The Siren Board

Well. Tonight I completed my Louisville, KY Siren Map! It took over a year, but then again I am a college guy trying to get semi-decent grades so I cant spend every second working on it. Our system as anywhere between 120 and 122 sirens. There are several (6) I cannot locate, and I suspect at least 2 of them are removed and left on the list by accident.

I am sad to see the 2001's taking over. This leaves roughly 37 Thunderbolts in action. The good news is, the city likes to fix those instead of replace them. I feel like All the Thunderbolts and 2T22's were the original system and the 2001's and MOD's came later as the population of Louisville increased.

Special note: On the map, siren 75. I swear there used to be a P-10 siren here. It was painted yellow, and was the only one in the city. I remember back in the day thinking "I have never seen that before". Now, it is a 2001. But, if you look at one angle of it on Bing Map's, it may be a P-10. I really wish I knew. I may send our EMA director another email.

Also, I state the condition of each siren on the map. For the majority of the sirens, the condition is assumed! I have yet to hear every siren in the system, but the condition status for the majority of the sirens in the east end of Louisville, where I live, is accurate. I have an email out to our EMA director addressing the missing sirens as well as a few other questions. Please check it out and tell me what you think. I see a lot of you guys on here have done that so I thought I would give it a shot!

My next mission, with your help, will be a nationwide siren map. I have started a map called "Nationwide Sirens" (I am real creative) that I want yall to feel free to add to if you want. So far I have parts of Dallas and Memphis. It is a long road, for sure, but why not? It's fun! This map is set up so anyone can edit it, with a Gmail account, of course. If you have maps of your own sirens, you can click "collaborate" to integrate the two easily. I hope to have this map become a staple for people searching for sirens.

Here is the link for the Louisville, KY Siren Map

Here is the link for the Nationwide Sirens

Thanks for any feedback on my Louisville map too!

-Tyler

Me and Ian made a US Siren Map a while back, and it was a very long process. I have since deleted it so it wouldn't crash my computer.

The "unknown siren" is a T-135.

dilloncarpenter wrote:Me and Ian made a US Siren Map a while back, and it was a very long process. I have since deleted it so it wouldn't crash my computer.

Ya know, I mentioned this to a friend this morning and he said the exact same thing...Which kinda sucks. He suggested maybe dividing the US into 3 or 4 zones and going from there. Ahh, it was just a thought.

coop866 wrote:The "unknown siren" is a T-135

Thanks, at least I know I am not crazy! I figured that particular siren was possibly purchased by Bowman Field and they just chose a different type. It is ashame they replaced it with yet another 2001, but I guess if they didnt have any Thunderbolts or the like laying around, the 2001 was probably their only option.

Thanks for the help guys!

Ya know, I mentioned this to a friend this morning and he said the exact same thing...Which kinda sucks. He suggested maybe dividing the US into 3 or 4 zones and going from there. Ahh, it was just a thought.

I'm thinking it should be either every state for themselves, or a regional map. Ex. Midwest, Southwest, West, Southeast, Northeast, etc.

I don't really play much with Google Maps, but would making a national map on their current version still bog down your computer? Is there a way to add layers (so you can turn individual states on or off)? We really need one unified Google map that anyone can add their information to. If not, going by state would be the second best option (as well as merging information with all current maps).

dilloncarpenter wrote:

Ya know, I mentioned this to a friend this morning and he said the exact same thing...Which kinda sucks. He suggested maybe dividing the US into 3 or 4 zones and going from there. Ahh, it was just a thought.

I'm thinking it should be either every state for themselves, or a regional map. Ex. Midwest, Southwest, West, Southeast, Northeast, etc.

I divided the country state by state with the siren maps.

JasonC wrote:I don't really play much with Google Maps, but would making a national map on their current version still bog down your computer? Is there a way to add layers (so you can turn individual states on or off)? We really need one unified Google map that anyone can add their information to. If not, going by state would be the second best option (as well as merging information with all current maps).

Zeemaps.com does allow layers. Maybe that would be better. I use Zeemaps to depict the Verizon towers and the 4G coverage since it also allows highlights. Work's pretty well.

I did not know that l Louisville had a Thunderbolt 1003!!!! does it sound Hi Lo?

CD1003 wrote:I did not know that l Louisville had a Thunderbolt 1003!!!! does it sound Hi Lo?

It used to, yes. It is at the Louisville Water Company reservoir, and was used for hi-low for chemical spills. Now, the Whelen next to it is used for that. Not sure why, because the 1003 still sounds with the cities siren system, so it obviously still works.