Over 15 years a member and I finally snap a siren photo!
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:51 am
Well over 15 years counting the old siren board before this one, but after warningsirens.org (I think it was called that? Damn that was long ago!)
It has been a long time since I checked in here!
I am currently in Japan on business (my first time outside the US actually), and of course I am always keeping an eye out for interesting noise makers when I'm somewhere new. Of course those that know me from the old days of the Siren Board may remember that I grew up in a siren wasteland - Central Oregon - and never had much opportunity for spotting interesting sirens. I did snap a photo of one of the Waldport Thunderbolts (possibly the one that a member here was able to get when it was removed) but have no idea what happened to it.
Anyway, I began having some success at siren spotting while riding the train to work each day, and upon figuring out how to get my camera to take a good photo while moving, managed to get a couple snaps.
These seem to be all over the place. I assume they are for Tsunami warning as each one has an antenna suggesting it is part of a remotely activated network.
Ho-Hum right? Just some speakers on a pole. Don't worry, that's not the big reveal.
It has been a long time since I checked in here!
I am currently in Japan on business (my first time outside the US actually), and of course I am always keeping an eye out for interesting noise makers when I'm somewhere new. Of course those that know me from the old days of the Siren Board may remember that I grew up in a siren wasteland - Central Oregon - and never had much opportunity for spotting interesting sirens. I did snap a photo of one of the Waldport Thunderbolts (possibly the one that a member here was able to get when it was removed) but have no idea what happened to it.
Anyway, I began having some success at siren spotting while riding the train to work each day, and upon figuring out how to get my camera to take a good photo while moving, managed to get a couple snaps.
These seem to be all over the place. I assume they are for Tsunami warning as each one has an antenna suggesting it is part of a remotely activated network.
Ho-Hum right? Just some speakers on a pole. Don't worry, that's not the big reveal.