from experience because I absolutely hate the eas and turn on do not disturb at night so I never have to hear it at night Lmfao
Dude the amber alerts in the US give me panic attacks lmao
I live in Canada, and where I live there are a lot of forest fires coming in season, where I am we are in a forest fire alert. I have been hearing that EA sound every day so far. It is very terrifying, especially at night! A few times were in the car, It scared me so bad I thought I was gonna have a heart attack. It's like very quiet then out of nowhere that loud sound comes on. It is a jump scare for sure, and many Canadians will agree
So it’s refreshing to see other Canadians agreeing on how ducking terrifying the Canadian EAS alarm.
yes
I got it a couple minutes ago, I am still shaking
@@lucastrimble9140 lol it always happens at like 11pm so I wake super late bc of it
It's effective!
I always hear it from a thunderstorm warning
I love how arrhythmic the ones that have a rhythm to them can be, like they are causing you musical discomfort, just like the extreme dissonance in some of the sirens (which Norway nails). They make the notes or rhythms uncomfortable to listen to, because your brain wants harmony and rhythm. The German one repeats the last 2 notes too many times and made me notice that.
ong sirens that are slightly offbeat or weird tones are probably one of the worst
UK here, I've never heard that alarm before (Though I think the government are trialing something similar for mobile alerts now), but for things like flood warnings, a lot of towns still use air raid sirens which are really haunting.
I was going to say this, the air raid sirens are FUCKING TERRIFYING!
Riley is what you get if you give Dean’s voice to Kurtis.
Oh my god
And if he grew up in america
omg true lmao
Lmfaooo
He’s totally their love child.
As a German, I’ve never heard that sound. I feel like this is not the right one - I can guarantee the sound is WAY scarier…
Same, I'm so confused where this "Alarm" comes from?!
@@SpeedOfTheEarth im not German, but I don't think I've ever heard my countries one in real life
same, i’ve only ever heard the firefighter’s alarm but i’ve never heard the one in the video or any other alarm then the firealarm at my school
Right?
yeah, but also our test failed, so maybe we just don't know lmao. in munich we don't even have loudspeakers for alarms
A Canadian here. Our eas actually put the fear of god in me as a kid. I remember being happy and playing with my dolls and watching cartoons . And then that shit intrupts my show. I still have flashbacks when it comes on for amber alerts and stuff
I'm from Canada and that alarm is creepy when everyone's phones start going off with it (normally I've been at work when I hear it). Normally they do it for really severe weather warnings or occasionally amber alerts, if not just for testing.
As a Canadian, I can assure you that in a real life situation our emergency alarm is scary as hell!
FR tho, istg it makes me shit my pants every time I hear it
Every Canadian has been woken up at 3 am for an amber alert with that sound, it's #1 for me
we are a sensitive people
I moved to Canada recently and the alarm is terrifying
As a Taiwanese, this is the last thing we wanna hear at school. We'll just be trembling and freaking out while immediately hiding under our table. The scarceness is so huge that I can't even feel the earthquake.
I remember that there was a day in Germany where they tried to test our alarm system all across the country. They tried to figure out if the sirens were still in tact and stuff and they failed miserably. Not even half of the sirens went off because they are all over 30 years old.
I used to live somewhere they tested weekly and now it’s only monthly but I’m glad they test them frequently
Veterans:Good Ol Days
yes sadly........
in Norway we test the alarms twice a year. I thought every country did
@@celineolsenbhle1941well in countries with a lot of natural disasters they do test them frequently
I love how Nick and Riley expected something scary from Germany and instead started vibing to it
My dad is German and said the alarm scared him as a kid but agreed it definitely wasn't intimidating to him anymore
My dad said that he remembers something different though, I looked it up and it looks like the one they heard in this video is fake
i am german and i dont know the alarm??
@@161cjl yeah, like I said my dad says he remembers something different, I'm pretty sure the one in this video is fake unless it was recently changed
It is fake i saw it in comments on some vids about it
The Japanese EAS alert sound was composed by Ifukube Toru, a relative of Godzilla's composer, and is designed to alert people by using dissonant and rapidly changing pitches.
*Translated by DeepL
The American EAS alarm is really creepy when paired with the message on your TV screen. On its own, it is pretty spooky, but paired with a blank blue background and white text telling you about a tornado is just plain scary.
YESSS I remember watching the Olympics with my friend one night and that happening and I was terrified
with american was alarms i always think of those eas scenario videos on youtube and local55. creeps me the hell out
I remember seeing it for testing purposes when I was really young while watching spongebob. It scared the the $h1t out of me.
Or the randomass radio tests
*shudders*
Last one I saw was a scrolling text on a red bar, letting us know of a kidnapping. The kid was found 30 minutes later just fine.
As a Mexican, I can assure you that there's nothing F-like about hearing that sound. It's always scary af and makes you shit your pants
As another Mexican I can agree
Agreed
Specially in the middle of the night
as another mexican i agree, hearing that shit never fails to make tremble or even have an anxiety attack- but i’ve seen a lot of foreigners, specially gringos, laugh at it or dance to it 💀
I don't even live in Mexico but damn I agree, that shit's terrifying
4:46
I was in Japan for a job
That sound went right off after the earthquake hit
When North Korea plays with their bombs near Japan.
Then you hear air raid siren
As a mexican i can tell that sound makes everyone run, cry or heartbeat to get faster, the earthquake that happened in 2017 is still so fresh in our memories that we put more attention if we hear it or any similar sound. Many people get more scared from the alarm than from the real earthquake, also nowadays it has a voice that says "alerta sísmica".
I would have definitely chosen yours as A/ AAAAHHHHHHHH bc like that shit sounds soo scary 😢 Their not on point for me idk whyy
Wa wa wa
Alerta sísmica
Alerta sísmica
I love that Nick immediately thought the South Korea alarm sounded like a fax machine. That is absolutely the sound of AOL dialup at 2am when you're hoping not to wake your whole fam up because you're not supposed to be online that late.
a year ago Video and still upset that they never full listened to the Egypt eas Alarm, THAT MIC QUALITY HAS ME JUMPING OUT OF MY SEAT FR
It's been 12 days of Russian full-scale war against Ukraine. We hear the sirens 15-20 times a day and everything is getting bombed around. This sound gives me so much PTSD I can't wait for the war to finish so I can never hear that sound again...
Praying for you and your loved ones
Best of Luck Bro.
stay safe maria! sending love from lithuania 💕 we support you!!
Just noticed I called *her* bro but my point still stands
I send my prayers from Canada. Hope you and your love ones are doing well. God bless
Honestly the Greece one was def one of the scariest for me
Agreed; I think they missed it because they weren’t sure what the scale would be yet. I wonder how they’d rank it if it was in the middle
The thing is, I'm from Greece and I don't think I've heard this alarm before. It's usually a very much scarier you're gonna die in 3 2 1 kinda sound, 10/10 super effective
@@irenem7410 yeah we have a different one like the one they were sending during the first quarantine
I’m greek and i might be biased. But imagine listening to that through sirens in the middle of the night. Fuckin Godzilla and scp449 pullin up
@@irenem7410 btw what you’re talking about is the civil protection alarm. The EAS i think is for much worse situations, like… an air raid or smth. Covid alarms aren’t EAS alarms
As a swedish person, iv never heard that alarm, we usualy expect the war alarm called "heesa fredrik, he's fucking terrifying
as a canadian, ours is just so unsettling that i’ve always gotten so much anxiety from hearing it. they use it mainly for amber alerts when there is kidnapping or children missing.
I was once wearing headphones at like 3 am, it BLASTED at full volume through the headphones. I still get flash backs
You're like asleep and all of a sudden you wake up to hearing DRRN DRN DRN DRN Blasting from every device and then a random voice speaking after the noise
@@Moey_idk I wouldn't wanna be a kid in that area of Canada then
When I was a kid, whenever I was chattering teeth because of the cold here in Denmark, I would make the sound of our EAS alarm. It's funny how you guys mentioned it sounds like someone shivering, because it really does, and it's very easy to make that sound when you're actually shivering
Det var ret sjovt at de synes at stemmen lød sjov, også at stemmen bare var med i det der klip
@@oskargraae8573 jeg har i hvert fald ikke hørt alarmen med stemmen før nu, så det var lidt underligt at den var med
@@BjarkeTaunajik jaer, altså jeg havde også lidt glemt hvordan den lød for det er lidt længe siden at der har været det der check
ayyy andre danskere
as a Canadian I'm telling you our EAS alarm is the most terrifying noise to hear
Yeah bro it literally has 8 seconds of loud sirens that sound like Slenderman.
And the fact that it happens when watching the TV
as a norwegian who grew up getting scared shitless every time they tested alarms i appreciate the placement but to me its an s
same I used to scream cry until for 10 minutes just panicking
It’s so strange how every kid, including myself, would be scared of the chance of it being a serious emergency (war), even though it never is.
I'm not a Norwegian, but I think it legit sounds like something that would be in a Silent Hill game.
Yeah it’s freaky but it genuinely just sounds like a train to me. I feel like I’d feel a little more scared by it than mine (Swedish one, was tested today) because of the deeper feel
also canada uses the EAS sound for like amber alerts on phones so we are frequently woken up by that nightmare sound
the us does too! one time I had my phone hooked up to my car radio to listen to music with my brother and his friends and the eas sound came on at full blast. it was definitely alarming that's for sure!
America, too. It’s the most horrible sound and it’s always fucking terrifying.
Also for fire alarms in school (at least where I went)
Im rethinking my wanting to move to canada just because of this
@@mollydennison9378 dndnddnndnf I'm sorry
I liked the hivemind guys from your vids, have no idea what their content is like. But the Danny brown reference? You have earned my respect.
Iove the art of EAS it's so fun to see what other countries decide what sounds are alarming enough
The one from Japan is not to make people panic more then they have to. Japan is the most tectonically active country so they endure a lot of natural disasters and hazards so it has to be something not to scary so they don’t add to the fear. Also the ones that aren’t as scary become scarier when the message plays that something bad is about to happen, for instance; if there is a tsunami you hear the alarm then a person will give an announcement about what it is for and tell u to get to high land
🇵🇹As a Portuguese person the EAS Portugal alarm is kinda like a melody, I'm used to it too🇵🇹
as a ukrainian-canadian, the ukrainian one just made me really sad because of how much i’ve heard it in the videos my family members have sent us over the last few months...
I'm really sorry m8 😢
I'm not german but a Ukrane Ally fs
oof
Very sorry mate, I am in the same boat. My family has been in Canada for a few generations, but it still hurts seeing the home of my heritage being destroyed every day on the news...
I send my prayers 🙏❤️
The fact that I never heard the French alert in twenty years... Honestly the one that goes off the first Wednesday of each month is scarier but I think it was the WWII alarm and it makes more sense if this is the actual emergency alert. But yeah can't imagine living in a country with tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunami or shit...
Ooh un français !!! Cette alarme me foutais grave le mort
I'm from spain and never heard it in my 25 years either!
Italian here, never heard mine either lol
How bizarre! I’m American and I hear ours all the time. It goes off mostly for Amber alerts.
@@Julia-tk2em I don't know if it's just Italy, but here amber alerts are not a thing
I actually like the USA EAS alarm not because its kinda scary (grew up in texas I affiliate it with tornados and severe thunderstorm warnings)
but because the way it works is actually really interesting
it is the SAME Header alert system, and it works by turning on automatically and broadcasting. The first 3 Beeps are data dumps which give out a set of letters when unpacked. These letters are codes which when decoded give commands to 1. start the broadcast 2. what is being broadcasted 3. what counties or areas are being broadcasted 4. who sent out the broadcast (the government, EAS participant for testings, civil authorities like mayors, police, and fire department.) 5. purge time which is intervals when the broadcast is being broadcast like 15 minute broadcast intervals through an hour and then after that hour the broadcast is purged. 6. time of broadcast being sent out along with day since start of the year. this is repeated 3 times hence the 3 beeps
the ending is called the tail which is the short 3 beeps at the thend which each send out 3 ns like NNN which signify the end of the broadcast and repeated 3 times so radios can automatically turn off and return to normal broadcasting. (the starting 3 beep meanings are not in ones are not in order cause I forgot)
this is really cool!!
Exactly this! SAME is really awesome, the sound of the data burst gets your attention RIGHT THE HELL AWAY and it also carries a ton of really important information. Plus the best-two transmission selection to reduce decoding errors.
I mean sure it sounds horrible but so did handshaking on dial-up modems.
I needed the TV to sleep as a kid so when the American alarm went off id wake up in a panic, curl up in a ball, shut my eyes, plugged my ears rlly hard, and just sat there in irritated fear. Then I'd just be up all night. Def S tier imo or one lower
you put my childhood into words
This shit still happens to me now god i hate it
Okay but genuinely the scariest moment in my life was running at night by myself and the test tornado alarm goes off when I’m unknowingly about 200 feet away from it- I have never felt adrenaline and terror like that before I thought that the US was being nuked because it was so unfathomably loud
The 4:40 jappan one is scarier that is the calm version of the earthquake alarm
I'm from Ukraine so I have to hear air raid alarms on a daily basis. The one in the city I am living now is really unpleasant and has lots of text about walking to a bomb shelter and other precaution. It's kinda scary every time because you can die.
It's different in different cities for some reason.
russ¡a is a terrorist state.
that really sucks i hope your okay
Are you ok?
Where do you live?
Слава Україні!
k good for you
@@srbruh1188 Dude wtf
sending you love 💞
the japanese one is unsettling more than scary like its just so weird
Hearing that one in an actual emergency scenario would give me chills. Feels almost dystopian
3:10 Greek
4:22 Japan
5:14 French
6:20 USA
6:59 Italy
7:47 Polish
8:38 Taiwinese
9:45 Australian srry
10:45 Spanish
11:42 Korean
12:28 Iran
13:15 Philippine srry
13:53 Swedish
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i’m canadian and where i live there’s a lot of kidnappings, so i hear this sound probably around every 3-5 months, i’m a bit used to it but when i’m in school and there’s an amber alert and that’s the only thing you hear, it’s scary
Yeah, my immediate thought was, "Oh the amber alert sound." It's just a general EAS noise but kidnappings happen so commonly here that I automatically associate it with an amber alert/assume that's what it is every time it comes through my phone... Never not terrifying.
@@bean6567 Same I don't think I've ever had an alert on my phone for something other than an amber alert, it's strange how often we get amber alerts, once there was like 4 in one day. all for different people.
@@yourlocalmars3676 if you check the last names they often match up. It's all crazy parents stealing the kids from the other parent. Figure your shit out seperated parents! you are giving us all trauma! lol
I'm in Ontario and a lot of the kidnappings are by family members from a custody battle, and they usually get resolved fast. I always check the alert though
@@crispykalechips Same, thankfully the cases I get alerts for are resolved quickly and safely more often than not, but it's never not anxiety-inducing.
Was looking for something soothing to fall asleep to. Thanks nick!
That is not going to go well LMFAOAOO
That is not a good idea lol, you’re gonna make yourself anxious, especially if alarms trigger you
Imagine waking up to the more scarier sounding sirens lmao
I respect it but w h a t
nickisnotgreen is my favourite asmr channel 😆
I fell asleep watching this 3 times. I just woke up for the day and watched it again lol
the canadian eas alarm playing out of everyone’s phone in class at the same time always had me stressed tf out
Actual polish siren is slower, more stretched out, this one sounded goofy 💀
Goofy ahh siren 💀☠
Sounds similar to Malaysian 👍
the italian eas alarm goes hard as hell for no reason
EDIT: NEVERMIND GERMANY FUCKS
Italy one is fake
We don't have an eas alarm
I may be biased as a Canadian, but you haven’t known fear until you’ve been falling asleep listening to ambience and then they hit you with the amber alert
As a Japanese person the alarm makes me go "earthquake!" lol. I agree the alarm isn't very scary, but it takes you by surprise when it suddenly starts playing at full volume.
I grew up in germany and I've never heard an alarm in my life, a couple months ago I moved to the netherlands and I nearly got a heart attack when I heard their alarm for the first time, turns out they just test it every first sunday of the month 💀
every first monday actually! at 12:00 to be exact :) everyone jokes ab it when it happens lmao
ab und zu werden sie getestet, aber sehr selten. ich kann mich nur an zwei tests erinnern und bin 18
If I heard Lithuania EAS I would SHIT.
Honestly the Japan EAS is kinda creepy in how minimal it is and has a vaguely ominous “creepy doll music box” feeling.
Sounds less “disaster is coming” and more “some creep wearing a jester suit and facepaint has broken into your house”
As a Canadian I can promise you waking up to the alarm is brutal. Really puts you on edge
I’m from Norway and I promise you, the Norwegian one is way scarier in person! My old high school have one of the sirens on the roof and they get tested twice a year. It’s super loud and the way it echoes throughout town is terrifying as hell; especially if the alarm comes from the roof of the building you’re in💀💀
my school was the same, a classmate almost shit themselves last time they got tested
As a American it sounds absolutely terrifying. I feel like I'm going to die no matter what I do.
@@AnagramMK7 I am gonna film when it happens because it'll last for 10 minutes. Though..it has already passed now. So I'll have to wait half a year to be freaked out of my mind. Everytime I hear the alarm I never get used to it. I always believe we are under attack.
Oh no, it gave me shivers even from this video
32:01 sounds like when u forget to put ur seatbelt on and ur car is beeping
The Japanese one is SO LOUD whether on your phone or on TV and still makes me flinch even though I haven't lived there since 2019
The Norwegian one sounds straight out of a scene in a horror movie where the main character is about to get jumpscared-
Kinda sounds like the purge alarm
The Japanese tsunami alarm is far more horrifying. It sounds like an old landline telephone ring but from hell.
I once had a shooting alarm in my school. It was just this woman's voice telling us to lock the door and not go outside until police tells us to. A few students had just gone to the toilette and we didn't see them until after everyone was evacuated. You also couldn't lock the bathroom door. It didn't have locks at the time.
We were so scared and my mother as well. She was working at her job at the time (rehab clinic for people with bodily injuries) and got a call that the hospital had to transport patients over because there was a shooting going on at her daughter's school.
You just don't know how scary a calm voice telling you to barricade yourself, can be. I couldn't look at that room the same way after that. It just remains in your head.
the us one as an american is pretty freaky but tbh doesn’t scare me as much as getting an amber alert on my phone
omg yes. amber alerts scare the shit out of me
Same
If you're in tornado area, it's terrifying
Same omg one time I was camping with a bunch of friends and all of our phones went off with an amber alert in the middle of the night it was terrifying
11:59 “how do you think they made this sound?”
They tried connecting to zhe internet while someone was on the phone
Japan’s sounds so friendly-
I’d never guess it was an EAS alarm
They made it like that so it doesn't scare the kids
@@goddessoffood7870 and so ppl don’t unnecessarily panic and slow others down w/ unneeded chaos
@@baototta wow wish some other countries had that some courtesy haha
i think it’s so kids don’t get to scared and so people don’t panic and can actually find safety instead of panicking
it's really scary when you experience it when an actual earthquake occurs ww