one time when I was on our city bus going home they decided to go off. it scared the heck out of me. my mom had to cover my ears cause it was SO LOUD. thanks.
Dallas johnson lol. We have a p-15 about 0.2 miles from my place. When I was little we had a tornado warning in the middle of the night I slept right through it.
@Mortltd like every other siren, the chopper in the 2001 however is mouted in the cylinder in the middle of the horn with the motor in the outter edge, and the chopper itself towards the base, it draws in air from vents under the horn assembly. all mechanica sirens work with choppers and some form of air source, however, electronic sirens now, work by....well, basicly they are PA systems on poles outdoors. that's basicly it, just giant P/A systems :P
We have this type of siren where I live only they are used to alert us of escapes from the nearby Chino Prison rather than used as a Tornado siren. The one closest to where I live is a newer version of this model and has a lower pitch. The sirens are also tested in "attack" (a slower wail) which helps add to the effect of it sounding more like an air-raid.
Our Village has a mix of these the new 2001-130's and the ever mighty thunderbolts! the 2001-130 sounds lower and more like a T-Bolt, because they use a similar style chopper.
My area is slowly adding these for warning sirens in the Three Mile Island nuclear plant emergency planning zone. FS 2001s are being added when and where the previous Penetrator P-10s were. Our area has about a 50/50 mixture of Cyclone C-125s and P-10s.
While this is a cool video, the 2001 will NEVER be as cool as the Thunderbolts and 2/3T22's. I miss our Thunderbolts and my local neighborhood 2T22. Now there are 2001's in their place. :^( I even liked the Thunderbeam across from my college because it was unique but it has been replaced by a 2001 too.
The first time I ever heard one of these was after they replaced the local 2T22 and Thunderbolt 1000T's. I thought it was a fire truck and not an outdoor siren telling me to take cover from a tornado!
I hear what sounds like a T-135 or Cyclone after the 2001 winds down and shuts up. the sound fades in and out, so it's most likely a directional siren rotating, so I'm gonna say a T-135.
That's exactly what I thought the first time I heard one! LOL. When the city replaced the old 2T22 with this model, I just thought it was a firetruck going by. I didn't take it seriously like I did the 2T22. It sounded like it meant business.
I have some family in Erie County. There are sirens, but only for Volunteer Fire Departments. Besides the one already mentioned, West Seneca has 1 Model 5, 3 Model 2s, and 2 STL-10s. Those are the only West Seneca sirens I'm aware of. I think I also saw an STH-10 in Lancaster.
Awsome video!!! Theres a small town not to far from me that has these. My city has Whelen Vortex sirens and Whelens are still my favorite sirens. Do I hear a Whelen in wail mode at the begining? The 2001s do actually sound pretty creepy.
This Siren Sounds Alright....i like the fact that this is a Mechanically Powered Siren...i prefer those to the more modern electronic ones....though i like the older ones better....i also agree that this Pitch is way too High...it should be just a little lower.
KIEL IT!KIEL IT WITH FIRE! sorry everyone im a t-bolt lover. im only watching this because im doing some research to try to find out what kind of siren is in my hometown.i just cant seem to find it!
this is doing Attack mode. I thought I heard a diffrent siren in the background during attack mode as well. might have been a t-bolt but I am not sure lol.
Exactly! All we have here in Kansas City, MO are these pieces of crap! I actually hope they don't get replaced, though. Why? Their replacements would be even less reliable electronic sirens like the Modulator or the Whelen!
I knowtest that it would do Fast Wail on the coding sometimes, but sometimes they change the coding. And right now it is doing Wail. But sometimes it would do Steady.
When the siren turned on I heard a click. Then when it was done, heard others in the background. They sounded like creepy sounds, like war was coming. Was it a test or was it a tornado warning?
TheHate (as what your nickname says), the sirens save lives, when there comes threat, e.t.c. If there was none, you could just enjoy your chips on your sofa, when you are getting killed. Probably, the sirens get modified in the future. But try to think, if it cannot hurt your brain.
