Yep I check the site at least weekly, a longtime habit! The old sirens I couldn't really hear the closest siren inside over anything. I wonder if that particular siren had some dead drivers. The new system I can hear easily inside and when I go outside there's definitely a surprising bite to it cons...

All of the sirens in Wood River, Hartford, Roxana and South Roxana were all replaced a few months ago with ATI HPSS32 sirens. All of the cities mentioned here had Whelen Vortex and 4004 sirens previously. I have a couple clips of a test and a storm where they were set off. I don't know how long thes...

This isn't my video, but this is the first time I've heard the ATI's doing anything other than the chimes. The tone is actually perfect in my opinion, but still no wind up or wind down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxyTxNEYQU

I didn't want to make a new topic, but during this month's test I was able to hear the St. Louis County system in Jefferson County. I am located 8-10 miles south of any siren in St. Louis County. This is the first time I've ever heard any sirens at my location in the distance. I heard several wind-u...

There's also a Whelen 2900 series siren on Hawkins Rd. in Fenton. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=fenton,+mo&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.557552,114.169922&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Fenton,+St.+Louis,+Missouri&ll=38.519765,-90.488892&...

I was filming in my car with the windows down.

Here's the monthly test from Troy, IL. This T-128 was very loud and I was way too close. I had a headache for a while after it, even after covering my ears!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyOpGoFc95c

Here's some random St. Louis area siren pictures I snapped with my cell phone this week. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/chris1216/sirens/jeffco/0827091037.jpg St. Louis County, MO http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/chris1216/sirens/jeffco/0827091041.jpg St. Louis County, MO http://img.ph...

The older style Whelen WPS-4004 with a broken rotator finally got replaced with a Whelen WPS-2904. Here's the before and after pics.

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/EHS/prod/g ... rning.html

This page shows a picture of a Whelen Omnidirectional siren, and a test schedule.