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“Raise your head high. You are a free Syrian,” blared a voice from a bank of loudspeakers atop a pickup truck parked nearby.

The first explosion came from the direction of Ford Island, but before Fernandez could look, the ship’s alarm started to blare.

Items flew off shelves, cellphones blared with tsunami warnings and some people struggled to stay on their feet as a magnitude 7 earthquake rocked Northern California on Thursday.

A bakery along the road blared songs by the Lebanese diva Fairouz, a familiar and comforting soundtrack in the country, and gave out cookies with tiny banners that read, “Smile, better days are coming.”

Harris could have constantly blared the truth about our economy being the envy of the world and then promised that we ain’t seen nothin’ yet.