Lake of the Ozarks sirens?

[Crazywarriorman]

May come as a bit of a surprise but when I was on the Highway I saw what looked like a Toshiba siren.

[uncommonsense]

May come as a bit of a surprise but when I was on the Highway I saw what looked like a Toshiba siren.

Really, now? Do you happen to remember which highway you were on and where you were? I may need to go check this out.

[Crazywarriorman]

May come as a bit of a surprise but when I was on the Highway I saw what looked like a Toshiba siren.

Really, now? Do you happen to remember which highway you were on and where you were? I may need to go check this out.

It had to be in Interstate 44, if you were heading east from the Ozarks it would be on the right side. It was on a Very tall pole. It was somewhere between Springfield and Rolla, I know that doesn't narrow it down much but it's all I can remember.

[uncommonsense]

That's really interesting. Do you rememeber the scenery (town? Field?) I've made the trip on 44 from Springfield to St. Louis more times than I can count and I can't think of anything off the top of my head that even resembles a Toshiba from the highway. West of Rolla there's a Thunderbolt and 2001 in Lebanon and a few 2001s in St. Robert/Wayesville visible from the highway...but that's all I remember at the moment. I'll keep my eyes peeled the next time I make the trip.

[Crazywarriorman]

Well, I remember there were some trees around it and a small white building (fire department?) to the side of it. I happened to see it right after we went over an overpass. I've seen the 2001's in Lebanon and a thunderbolt in Rolla.

[Stormsetter4]

Sorry for the 4 year bump, but I figured I could share an update on the sirens in the region.

Branson ≠ Lake of the Ozarks. Branson is on Lake Taneycomo and surrounded by Bull Shoals and Table Rock Lake. All Branson has is 2700s, but you'll find Thunderbolts all around rural Stone and Taney County (drive out to Branson West and there is a Thunderbolt, a damn good looking one, behind the Wal-Mart. Galena, at one point, had one of the lowest mounted Thunderbolts I'd ever seen; not sure if it is still there or not). I'm not sure what kind of sirens are around the resorts of Table Rock.

If you get a chance to drive north into Christian County, you'll see every which thing. Ozark for sure has a Thunderbeam along Highway 65 near the Tracker factory (I think there's another one somewhere else, too) and a rotating Whelen in town. Nixa has an SD-10 along Highway 160 and a Whelen 2805 at the high school. There are some Thunderbolts in the panhandle of Christian County and into Lawrence County. If you were to make it up to Greene County and Springfield, we're 2001 country up here; nothing much to note unless you wanted to see a late model STH-10 and two roof mounted SD-10s on Missouri State's campus.

A few things have changed: Number one is that stone county does not have very many sirens left sadly. Stone county only has eight left. 2 in Crane, 1 in Silver Dollar City, 3 in Kimberling city, 1 in Cape Fair, and 1 in Branson West. Christian county only has 1 siren left, a Thunderbeam in Ozark.

(drive out to Branson West and there is a Thunderbolt, a damn good looking one, behind the Wal-Mart

Not quite sure what all happened to that one because back in the 90's the mayor John Rhodes (I believe who was the mayor) Went out to Shell Knob and at the time there was a very large lot of sirens
(Thunderbolts mostly) and chose a thunderbolt. The city spent over $ 3000 on refurbish it and it was put up behind Wal-mart. In 2003 I believe, the county took over the siren and fitted it with an FC so the
County could activate it as with the other sirens in the county. In 2010 the county got rid of the sirens with the agreement that the municipality's would maintain the sirens and the county would activate them. Well, Branson West's Numbskull aldermen, they decided to not maintain the siren but left the power on and for some reason the siren is not working anymore. Anywho the siren has fallen into disrepair and is now rusting so here are some pictures:













Here are Kimberling City's Sirens:










2002 vintage thunderbolt install in Kimberling city:







Silver Dollar City Thunderbolt (C series single phase)





- If I dig up any more pictures of other sirens in the county, I will post them.

[MOStormChaser]

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[MOStormChaser]

The Thunderbolt in Silver Dollar City is still there, and I will say, it's LOUD! Probably one of the best sounding Thunderbolt 1000T's I've ever heard.

[Stormsetter4]

When did you hear it? They went off Tuesday. Anyways, here is a posting tip, when you quote a post with a lot of pictures, edit the pictures out, it uses a lot of space. Glad somebody confirmed what model it is. That thing is low too. Did you get a video?

[MOStormChaser]

Thanks for the tip... I heard it in June 2014. Maybe the first week in June? Not too sure. And no, I didn't get a video. It took me by surprise when it went off.