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Numerous videos from around Columbus, OH, Whelens and TBolt
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:29 pm
by ver tum
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:38 pm
by jkvernon
Here are my videos I took that night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VGbm-aAfPA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPz3jwbxIXs (You can see the 4004 at 1:16.)
My brother did most of the filming so don't blame me for the crappiness.
Regarding the Thunderbolt in that video, there are still 11 (I think) scattered around the county. They're slowly being replaced by Whelen 4004s though.
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 1:02 am
by ACAP10
Does the first video in the first post have a Sentry sounding somewhere in there?
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:14 am
by jkvernon
No Sentries around here whatsoever. The closest place that I can think of that has any Sentries is Germantown near Dayton which has two Sentry 10V2Ts. There are also a couple on some wierd campus type place near Wooster and there's a 5V in Warsaw. None of those places are within an hour drive from Columbus though.
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:49 am
by ver tum
A lot of Whelens sound at 465 HZ, which happens to be the same pitch as quite a fiew Sentries. It can be hard to tell them apart from a distance in some recordings. Sentries have more high harmonics than Whelens though.
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:38 pm
by AllAmericanFE
jkvernon wrote:
Regarding the Thunderbolt in that video, there are still 11 (I think) scattered around the county. They're slowly being replaced by Whelen 4004s though.
We have maybe 3 left.
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:34 am
by jkvernon
Oh wow, I'm really behind on my info then. lol. When did all those sirens get replaced? I know the Smokey Row siren was replaced last fall but what about the others?
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:32 pm
by ver tum
Here's yet another video from Columbus. In this one, you can hear at least two 4004's, two 3016's, and another siren.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HC3MoZ6Ssec
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:02 pm
by AllAmericanFE
jkvernon wrote:Oh wow, I'm really behind on my info then. lol. When did all those sirens get replaced? I know the Smokey Row siren was replaced last fall but what about the others?
The others were replaced this year. One of the most recent replaced was the Briggs & Demorest Thunderbolt.
http://www.franklincountyohio.gov/emahs ... status.cfm
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:10 pm
by kswx29
AllAmericanFE wrote:jkvernon wrote:Oh wow, I'm really behind on my info then. lol. When did all those sirens get replaced? I know the Smokey Row siren was replaced last fall but what about the others?
The others were replaced this year. One of the most recent replaced was the Briggs & Demorest Thunderbolt.
http://www.franklincountyohio.gov/emahs ... status.cfm
Are you one of their "Siren Buddies"?
I wish our EM was like this one, having this volunteer program and maps of the system and...information! Our county website just says "Sirens are intended to alert those outdoors of an emergency situation such as a Severe Weather event or National Emergency."