Don’t be surprised this Thursday, May 2 between 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. No, unless there is a last minute event, nothing serious will happen if the sirens sound.
The population alert and information system (SAIP) was simply shifted from the usual Wednesday to Thursday, the May 1 Labor Day holiday. This same scenario had already presented itself on November 1, for All Saints’ Day.
These sirens, which sound for precisely 1 minute and 41 seconds, have been in place since the Second World War. They make it possible to alert the population to the consequences of an imminent or ongoing serious event.