Whatever happened to that idiot weatherman on one of the news stations there in Huntsville that was trying to say that the sirens were not needed and was trying to get senators to get rid of them? That weatherman is still in town. He isn't an idiot, he's actually pretty smart. I don't agree with hi...

Here's another video with 2 TBeams clearly heard both winding down, then up again a couple minutes later. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bsQ-mXynj0 Yep, you are hearing the thunderbeam at the school in above picture...which is at the 10-11 oclock position from the camera and you are hearing the on...

I've got a few pics of our sirens on our website: A thunderbeam at a local school: http://www.madisoncountyema.com/H6.JPG A model 2T at the marina: http://www.madisoncountyema.com/H62b.JPG And one of our many model 2001s: http://www.madisoncountyema.com/Sirenpicture.jpg This is where we activate the...

If that video was taken at UAH, the campus has 2 of the 2001 sirens. Fire station 3 well off in the distance has a thunderbeam.

Edit: I checked our map and the 1 mile coverage circle of the thunderbeam does reach across the southern portion of UAH, so you probably can hear it off in the distance.

Yes, most of the sirens in the City of Huntsville and Madison County are mounted on metal tower sections.

Slick Rick wrote:
That video could be used in a Federal Signal ad to show the battery backup in action

That siren is NOT on battery backup.

ACA-P10: That siren is only fed DC from a rectifier..so the power flicker just caused a slight loss in rpm. Bama2001: We only have one modulator and it is in Big Spring Park in downtown Huntsville. It is a small unit for park area coverage. We still have some thunderbeams in service...off the top of...