Here's a video filmed by board member mhmcdonal, I hope it's ok I'm posting this mhmcdonal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evSuRyqmSEQ No problem. You guys are sure quick on the video posting. It was a very frightening day. There were all kinds of stories on how the last Chile-generated tsunami in ...

40 second monthly alert test.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxh-1CrNAYk

That is very faint, but very eerie sounding. So, how far away is that STH-10???

Monthly Civil Defense test. I could have gotten a closer shot of the siren but was delayed, since Honolulu was just one big road construction site today... Quick windup @ 480V 3-phase! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImDheU6sfFQ http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs048.snc3/13539_1263546597...

You can do everything online here: http://www.video2mp3.net/index.php

Here's a good one to experiment with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFLdY6LG5RQ. Just give credit where it's due if you plan to use it somewhere.

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No warning. Just the roar of the waves. Death toll approx. 169 now.
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/artic ... 01016/1352

Civil Defense conducted their monthly warning siren test, and finally got to test out the hazardous materials warning for the West side of Oahu. I randomly picked a siren out that would sound the whoop tone. KITV4 news showed up, and later Civil Defense was on the scene. http://www.youtube.com/watch...

I don't quite know what causes the hiccup.

Yeah, the clipping isn't too bad. I'd still listen to it at freesound to get immersed in the true quality though. That HH-65 Dauphin fly by behind my head was an added bonus.

http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=75127

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6OLp5fgf8Y
Here we go. First of the month and another successful electromechanical sounding off. When it processed on Youtube, I was disappointed to hear the sound clipping when the horn faced me. It didn't do that in my original recording.

That really sounds like a DSA. There was a new DSA that was put up to replace the Tantalus Thunderbolt near the University of Hawaii, and it sounds just like it. However, that wind-down in the video is very abrupt. Take a listen here: In this ambient audio recording: Federal Signal DSA & two Thu...