Strange Tornado Siren.
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Strange Tornado Siren.
Imagine you are under a severe thunderstorm with a tornado warning and you hear this! That would just make it feel more scary!
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Re: Strange Tornado Siren.
That was just the tone that town tested the sirens in, as to avoid confusion, I believe. I think those EOWS 612s have since been replaced as well.
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Re: Strange Tornado Siren.
Wouldn't it make more sense to test the sirens in the normal tone?freebrickproductions wrote:That was just the tone that town tested the sirens in, as to avoid confusion, I believe. I think those EOWS 612s have since been replaced as well.
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Re: Strange Tornado Siren.
I guess? Testing them in the same tone used for warnings would help insure that the tone would work properly when the siren is going off "for the real thing", but I guess on electronic sirens (or at least sirens with newer controllers), that doesn't always need to be the case.ToledoRailfan wrote:Wouldn't it make more sense to test the sirens in the normal tone?freebrickproductions wrote:That was just the tone that town tested the sirens in, as to avoid confusion, I believe. I think those EOWS 612s have since been replaced as well.
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Re: Strange Tornado Siren.
Well, the tests are conducted to make sure that the sirens sound, and not so much as a test of the alert.ToledoRailfan wrote:Wouldn't it make more sense to test the sirens in the normal tone?freebrickproductions wrote:That was just the tone that town tested the sirens in, as to avoid confusion, I believe. I think those EOWS 612s have since been replaced as well.
Also, are there any EOWS 612s still in service? I haven't seen any as of late.
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Re: Strange Tornado Siren.
I think there's a few up in Michigan, and a couple in Illinois, maybe Ohio and/or Indiana. IIRC, Texas may have some as well. Hawaii replaced all of theirs, I believe.ZachL wrote:Well, the tests are conducted to make sure that the sirens sound, and not so much as a test of the alert.ToledoRailfan wrote:Wouldn't it make more sense to test the sirens in the normal tone?freebrickproductions wrote:That was just the tone that town tested the sirens in, as to avoid confusion, I believe. I think those EOWS 612s have since been replaced as well.
Also, are there any EOWS 612s still in service? I haven't seen any as of late.
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Re: Strange Tornado Siren.
Yeah, I figured that they were a kinda that's disappearing. Probably replaced by FS 2001s in a lot of municipalities, too.freebrickproductions wrote:I think there's a few up in Michigan, and a couple in Illinois, maybe Ohio and/or Indiana. IIRC, Texas may have some as well. Hawaii replaced all of theirs, I believe.ZachL wrote:Well, the tests are conducted to make sure that the sirens sound, and not so much as a test of the alert.ToledoRailfan wrote:Wouldn't it make more sense to test the sirens in the normal tone?freebrickproductions wrote:That was just the tone that town tested the sirens in, as to avoid confusion, I believe. I think those EOWS 612s have since been replaced as well.
Also, are there any EOWS 612s still in service? I haven't seen any as of late.
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Re: Strange Tornado Siren.
Hawaii's were replaced by Modulators and Modulator IIs. I forget what Circleville, OH replaced theirs with (if they were replaced), but I want to say T-128s.ZachL wrote:Yeah, I figured that they were a kinda that's disappearing. Probably replaced by FS 2001s in a lot of municipalities, too.freebrickproductions wrote:I think there's a few up in Michigan, and a couple in Illinois, maybe Ohio and/or Indiana. IIRC, Texas may have some as well. Hawaii replaced all of theirs, I believe.ZachL wrote:Well, the tests are conducted to make sure that the sirens sound, and not so much as a test of the alert.ToledoRailfan wrote:Wouldn't it make more sense to test the sirens in the normal tone?freebrickproductions wrote:That was just the tone that town tested the sirens in, as to avoid confusion, I believe. I think those EOWS 612s have since been replaced as well.
Also, are there any EOWS 612s still in service? I haven't seen any as of late.
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Re: Strange Tornado Siren.
Looks like it was replaced with a Whelen "R4 Vortex" Electronic Siren. This is as close as I could get to it.freebrickproductions wrote:Hawaii's were replaced by Modulators and Modulator IIs. I forget what Circleville, OH replaced theirs with (if they were replaced), but I want to say T-128s.ZachL wrote:Yeah, I figured that they were a kinda that's disappearing. Probably replaced by FS 2001s in a lot of municipalities, too.freebrickproductions wrote:I think there's a few up in Michigan, and a couple in Illinois, maybe Ohio and/or Indiana. IIRC, Texas may have some as well. Hawaii replaced all of theirs, I believe.ZachL wrote:Well, the tests are conducted to make sure that the sirens sound, and not so much as a test of the alert.ToledoRailfan wrote:Wouldn't it make more sense to test the sirens in the normal tone?freebrickproductions wrote:That was just the tone that town tested the sirens in, as to avoid confusion, I believe. I think those EOWS 612s have since been replaced as well.
Also, are there any EOWS 612s still in service? I haven't seen any as of late.
https://goo.gl/maps/kw44T7kL3ZE2
Had to have replaced the EOWS siren sometime before 2013. Here's a test of it.
Here's where the old EOWS/SiraTone "612" back in 2007
https://goo.gl/maps/gDHC2dBWfmS2
Video of it being tested. In my honest opinion [I'm a FS Thunderbolt/ Carter/ ACA Hurricane and Allertor fan myself], this is one of the most annoying sirens I've ever heard.
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Re: Strange Tornado Siren.
Annoying... yes, but I believe that is the point. Definitely gets people's attention when it is needed.LARDLOGO wrote:Video of it being tested. In my honest opinion [I'm a FS Thunderbolt/ Carter/ ACA Hurricane and Allertor fan myself], this is one of the most annoying sirens I've ever heard.