sound the alarm
Releasing a loud, ripping fart immediately upon waking. Usually this is done while the farter is still half-asleep.
My college roommate would sound the alarm every morning around 6am.
sounding the alarm
In business, the pre-curser to "blowing the whistle" or "whistle blowing". Typically, it is the act of generating awareness to upper management of illegal or unethical activities being committed by senior leadership in a firm or corporation, without disclosure to the media.
Ex. "It was Doug's choice in sounding the alarm to the Board of Directors regarding the financial irregularities performed by the CFO".