Sterling found in Kalama, WA

[Daniel]

The Trojan system consisted mostly of Thunderbolts, Model 5's, Model 2's, and at least one Allertor. That Sterling is older than the Trojan plant, so I would assume that the city owns it.

[freebrickproductions]

Maybe they painted it green to match the rest of the sirens in the area?

[PugetSoundStormWatch]

The Trojan system consisted mostly of Thunderbolts, Model 5's, Model 2's, and at least one Allertor. That Sterling is older than the Trojan plant, so I would assume that the city owns it.

Do you know if the two remaining yellow WPS 3016's (one in Longview, one in Kelso) were part of Trojan? Or were they part of a separate warning system, like a system for Longview's own use?

[coastalsyrolover]

According to the emergency person I got the addresses from the whelens are part of the system and the model 2 is I think the one on carol street... Or the street is named something like that... Longview according to Nancy the public works person, there were 7 thunderbolts, 1 Model 2 and 1 WPS 3016 in Longview and the other WPS 3016 was in Kelso... If I remember it right... 2 thunderbolts in longview have been taken down according to Nancy and sold to private parties for $200. The reason they took them down was because they posed a hazard or something? One of the blowers, like one of the ones in Waldport were fried because water got into it... And the thunderbolt I have had mixed up parts. (The control box wasn't the one used with mine and the blower looked a bit like the one they were saying was fried... But in either case it got thrown out. Thats beside the point though.) The blowers that are used in Longview, Kalama and Kelso are either the early A2 or the A1 blowers. The strange thing though is that Nancy did NOT mention the Sterling or the STH-10 sirens but maybe that's because they aren't quite in Longview? Anyways when tests were conducted they had to assemble a group of volunteers to go out and report that all of them were working (like they currently do at the SONGS plant in California) and sometimes a siren wouldn't activate or they would have a shortage of volunteers which made for a real pain in the butt. There has been some curiosity as to how old the sirens actually are. Considering the thunderbolts have the big blowers it seems they would be older but the plant wasn't built until the 70s if that is correct which would make for some newer thunderbolts. So Longview, Kalama and Kelso got a used system or the system was put up quite a few years before the plant was built. Maybe one of you would know more about that. The last thing is that the sirens actually sit in what I hear was the same condition as the one that was on top of OSU. The wires got a quick little "snip" and if someone knew what they were doing and knew how to elude law enforcement they could reactivate the siren... Although, there is no saying that it will for sure go off considering they are finding fried blowers.

[coastalsyrolover]

Oh and another thing... Longview has declared the sirens as surplus when they found out that they owned them and not PGE... Trust me that took a lot of phone calls to finally get that to them... PGE sent me the document that pretty much said "When we closed the plant down, these sirens became yours. As is, where they stand, yours. Enjoy them!" And so I sent that to I think it was the city manager and they were like "Oh we do own these... Okay lets have a meeting about them." And so they met about it, declared them surplus and 2 of them came down like I said because I think it was posing a hazard. If you guys get in contact with them they will probably let you have them but the thing is either you guys have to find someone insured or what not to get them down and you have to tell them before you remove it and which one you want. The downside? No matter what it will most likely be for a bit of a price. IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN they wave the $200 fee if you can find someone insured to get it down but you would have to pay the guys to do that job. Otherwise you pay them $200 plus whatever it takes to get the siren down or you just wait until the pole poses a hazard and then jump right on it. You will still have to pay the $200 in that situation though just not the added cost of getting them down. Like I said though that is all if I am not mistaken. There are only 5 thunderbolts, 1 WPS 3016 and 1 Model 2 left. I don't think Kalama's or Kelso's sirens are in that mix. One last thing to remember is that any request for a siren is to their discretion and it's their decision to make. The WPS 3016 has had a past record of sticking fiberglass into peoples skin. If that is the case they may not let that one be sold to a private party. Anyways just food for thought. (The sterling may also be for sale too if you guys can talk to them about that one no promises though. Oh and it's most likely for west coast people only. I am pretty sure they will NOT ship it.)