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And The Emmy For Most Ridiculous Siren Coverage Goes To.....
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:58 pm
by Rheems1
I was out taking pictures of fire trucks on Saturday and happened to stop by the Martin State Airport which is a 3/4 civilian and 1/4 Air Force, the fire department is on the Air Force side and I happened to take notice to all of the shiney new Whelen sirens that were put up. Than I got thinking about ALL of those shiny new Whelens and realized, this was freaking rediculous.... have a look at the two pictures below... they were taken standing in the exact same spot... the first one is looking to my left and the second is looking to my right. Unbelievable in my book, what say all of you fine folks??
Dave Fritz
Re: And The Emmy For Most Ridiculous Siren Coverage Goes To.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:47 pm
by Stevan Z
This made me laugh! Someone really wants good coverage.
Re: And The Emmy For Most Ridiculous Siren Coverage Goes To.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:01 pm
by sirendude2012
I can imagine the garbled mess that Voice would be.
Re: And The Emmy For Most Ridiculous Siren Coverage Goes To.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:07 pm
by Chicagosiren-hunters
I bet that on the packing list there would be hearing protection right at the top. Nice photos Dave!
Re: And The Emmy For Most Ridiculous Siren Coverage Goes To.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:20 pm
by holler
Somebody was after indoor coverage
Re: And The Emmy For Most Ridiculous Siren Coverage Goes To.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:38 pm
by Batman
Those ain't small sirens either. WOW. What do those people think they are, PA speakers?
Re: And The Emmy For Most Ridiculous Siren Coverage Goes To.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:54 pm
by Daniel
Just imagine how much more the government must have paid per siren!
Re: And The Emmy For Most Ridiculous Siren Coverage Goes To.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 11:57 pm
by dilloncarpenter
It seems that AFB's like the ridiculous coverage. I know Buckley in Aurora CO has a bunch of Whelens close together. Tinker has a bunch of MOD5020's, and Altus, Vance and Ft Sill have ATI.
Re: And The Emmy For Most Ridiculous Siren Coverage Goes To.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 12:57 am
by PeachtreeSirens
Langley AFB is another example. They have two pairs of Modulator 6024s that are just under 2000 feet from each other. I haven't actually tried it, but I think there are areas where you can look in two different directions and see Mods in the distance. Kind of spooky, actually.
Batman wrote:What do those people think they are, PA speakers?
That's exactly how Langley uses their Mods 99% of the time.
Re: And The Emmy For Most Ridiculous Siren Coverage Goes To.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 1:04 am
by freebrickproductions
Someone should record an ambience there and just pan around to all of those sirens.