Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:32 pm
dclarkct wrote:coastalsyrolover wrote:stormsetter4 wrote:Who in the world is going to restore those sirens? You are kind of talking like you are going to.
The whelens? Depends. When it comes to the whelen it depends on whats wrong with it... If anything... But these have been up there for quite a while and my siren knowledge is rather limited in that field. The thunderbolts? I feel like I know that siren pretty well. Rather simple siren in my opinion. If I was limited in an area I either find someone to help with that area (Which I don't see me running into with the bolts...) or I'd sell it to a private collector (Because I would be paying to get them down. They would be under my ownership at that point. No, I am not assuming that, I talked to the people I needed to talk to.) What I would do with the bolts after the fact though is probably get them back into service. There were some universities who wanted them and some coastal cities that I am sure would need a few more areas covered. And yes I know I post "Stupid" questions on the board but please keep in mind that actually HEARING the loudness of a particular siren is difficult as we don't have one every 5 blocks. Maybe every 5 towns at the most and most of those are disconnected anyway. So like my question on the hurricane for example, We don't have a single one out here to my knowledge. Heck I own 1 of 3 maybe 4 Thunderbolts that sounded for tsunami warnings out here. I haven't even heard mine in person with the 5M. (Although I have heard a 6M in person in nebraska. Oh and the blower I might get my hands on would be a 5H.) Our biggest variety of sirens are 2 2001s, model 5's STL and STH (Which I still haven't heard the STH in person out here) 10s, model 2's and electronic sirens (Haven't heard the electronic sirens out here in person either). And yes like I said I used to live in nebraska... But I was scared of sirens back then. All I knew was they were loud and meant something bad was coming. (Plus where I was at there were 2001's Thunderbolts and the 3T22's that I never heard.) So to answer your question in full yes I was planning (Key word planning) to restore the thunderbolts. Maybe the whelens. Sorry to derail but I wanted to answer that for you.
I can help you with he Whelen sirens. Schematics, install guides and technical info when you need it. Like I said Kelso is my home town (Go Scotties).
Kelso washinton? That's really cool actually. Thanks DC.
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