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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 6:07 pm
by bradhig
Were any sirens in St. Louis county damaged in the tornado? I could imagine any in the Sunset Hills area might have been toppled.
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 3:22 am
by FedTB
I haven't heard or seen anything on the news about any sirens being damaged or destoyed by the tornadoes. There is a Whelen 4003 on South Lindbergh Blvd. in Sunset Hills just a few blocks north of the area that got heavily damaged by the tornado. I imagine it was in some pretty heavy winds, though, since the tornado there was rated as an EF-3.
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:34 pm
by bradhig
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/St-Louis ... 05449.html
Why are they telling people this. Everyone knows they test the sirens the first Monday of the month at 11am weather permitting. I heard they ran the sirens three times during the New Year's Eve storms.
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:07 am
by Crazywarriorman
They just did an article about it on the news. If you live in the STL area they are doing a more extensive report tonight at 10
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:59 pm
by bradhig
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metr ... 38cc7.html
There is an article in the Post Dispatch this morning. Looks like they are speeding up the process of replacing the sirens.
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:51 pm
by FedTB
And the article states that 2 or 3 sirens "got beat up" in the storms on Friday. Hopefully they were ones that were due to be replaced anyway.
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:26 am
by uncommonsense
No...they were always supposed to be up by April. Operational certification comes thereafter.
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 5:58 am
by bradhig
Just saw one of the new sirens on Lindbergh about a block away from an old Whelen 3016. Are they putting the new ones near the locations of all the old ones or are they putting them in new locations?
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 5:43 pm
by uncommonsense
bradhig wrote:Just saw one of the new sirens on Lindbergh about a block away from an old Whelen 3016. Are they putting the new ones near the locations of all the old ones or are they putting them in new locations?
New locations that have been picked to maximize coverage of the new units. Some will be in the exact same location, but most will be in new locations (more often than not in residential areas).
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:01 pm
by FedTB
bradhig, where at on Lindbergh are you referring to? North county or south county? And where is the new siren located?