siren fan wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 11, 2019 12:15 am

Nice

Thanks!

DlxUAch8yoA At 3:20 PM CST, a strong rotation within a cell was spotted on radar in northeastern Morgan County, near Lacey's Springs, moving northeast. The path of the storm ultimately tracked between Hampton Cove and Owens Crossroads, and into Jackson County, but as the storm could've gone northwa...

UWOsq1OI0f8 Since today was the first wednesday of the month, and I happened to be off from work, I decided to go out and record a couple of siren tests, one of which would be the monthly test in Jefferson County, while the other was this Sentry 14v. Unfortunately, I stayed up way to late the night...

To be fair, that appears to be a plant of some kind. And with how much background noise can be at a plant, you'll want the sirens to be as audible as possible, even if it means installing a few thousand of them every 5 feet.

Wow, I was just right up the road from that siren taking pictures of the crossing there and never even saw it. But then again, from where I was, it wouldn't have been all that noticeable unless I was actively looking for it, it appears.

Saw that when I was chasing the TCRM's Fall Color excursion to Monterey. Glad to hear that it's still active! I know right! Especially since Putnam County only uses Federal Signal! (Except Monterey which has a random whelen ws 1000, but they have a Federal Sign and Signal 5A across the street). Too...

Saw that when I was chasing the TCRM's Fall Color excursion to Monterey. Glad to hear that it's still active!

Why are they Phasing out the Sirens for? Says it in both articles, but the tl;dr version is that the counties don't want to pay for the upkeep and maintenance of the sirens as the systems are small and don't cover much of the counties in addition to the fact that people can get warning information ...

Turns out the STL-10 in Birmingham may still be there and in service.

It's louder at a distance based on the fact that the 15 port chopper was replaced by a 10 port one. The high pitch from the 15 port chopper causes the tone it puts out to fade quicker in the distance. It'll definitely carry farther. Up close it's probably quieter, since we perceive the higher pitch...