The Siren Board

From the audio recorder I set up at the T-128 at the Marseilles campgrounds, the Thunderbolt in downtown Ottawa can be heard sounding for its 10:30 test. The 2001s can faintly be heard during the windup, but fade away once they get to full speed.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXrOaTiOJDU

Sorry for the bump but DANG that really is saying something for the Single tone Tbolt!

The sad part is they don't consider it part of their system anymore and are pretty much leaving it up there to die with no maintenance.

Is it not active anymore?

No it still is but it's pointed in one direction. Basically the only reason it's not deactivated is because it's "Too much of a hassle to take it down" So they point it in an area with basically no direct contact with a 2001. Which is funny because you can't really hear the 2001s in this video and you can hear the bolt over them all...

Saw a crane there last summer and I thought that was the end for sure, but they were just working on the roof. It still sounds pretty healthy so it will probably be there a while, I tried to convince the last fire chief to turn the rotator back on but he didn't seem to care. The county owns the building it's on.

Okay I am sorry for spamming this topic but I have to ask one more thing. That wind up makes it sound like a whelen... There aren't any nearby whelens that sound like the thunderbolt are there?

The nearest Whelen that I know of is 20 miles away in Utica and there are none in Ottawa, that's definitely the Thunderbolt. Although it's kind of ironic that you asked that since the T-128 (I think it might actually be a 135) that he had the recorder set up for in this video replaced the only Whelen in what was once the all Federal system of Exelon LaSalle.

That definitely is the Thunderbolt heard in the video. It sounds at about 465 Hz, so just like an early 2000s Whelen. Funny thing is I was searching through my audio at the 10:30 mark for Seneca's 2 T-128s going off, but instead I got to hear the Thunderbolt. If you notice closely, you can barely make out the 2001s as the siren is winding up.

Also fireman, I checked the horn and controls, and it is indeed a T-128. I also just realized I have a video camera icon at the Dupont Rd. P-50 as well... Whoops. Anyways, the audio is from that T-128 at the campgrounds.

I'll take your word for it, I've only done a drive by. I'd like to know why their plan is for all the former Thunderbolt poles that were never taken down and still have power to them.