Emproia ,KS (Lyon County, KS) Replacing their Sirens

[SirenSynthsInc]

I was on a School trip Recently to Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, And on our Way Through Emporia, KS... I had Noticed they Replaced their Allertor125 System with 2001-SRNB's. I have Spoken with Lyon County's EMA director and He Said the System Was Well Over 50 Years old. I can Only Agree With Him. The System that Served Lyon County for Over 50 years was Full of Allertor 125's, And Were Sent Off to Auction, Wich Some were in Non Operating Condition, And Would Possibly Never Sound the ' End of the World ' Signal Again. Emporia Invested in 130 2001-SRNB's Straight Out of Federal Signal, Wich Cost them About 450 thousand dollars to Have the Sirens All Hooked Up Wirelessly, Instead of Communicting with them through Telephone to Activate Each of Lyon Countie's 109 Allertors. I could Say- The System was FAR out of date, And Communicating with each and Every one of the Sirens through Telephone Individually has to be a Hard Job. Now All they have to do is Flip One Switch, And Off Lyon Countie's 130 sirens Scream to Warn of Pending Danger. They Also Have a Filter System, In Wich They Can Set Sirens off in certian Areas in danger from the Storm, Instead of Scaring All of Lyon County Sh*tless. They will Not Excpect another System Update until about 2045.

[kswx29]

Well I wasn't aware Lyon County had an actual "System"...I thought it was every city for its self but yes, Emporias siren system was a little dated. But they also had Thunderbolts and a 500AT(s), not just Allertors. Also, they did not have 109 Allertors...

[woodyrr]

Something that has bothered me for a long time:

Does anybody recall if Emporia ever had a P50 or anything that looked like a P50. What I saw would have been very approximately where highway 50 and sixth street converge. This would also likely have been prior to 1980, but I'm not certain.

I don't know exactly what I saw, but my mental image is that of a P50 or something very similar.

[500 AT fan]

If it was before 1980, it wouldn't have been a P-50. Maybe you're thinking of a 500AT.

[woodyrr]

As my brain has been working, I thought to look at the processing date on some photographic slides that I took on a trip to Kansas City, I have been able to narrow the time frame when I would have gone through Emporia that time to 1984. I have been through Emporia many times since about 1991 and all I have seen have been Allertors.

I saw this mystery siren for the length of time that it takes to drive by, so my recollection is about that reliable. My problem is that the 500AT looks like a siren. This thing looked like a very large 5 gallon paint bucket turned on its side sticking on top of a pole, hence, my association of it with a P50.

[SirenSynthsInc]

Emporia Did have 500T's, Until 83 when they got their Allertors.

[kswx29]

Emporia Did have 500T's, Until 83 when they got their Allertors.

They still have a 500AT...its near some school down there.

[500 AT fan]

Here's an old topic about it...


http://airraidsirens.com/forums/viewtop ... ht=emporia

[SirenSynthsInc]

Thanks!

[woodyrr]

Thank you all for your guidance. There is no reasonable conclusion that I can reach other than what I saw was a 500AT like the one in the Emporia school yard picture taken by Adam Pollack in the earlier thread.

I was thinking of a 500 like the one in this video by Archon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3cY1HrJSbM

Which is why I didn't think what I had seen was a 500.