Anyone else notice the increase in red cherry emergency vehicles rushing by?

[Baitball Blogger]

I definitely have seen an uptick. Does anyone know the name of those apps that keep track of what is going on in your community?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. Do you mean a scanner?

[Baitball Blogger]

2. I was hoping I could download an app on my I-phone.

I know there's one that's meant to attract people who might be in the area that have medical experience. But I was hoping for one that is meant for lurkers.

[SoCalNative]

3. Citizen

is one of them

[Baitball Blogger]

4. For the I-phone app?

[SoCalNative]

9. It's available from the APP store, yes

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[soothsayer]

5. We like the 5-0 radio police scanner app

[Baitball Blogger]

6. I'll try that one. Thank you.

[cwydro]

8. Wow, I didn't even know there was such a thing!

It’s an app you can download and then listen to calls?

[soothsayer]

10. Yeah, anywhere in the country!

Often just fire and emergency (and airports and such) because many places have locked down police.

[cwydro]

13. So I just look for that in the App Store?

5-0?

[soothsayer]

17. Yep

[cwydro]

31. Thanks, I'm kind of technologically impaired.

But I’ll give it a shot.

This is why I love DU...always finding new things.

[PCIntern]

12. Just downloaded. Thanks!!!

[soothsayer]

19. Enjoy! Portland is always interesting (lots of naked people walking down the street)

[lagomorph777]

7. What does "red cherry" mean?

[Baitball Blogger]

14. The emergency lights are usually red.

[lagomorph777]

15. So you mean fire/rescue (red), vs police (blue) or tow trucks (yellow)?

[Baitball Blogger]

29. Yes. fire/rescue

[Hassin Bin Sober]

11. It's the window app

[lagomorph777]

16. Is the app named "Gladys?"

[Hassin Bin Sober]

25. You know not for nuthin' but...

... she was the most wrongly maligned character in the history of television. She was fucking right.

[Baitball Blogger]

30. Thanks for that.

I never followed the plot lines, but I had a hunch that she wasn't all wrong.

[sweetloukillbot]

18. Nextdoor is so amusingly paranoid and racist...

OMG, Owls! Keep your pets inside!
Did I just hear shots?
Why were there cops there?
Someone came to my door, said they were with the electric company. Keep an eye out!
There were brown people walking down the street!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

23. Every neighborhood Facebook group is the same way.

Especially in Chicago.

I swear my old neighborhood had like 18 votes for trump last time and they are all on Facebook blaming Lori Lightfoot and Kim Fox and Barack Obama for every single crime that takes place.

[Clearly fogged in]

27. Look! Snake!

Stir the pot. Ask, "who made everyone here so angry?"

[Mike 03]

20. This website might be useful for some people.

It's called Broadcastify, and there are hundreds of feeds to local police, fire, EMS and it's broken down by state, county, city, town, and also coverage of rural areas. It doesn't cover every city and town, but there are tons of feeds here. It's fun to browse and see if your area is covered by a feed. (It's also useful if a major event happens somewhere and you want to listen in to the authorities).

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/top

[machoneman]

22. Heart attacks! People say....its heart attacks by Trump-humpers now realizing they will....

...lose the election!

[soothsayer]

32. Yeah I like this too!

[crickets]

33. Nice link - thanks. nt

[Hugin]

21. I don't know why, but, street noise goes down considerably and a helicopter flies over every 45 min.

We're in a doubling or more of COVID cases here right now.

[Mike 03]

24. Maybe airlifting patients to other hospitals?

That has been happening in some states.

[Hugin]

26. I didn't realize we had any Trumps living near by...

Seriously, though. That's my thought on it as well. Except, they are probably bringing in patients from the remote areas.

I don't know why they fly over here really low. It's not lined up with any facilities. Unless they're using streets or something to navigate.

[Tree-Hugger]

28. Yes

I have noticed. The county website has an active incidents page, which shows calls to a local dispatxh center for vehicle, fire, and medical emergencies. There has been an uptick in "respiratory emergency" calls in recent weeks. I remember back in April there would be so many respiratory emergency calls within a day. Most of them were in nursing/long term facilities tax that time. They skewed residential since then.