Gotta hand it to the Times.

Cara Buckley's piece today on NYPD sirens had something inspired about it -- a sort of "Duh, why didn't anyone else think of writing about that?" obviousness that the paper of record still manages to occasionally pull off.

The most striking item in the article is the mention of a siren known as The Rumbler, which sounds like a cross between a classic wailing cop car and a wavering "Stay the hell away from me!" warning emitted by pretty much any spaceship from a 1950s sci-fi flick.

For good measure the beast also bodyrocks the neighborhood with what Buckley describes as "bone-rattling vibrations."

Just one more reason why, when you come across a crime scene in the Big Apple, it's best to just keep moving folks, keep moving. It's all over. Nothing to see here.