It's that day again! Special day! Only twice a year! Air raid siren day!
#Cypruspic.twitter.com/2viEw0SVRC
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It’s really the worst sound possible to trigger all kinds of anxiety, PTSD,... I’ve always hated it so many hugs to you! People shouldn’t be forced to endure this

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Yes! The sound itself is ghastly and rightly so for the original purpose, I guess, or making you look out for falling stuff. My cleaner is an old Cypriot woman and she's really upset because her brother got beaten up and she lost her village. Two more days coming up of this.

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Much strength to you! I doubt noise canceling headphones would be of any use against this kind of persistent note? Still might be worth trying at least. -
It's at least stopped and much quieter. In the past it was so long and so loud. My God.

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There's a lot of heart-breaking but also beautiful stuff. Like my parents went on a walk in the TRNC (an EU funded walkway, part of which is a bridge and visible here: https://twitter.com/o_guest/status/1150489102455857154 …) and there was a cabin with a guy selling drinks somewhere along the walk...
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And the guy was Turkish Cypriot (of course, it's the TRNC) and he could speak Greek (rarer for younger generations, but he was old enough to have lived with Greek Cypriots, before the ghettos and partition in the 60s and 70s) and he like many lost his house and village back then.
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So anyway, my parents were thirsty so they bought some refreshing drinks, drank them & were ready to leave but the guy offered them zivania (Cypriot raki/ouzo) at 11am! And of course they drank. So they got up to leave again but he brought out kattimeri!http://cinnamonspiceblog.com/kattimerka-a-cypriot-treatition/ …
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Hang in there. I know it sucks (Turkey has a similar practice).

I didn't even try to get good photos, it's just actually this photogenic. I took only one per angle. I always feel bad for not trying to capture many photos but I don't really get punished.