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Imagine you are under a severe thunderstorm with a tornado warning and you hear this! That would just make it feel more scary!

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.

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.

Wouldn't it make more sense to test the sirens in the normal tone?

ToledoRailfan wrote:

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.

Wouldn't it make more sense to test the sirens in the normal tone?

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:

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.

Wouldn't it make more sense to test the sirens in the normal tone?

Well, the tests are conducted to make sure that the sirens sound, and not so much as a test of the alert.

Also, are there any EOWS 612s still in service? I haven't seen any as of late.

ZachL wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:

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.

Wouldn't it make more sense to test the sirens in the normal tone?

Well, the tests are conducted to make sure that the sirens sound, and not so much as a test of the alert.

Also, are there any EOWS 612s still in service? I haven't seen any as of late.

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.

freebrickproductions wrote:

ZachL wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:

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.

Wouldn't it make more sense to test the sirens in the normal tone?

Well, the tests are conducted to make sure that the sirens sound, and not so much as a test of the alert.

Also, are there any EOWS 612s still in service? I haven't seen any as of late.

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.

Yeah, I figured that they were a kinda that's disappearing. Probably replaced by FS 2001s in a lot of municipalities, too.

ZachL wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

ZachL wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:

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.

Wouldn't it make more sense to test the sirens in the normal tone?

Well, the tests are conducted to make sure that the sirens sound, and not so much as a test of the alert.

Also, are there any EOWS 612s still in service? I haven't seen any as of late.

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.

Yeah, I figured that they were a kinda that's disappearing. Probably replaced by FS 2001s in a lot of municipalities, too.

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.

freebrickproductions wrote:

ZachL wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

ZachL wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:

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.

Wouldn't it make more sense to test the sirens in the normal tone?

Well, the tests are conducted to make sure that the sirens sound, and not so much as a test of the alert.

Also, are there any EOWS 612s still in service? I haven't seen any as of late.

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.

Yeah, I figured that they were a kinda that's disappearing. Probably replaced by FS 2001s in a lot of municipalities, too.

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.

Looks like it was replaced with a Whelen "R4 Vortex" Electronic Siren. This is as close as I could get to it.
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.

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.

Annoying... yes, but I believe that is the point. Definitely gets people's attention when it is needed.