35 Comments

• Whew!

  There should be a better system in place to let us know what the siren may mean. I’m glad it was nothing.

• me

  the first place i went to check why it went off

• A wisher and a dreamer

  And to think we thought Moshiach was here!

• The Siren of Moshiach

  How many percent of us first thought Moshiach was here?!?

• Adam Curry

  I thought it was b/c of the destruction of our health care

• zzzzzzz

  i woke up from the stupid thig.

  KOL HACVOD CH.INFO FOR HAVING IT UP 5 MIN. AFTER IT HAPPEND

• david

  Thanks for posting it right away so pepole can go to sleep with peace of mind. Good night

• 6000?

  this was my first place to check but i even if everyone in crown heights got up to check their computers there arent even 6000 computers in jewish homes

  but thanks CH.info for giving me the news and letting me go back to bed

• an war survivor

  I hate the sound of this siren it reminds me of war and running to the shelter just when the enemy was in our city and ready to attack. Do you think it’s fare to hear this unpleasent siren right before shabboss? maybe a song from MBD or AVRAHAM FRIED could replace this alarm?

• leah

  I was real worried

• zt

  why in the world would people complain about the system?
  it is an excellent system and even though there might be some minor mistakes, you know it’s helping you.
  with a busy city life, the siren helps lots of people out by knowing when what who where and why about Shabbos.
  Goldstein is doing us all a favor here and people are just so unappreciative.

• living with Marxism.

  Dear Adam Curry,

  You are exactly right. In fact, it’s to signal the destruction of society as we know it.

• I guess not

  I also thought Moshiach was here – and that there was a Farbrengen in 770!

• Nuke

  I got really scared – I thought it was a bomb scare and then it hit me: We don’t have bomb shelters!

• MOSHIACH MANIACS

  just so u know – mendel goldstein will get a call as soon as moshiach comes and he will turn on the siren so we can all find out…..u ppl r nuts the siren does not indicate the coming of moshiach – itll be a shofer, and trust me it wont b coming from the corner of montgomery and kingston…….

• To the one who wrote Moshiach Maniacs

  Maybe Mendel heard the shofar and sounded the alarm for those that didn’t hear.
  I bet this was a test of the emergency broadcasting system. Hashem made the alarm go off to test how ready we are to receive Moshiach. The first thought in MY head was … Moshiach is here! My house is a mess! Maybe next time ( the real shofar sounding) I’ll just say… Moshiach is here! Lets go!

• me ken plotzin

  my heart almost flew out when i heard the sound the first few seconds. in the past on more than one occasion the sound went off for not such good reasons. soooooo baruch hashem that at least it was a false alarm. but hey moshiach where are you anyway??????????its time to HEAR YOUR !SOUND!!!!!!!!

• We Need Moshiach Right Now!!!!!

  Rebbe, Oh Rebbe, we need you
  Hashem, Hashem, Keil Rachum
  We’re sick of this Golus can’t bear any more
  Why don’t you open the door?

  Your children are yearning to be with you
  How long can this Golus continue?
  Bring the Geulah, fulfilling your vow
  To bring Moshiach, right now!

• Chani

  As a busy mom who listens for the siren every week, when it is set properly, and goes off at the times that it is supposed to I love it. Thank u Mendel Goldstien for ur invaluable work to help the tzibur,, now if we can just have it go off at the right times, and not 30 mins before shabbos,, ****sigh**** I definitely do not have ta’anos,, I am not doing the work it entails,,

• yyh

  When I heard the alarm I was Davkeh very happy… last time the Rebbe left us, this time I though he is joining us with Moshiach, unfortunately it was a false alarm.
  Generally, the alarm needs to be much more specific in time, too many times the alarm goes on too early, like 10 minutes early, (instead of 15 minutes before candle lighting, its 25 before, etc …same is with 2nd alarm) this is not right, and it must be corrected, other wise Mendel Goldstein deserves a Big Yashir Koach.

• Are we cows?

  Having a siren every week to remind people it’s Shabbos is like calling in the cows for milking. It has out lived it’s usefulness.

  If people aren’t smart enough to pay attention to the time too bad.

• I thought

  I thought that someone was bored and decided to play a prank..

  Ps …is there a shrink in the house?

• Harried dad

  I gave up on that silly noise maker. It used to be on the money. Since way back – its been having seizures and timing is off. Prior to shabbos the siren makes no sense and can NOT be relied on. We simply look at the watch like everyone in my building. AT this point it has become a public nuseance (help – someone spell that please!)

• New Age Electronics

  I thought the sound of Moshiach blowing the shofar has been, like everything else, turned digital!

• criown heighser

  there is no one to blame, there is construction going on in the shul and there was a malfunction, plain and simple..

  a yasher koach to mendel.

• CHT

  They should have made another siren that stands for “residents of crown heights, everything is ok, please go to sleep in piece … tuuuuu tu tu tu tu”

• Come on!

  If it was really Moshiach, YOU WOULD FEEL IT. The fact that you all felt the same feeling of fear etc… shows that it’s not Moshiach.

• Obama synonymous with Moshiach

  The siren was the marking of the beginning of Obama Care which is like Moshiach’s times so so it was not a mistake rather a marking of a new time of Moshiach/ObamaCare

• nsker

  On a side note, it would be useful to stress test your software and hosting provider for such bursts of user requests.

  It seems your mysql database was the bottleneck; you can most probably reduce queries for repeated requests like this.

  It is, of course, gratifying for you to know that the site is relied on (congratulations on that), but it also comes with increased responsibility. I am on one of those who went to check right after the siren and got an error page yesterday. In a real emergency (ch”v) your site may be essential, especially since it is associated with Shomrim who are best informed.

• FREAKY! :)

  THAT WAS THE FREAKIEST THING EVER! I seriously thought Moshiach was here, but then again, i learnt that the shofar blowing will be ten times louder! so yea.. it didnt really make sense.. But a Massive YASHER KOACH TO MENDLE FOR ALL HIS WORK! But please, try for the alarms to be off at the right time so the residents of crown heights wont totally freak out!! :) thanx!!

• we want moshicah now !

  thats funny because our family also thought moshiach was here!!!!!

• TO ZZZZZZ

  sted 2 min. after

• early bedder

  I decided to go to bed early.. i finally fell in deep sleep and then woken up?!!?!?!? I then thought i was in a dream!!

  moshiach now!

  get ready… Just open up ur eyes!

• spell check

  * nuisance
  * sleep in peace (not sleep in piece)

• to moshiach maniacs commenter...

  when moshiach comes EVERYONE will be able to hear the shofar so he wont have to put the siren for “those who didnt hear”…..