It used to be that if a town wanted to communicate to its residents that there was an emergency, there was one tried-and-true method: ring a giant bell.

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Upon inflation the ballonets protrude through the ring meshing to form occluded dimples the method permitting a large volume of gas in a smaller disc shaped area.

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