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Title: Weirdest Tornado Siren I've Ever Heard (Lots of Lightning)
Post by: wstarcraze on March 01, 2009, 06:51:40 PM
This is the weirdest one I've heard in my life! :blink:

Video location: Chicago, Illinois (Found it on Youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfJoyKQKeOE#hq (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfJoyKQKeOE#hq)

Lots of Lightning   :blink:
Pause at 1:27 to see some serious lightning.
Title: Re: Weirdest Tornado Siren I've Ever Heard
Post by: Gil on March 01, 2009, 06:54:10 PM
Modulator.
Title: Re: Weirdest Tornado Siren I've Ever Heard
Post by: curtjr4 on March 01, 2009, 07:29:37 PM
I love the modulators :smoke2: Sadly, my city uses the Federal Signal 2001 and model 5/7.
Title: Re: Weirdest Tornado Siren I've Ever Heard
Post by: texasstooge on March 01, 2009, 09:55:17 PM
Either the Modulators or the EOWS 612s.

So that's the weird tornado siren sound my swimming buddy in Chicago told me about. I think someone accidently set that particular siren on alternating mode.
Title: Re: Weirdest Tornado Siren I've Ever Heard (Lots of Lightning)
Post by: Gil on March 02, 2009, 07:37:45 AM
Chicago doesn't have any 612's.
Title: Re: Weirdest Tornado Siren I've Ever Heard (Lots of Lightning)
Post by: wstarcraze on March 02, 2009, 09:36:06 AM
My area has a lot of Whelen 3016 Sirens. ( Don't know if thats good or bad )
Title: Re: Weirdest Tornado Siren I've Ever Heard (Lots of Lightning)
Post by: Lamarr on March 09, 2009, 09:55:01 AM
Charlotte doesn't even have tornado sirens. Whenever a tornado warning is issued, they call other fire stations and they tell them to go around town blaring your fire horn/siren.
Title: Re: Weirdest Tornado Siren I've Ever Heard (Lots of Lightning)
Post by: tuez13 on March 10, 2009, 12:09:52 PM
It sounds like it's going to croak, lol
Title: Re: Weirdest Tornado Siren I've Ever Heard (Lots of Lightning)
Post by: wxntrafficfan on March 10, 2009, 01:45:27 PM
Lansing is divided when it comes to tornado sirens. Most sirens that are in the downtown area or in the relatively close vicinity are Thunderbolts. Most of the suburbs <coughs> escapes from Lansing <coughs> are getting newer sirens, however. My guess is that these sirens are Federal Signal 2001s. Nevertheless, there is a different siren in Haslett, right behind the firehouse at the intersection of Haslett Rd and Okemos Roads. I think this one is the same siren Henry (Hen7713) has videos of on his channel. I will try to get videos soon.
Title: Re: Weirdest Tornado Siren I've Ever Heard (Lots of Lightning)
Post by: hen7713 on March 10, 2009, 07:24:17 PM
Chicago has a system consisting of 2001-DCs, a couple 2001-130s, and modulators
And that siren is a Modulator, its sounding in Alternate Wail, or Hi/lo wail.
Title: Re: Weirdest Tornado Siren I've Ever Heard (Lots of Lightning)
Post by: Localonthe8s on March 10, 2009, 07:38:40 PM
This is the weirdest one I've heard in my life! :blink:

Video location: Chicago, Illinois (Found it on Youtube)

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfJoyKQKeOE#hq[/url] ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfJoyKQKeOE#hq[/url])

Lots of Lightning   :blink:
Pause at 1:27 to see some serious lightning.

It looked like a giant funnel cloud right behind. :blink:
Title: Re: Weirdest Tornado Siren I've Ever Heard (Lots of Lightning)
Post by: Gil on March 10, 2009, 07:40:18 PM
This is the weirdest one I've heard in my life! :blink:

Video location: Chicago, Illinois (Found it on Youtube)

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfJoyKQKeOE#hq[/url] ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfJoyKQKeOE#hq[/url])

Lots of Lightning   :blink:
Pause at 1:27 to see some serious lightning.

It looked like a giant funnel cloud right behind. :blink:

Hence why the sirens are going off...
Title: Re: Weirdest Tornado Siren I've Ever Heard (Lots of Lightning)
Post by: Localonthe8s on March 10, 2009, 07:41:11 PM
No kidding. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Weirdest Tornado Siren I've Ever Heard (Lots of Lightning)
Post by: tuez13 on March 10, 2009, 07:46:57 PM
Ahhh...summer...
Title: Re: Weirdest Tornado Siren I've Ever Heard (Lots of Lightning)
Post by: curtjr4 on March 10, 2009, 08:42:27 PM
Lansing is divided when it comes to tornado sirens. Most sirens that are in the downtown area or in the relatively close vicinity are Thunderbolts. Most of the suburbs <coughs> escaes from Lansing <coughs> are getting newer sirens, however. My guess is that these sirens are Federal Signal 2001s. Nevertheless, there is a different siren in Haslett, right behind the firehouse at the intersection of Haslett Rd and Okemos Roads. I think this one is the same siren Henry (Hen7713) has videos of on his channel. I will try to get videos soon.
I don't think that we have penetrators here :( in Okemos, we have a model 5 and 2001's. I'll look around for that siren next time I gocto quality dairy, socool.
Title: Re: Weirdest Tornado Siren I've Ever Heard (Lots of Lightning)
Post by: wxntrafficfan on March 10, 2009, 08:58:38 PM
Lansing is divided when it comes to tornado sirens. Most sirens that are in the downtown area or in the relatively close vicinity are Thunderbolts. Most of the suburbs <coughs> escaes from Lansing <coughs> are getting newer sirens, however. My guess is that these sirens are Federal Signal 2001s. Nevertheless, there is a different siren in Haslett, right behind the firehouse at the intersection of Haslett Rd and Okemos Roads. I think this one is the same siren Henry (Hen7713) has videos of on his channel. I will try to get videos soon.
I don't think that we have penetrators here :( in Okemos, we have a model 5 and 2001's. I'll look around for that siren next time I gocto quality dairy, socool.
I'm guessing then that the siren Henry has is a Penetrator?
Title: Re: Weirdest Tornado Siren I've Ever Heard (Lots of Lightning)
Post by: hen7713 on March 10, 2009, 09:46:20 PM
Lansing is divided when it comes to tornado sirens. Most sirens that are in the downtown area or in the relatively close vicinity are Thunderbolts. Most of the suburbs <coughs> escapes from Lansing <coughs> are getting newer sirens, however. My guess is that these sirens are Federal Signal 2001s. Nevertheless, there is a different siren in Haslett, right behind the firehouse at the intersection of Haslett Rd and Okemos Roads. I think this one is the same siren Henry (Hen7713) has videos of on his channel. I will try to get videos soon.
I have videos of several sirens, the STL-10, P-50s, and P-15s.
Pretty much the whole Kenosha siren system is Consisted of Penetrators, which are P-15 and P-50s(lots of P-50s Yay! :P) (and no those are not the whole Penetrator line, just the ones in Kenosha).