One sister takes another sister's pear, and blames it on City of Angels.

(Caution: This contains City of Angels spoilers, so if you haven't watched the movie, get to it first. It came out 17 years ago!)

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As the DC region prepared for the historic papal visit, much of the focus was on which roads would be closed, and how to deal with the ensuing traffic. But some local musicians were thinking less about traffic snarls, and more about how to make the Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine as beautiful as possible.

Crafting Music Fit for a Pope

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One of the first things Jeff Feldman noticed when he moved to D.C. was how he seemed to hear loud sirens “all the time.” He has lived in Brooklyn and Miami, but he says Washington has both cities beat when it comes to the apparent volume and frequency of sirens. He asked, “Why are there so many sirens in D.C.?”

It’s a common question and a sentiment shared by many people who move to the nation's capital.

“I guess there are a number of contributing factors,” Feldman says. He suspects that the seemingly high number of sirens could be related to the number of government officials, which come with major security forces. “I have a suspicion that there’s maybe a lot of violence and people getting hurt.”

For the second story in WAMU's What’s With Washington project, we set out to answer Feldman’s question.

Why Are There So Many Sirens in DC?

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