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by Adam Pollak
Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:59 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: T-128 vs T-130?
Replies: 11
Views: 6521

T-128 vs T-130?

Hey, I took this pic last weekend while siren driving around Illinois. This installation looked no older than a week as there was very fresh dirt around the base of the pole. My question is: do any of you know an outward physical difference between the T-128s and T-130? They look nearly identical to...
by Adam Pollak
Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:53 pm
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Japanese sirens on YouTube
Replies: 3
Views: 3359

I'm still confused as to where the SONGS sirens being compressor-driven has come from. I know what patents show and all, but don't see it at all from the sirens themselves.
by Adam Pollak
Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:11 am
Forum: Other Warning Systems - Indoor, Outdoor and Vehicular
Topic: What type of horn is this
Replies: 10
Views: 11023

I am 100% gonna go with someone's mouth on the mic making noises.
by Adam Pollak
Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:22 pm
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Does you county sound all of its sirens for a tornado warn.?
Replies: 29
Views: 13831

I feel like many counties initially install new systems with the promise of only selected areas being activated, but in a short-fused situation such as a tornado warning, it is much easier to hit one button then to figure out sectors or quadrants of a county in relation to warned cities and the torn...
by Adam Pollak
Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:43 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Question
Replies: 26
Views: 15858

It's in front of Tallahassee's old armory, which is now a senior center as there is a newer and larger armory. It is one of several old sirens that used to cover the city.
by Adam Pollak
Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:56 pm
Forum: Other Warning Systems - Indoor, Outdoor and Vehicular
Topic: Emergency Alarms sounding at high school in Enterprise
Replies: 10
Views: 11672

Enterprise has at least a Whelen Vortex/4000. I have a photo of it from August 2006.
by Adam Pollak
Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:57 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: New Storm Video with High Pitched Sirens
Replies: 5
Views: 4007

If that Oxford is Oxford, MS, there are Modulators on the Ole Miss campus.
by Adam Pollak
Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:48 pm
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Tornado sirens could have saved lives
Replies: 31
Views: 19306

Seminole county is having a demo from Whelen with spotters at 1 mile and 2 miles away to report back on sound. Next week, Federal is setting off one of their sirens. With the reverse 911, the county only has 72 landlines to dial out of from their system. 400,000 land line numbers in the county. 72 p...
by Adam Pollak
Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:08 pm
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: ***New Videos of Sirens******
Replies: 22
Views: 16539

Hey, Seminole: Warning sirens are only a test Posted February 21, 2007 Sanford -- If you live near the Seminole County Public Safety Complex on Bush Boulevard, prepare to hear the sound of a tornado-warning siren Thursday afternoon. Whelen Engineering Co. will set off one of its sirens at 3:45 p.m. ...

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