Worst place for a siren?

[Spencerlovestrains]

Sorry if a thread like this has already come up, but I wanted to create a thread about sirens that you think are in the absolute worst place that they could be mounted.

Here's a Model 2 at Dekalb High School in Waterloo, IN. It is LITERELY right above the pressbox on a statium light pole.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.408352, ... 56!6m1!1e1

[sirendude2012]

Any siren anywhere near a playground is a bad idea, particularly if it's mounted ON the playground (like the Model 5 in the Lowest Sirens thread). All the little children could get their hearing permanently damaged during testing (who would be out there during a tornado?).

[carexpertandy]

T-128 next to the home bleachers at Sycamore Junior High School, also close to the press box:
http://binged.it/1QWwKqR

I'm not gonna share anymore links since I just wanted to compare with that Model 2. But anyway, here are more that I can think of:

Las Animas, Colorado has 2 T-121s, one being located right next to a pre-school, and one at a small park that includes a playground and a swimming pool.

Really any siren that sits extremely close to someone's house, as I'm sure a lot of people hate having to listen to the piercing loud noise while they are home.

Springdale, Ohio used to have an Allertor that sat right next to I-275 and was pretty much at level with cars going by. The T-128 that replaced it is a little higher at least, but not very high up when looking from the highway.

Wyoming, Ohio's 2001-SRN in Chisholm Park is poorly placed, as it is smack in the middle of a residential neighborhood, and also, it may look high up when you look at it from Chisholm Trail, but if you go up a little bit of hill and then look at it from Compton Road, it looks very low, and very disturbing for people who live that close to it on Compton!

[connerdstines]

Don't think it's the worst placement, but this 2001 in my neighborhood is almost in someone's backyard.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.153327, ... 6656?hl=en

On the sirens in playgrounds thing, a lot of our sirens are in or near school parks.


https://www.google.com/maps/@35.198447, ... 6656?hl=en

[Startug]

This isn't on Google Maps, but this Federal Signal 2T22 is near a school playground out in New Concord, OH. It's nearby my university and I recorded it once from a good 1000 feet away, where it's still mildly ear-piercing loud. Since it's pretty close to a couple of playgrounds and a skatepark (not pictured unfortunately, will get better shots sometime) I'd be surprised if no one has gone deaf yet. It's also across the street from a pretty quiet neighborhood.

[Badger 12]

In Hastings, PA there is an STH-10 mounted no more than 20 ft. From someone's home. Of course that person lives next to the fire station, but I don't know which came first.

[Stormsetter4]

Having a siren located in a park makes sense, the whole concept is to warn everyone that is outside.

[4J25]

I agree with Cruz. Also, sirens in the middle of residential areas are good, that way all the people playing outside, doing yard work, etc. Know there's a tornado coming.

[Chicagosiren-hunters]

In the small town of Cloquet, MN, they have a moderately low-mounted 3T22 (I say moderately due to the fact that there is a ~20 foot hill next to it and that would put you eye level with the unit) right next to a large park and a elementary school. I would dread every first Wednesday for this reason. Also, there is another 3T22 on the other side of town also next to a park and several baseball fields.

[Stevan Z]

I guess you could say a little to close for comfort. I would embed a link to Google Maps but don't know how.