City of Halstead's only Tornado Siren

[BlossomTreeLover]

gawd thats frekin loud

[rnbsteenstar]

OK give it 2 tones and some solenoids and make it do the firecall! LOL JK JK!

[optimousmiky]

dude thts the same siren my city has!

[ortiz030288]

who posted this?

[tdhooge]

what do u mean who posted this

and why

[TheFiremansavage]

@tdhooge you sound scared there did you steal this video

[tm21trouble]

kdksiren says that the ones in amarillo are loud as hell

[foxcloak866]

actually i think these use like 1000Hz tones so they don`t get much distance

[CricketboyStudios]

790 Hz I think. 750 for the 2001 DC

[thecompanycar]

The 2001SRN, 2001DC, and 2001AC used a belt driven rotator like the Thunderbolt which required a larger rectangular rotator box. The 2001SRNB and the 2001-130 are gear driven and don't require the larger box so they're more square. Also, the 2001SRN used a smaller box on the back and was slightly higher pitched than the 2001DC or AC.

[DigitalEagleInc]

I think it the 2001 SRN*DC

[CricketboyStudios]

Do they make an SRN DC?

[Heyde1979]

This must be a small town

[tdhooge]

there is about 2000 people here in Halstead

[Heyde1979]

a siren like like this must give good coverage for the whole town

[crispyb317]

maybe on the map...but it may not reach everyone's ear.

[Heyde1979]

do you have a solution that problem

[crispyb317]

lower toned siren and one that puts out more DBs, like a t-135 ir sentry sirens. the best ones are the old CD sirens, such as the thunderbolt

[Heyde1979]

I agree thanks for the input

[crispyb317]

no problem. my city has all 2001s...they upgraded(downgraded) the system this year

[Heyde1979]

what city is this

[twotailedavenger]

same here except Kansas City has been 2001 only since '91 after the thunderbolt at downtown airport was hit by a plane during the '91 air show. Within a month a 2001 was already screaming away like fingernails on a blackboard. lol

[crispyb317]

lol...i wish it was a 2001 instead of a tbolt that got hit.

[twotailedavenger]

hell yes. and if it was more recent, a modulator and a 612 too.

[lordjames78]

hell yea, but they are replacing our grea old t-bolt 1000 with whelens and p-90's

[crispyb317]

that sucks ass..i'd rather see em be replaced with 2001s than whelens...well atleast they're not replacin em with ATIs.

[CoolBalla15]

Yeah.

[tdhooge]

yes I was right under it plus it was very windy out

[tdhooge]

This siren is at 6th and santa fe I think or 6th and locust its on the edge of the middle school and high school parking lot.

I was right there at the siren plus it was windy out.

[BellyLover06]

That's a shame that this is the only siren Halstead has. Are they really too small for more sirens or is it something else?

[tdhooge]

it would be nice if we had one further north but what can I say. you can hear the siren all over town but if your inside it's kinda hard to.

[jayhawk29]

Where exactly is this siren located on 6th St.?

[tdhooge]

it is 6th and santa fe. its on school property between the middle school and high school

[CoolBalla15]

That siren is a 2001 SRNB.

[thecompanycar]

It actually appears to be a 2001SRN, not a 2001SRNB. It looks like it has the normal TBolt style rotator housing.

[CoolBalla15]

What's the difference between the 2?

[TheFiremansavage]

@thecompanycar SRN and SRNB are the same thing SRN stands for siren

[thecompanycar]

@TheFiremansavage I appreciate the explanation. Actually the difference between the two is the rotator mechanism and housing. The SRN has the Thunderbolt-style rectangular rotator housing for it's belt driven rotator while the SRNB rotator housing is more like an even sided cube housing a direct gear driven rotator.