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2024 Georgia SWA Tornado Drill | Peach County, GA | distant siren ambiance | February 7, 2024
(Preface: I apologize for the noisy water fountain that's heard in the background of this recording. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time beforehand to turn it off so this is just what I had to work with.)
For the annual statewide tornado drill this year, I decided to try something a little bit different than normal by leaving a recording device on my front porch just to see if I could capture anything worthwhile coming from the adjacent counties (mainly Peach County) who were activating their siren systems for the drill. For some reason, our county (Houston) normally does not participate in these drills by activating their own siren system, as was the case this year. Luckily, that presented me with a great opportunity to record a distant ambiance of those other counties' sirens activating, provided the weather conditions are right for it. And boy, did that little gamble ever pay out with an awesome ambiance heard loud and clear!
What you're hearing in this recording are a handful Peach County's outdoor warning sirens along the eastern side of the county (adjacent to Houston County), activating in a 30-second alert tone for the practice drill. This drill is held at 9am EST on the Wednesday during Georgia's annual Severe Weather Preparedness Week that typically occurs the second week in February. Peach County's siren network consists primarily of Whelen Engineering Vortex R4 sirens, plus a handful of brand new Federal Signal 508-128 sirens and two older sirens within the City of Fort Valley (a FS 2001-SRN near the FVSU campus, and a STH-10 on the water tower in downtown).
The most prominent siren heard starting up first toward the beginning of the video is one of those aforementioned new Federal Signal 508-128 sirens that were installed late last year, with this one being located along Russell Parkway near the Buc-ee's that's next to I-75 - approximately 6.2 miles from my location. Additionally, you can clearly hear one of their Whelen Vortex R4 sirens starting up shortly after the FS 508 winds up, which is located near the south end of Housers Mill Road - approximately 6.5 miles from my location.
Two other sirens can also be heard in the mix (albeit faintly) starting up in sequence following those first two: a second FS 508 located at Peach Co. Fire Station #5 on SR-96 outside of Fort Valley - approximately 8.5 miles away; and another Whelen Vortex R4 located at the intersection of Buckeye Road & Holland Road, near the Perry-Houston County airport - approximately 8.5 miles away. You may need to turn your volume up a little more toward the latter half of the video to hear these two sirens, as they are very faint in the mix but still slightly audible.
If you made it this far, I would like to thank you for taking the time to read the description, and thanks for watching!
For the annual statewide tornado drill this year, I decided to try something a little bit different than normal by leaving a recording device on my front porch just to see if I could capture anything worthwhile coming from the adjacent counties (mainly Peach County) who were activating their siren systems for the drill. For some reason, our county (Houston) normally does not participate in these drills by activating their own siren system, as was the case this year. Luckily, that presented me with a great opportunity to record a distant ambiance of those other counties' sirens activating, provided the weather conditions are right for it. And boy, did that little gamble ever pay out with an awesome ambiance heard loud and clear!
What you're hearing in this recording are a handful Peach County's outdoor warning sirens along the eastern side of the county (adjacent to Houston County), activating in a 30-second alert tone for the practice drill. This drill is held at 9am EST on the Wednesday during Georgia's annual Severe Weather Preparedness Week that typically occurs the second week in February. Peach County's siren network consists primarily of Whelen Engineering Vortex R4 sirens, plus a handful of brand new Federal Signal 508-128 sirens and two older sirens within the City of Fort Valley (a FS 2001-SRN near the FVSU campus, and a STH-10 on the water tower in downtown).
The most prominent siren heard starting up first toward the beginning of the video is one of those aforementioned new Federal Signal 508-128 sirens that were installed late last year, with this one being located along Russell Parkway near the Buc-ee's that's next to I-75 - approximately 6.2 miles from my location. Additionally, you can clearly hear one of their Whelen Vortex R4 sirens starting up shortly after the FS 508 winds up, which is located near the south end of Housers Mill Road - approximately 6.5 miles from my location.
Two other sirens can also be heard in the mix (albeit faintly) starting up in sequence following those first two: a second FS 508 located at Peach Co. Fire Station #5 on SR-96 outside of Fort Valley - approximately 8.5 miles away; and another Whelen Vortex R4 located at the intersection of Buckeye Road & Holland Road, near the Perry-Houston County airport - approximately 8.5 miles away. You may need to turn your volume up a little more toward the latter half of the video to hear these two sirens, as they are very faint in the mix but still slightly audible.
If you made it this far, I would like to thank you for taking the time to read the description, and thanks for watching!
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Are you going to post any new sprinkler content? :) love your videos!
Thank you so much; I'm glad to hear that you're loving the videos! ❤ Yes - I actually do plan to get back to recording more sprinkler content again so that I can hopefully have something worthy of compiling into new videos for the channel. Are there any sprinklers in particular that you'd like to see in operation in a future video? I'm always looking for new ideas and suggestions from others in the community for what they'd like to see in the videos I put out. I have sooo many different sprinklers in my collection to date that still haven't made a proper debut in front of the camera yet, and it can be rather difficult at times for me to choose where to start on my own, lol!
Didn't this one replace a Clayton Whirlwind?
What’s that thing on the end do? Does it make the sprinkler aim in different directions every time it hits the stream?
Very nicely done video. I like when people like you guys share your knowledge of sirens with other enthusiast because this will help them to be able to maintain their sirens and keep them running for years to come. Keep up the great work with these excellent videos.
How did that Omnialert get there?
This is on of the most nostalgic siren vids ever for me
How did the solenoids speed up?
What’s the location of this siren? Is it anywhere near The Rock?
Long wind down
Awesome
Distance area how much
Its 2024 and i wanna go back
What hp of pump is this,are you getting water from borehole or river?
I'm looking for a blower for a 1003 any ideas?
Sadly this got replaced by an Eclipse 8 :(
The siren has been removed unfortunately.
Hey Ian how you been ? Missed you and your videos! How's things on your end ?
What location in Norman, Oklahoma did this siren come from?
What location in Norman, Oklahoma did this siren come from?
I grew up in middle GA
Everyone: Goodness gracious why is the horn broken? Me: Why does it sound like an ACA Allertor?
Such a Satisfying Sound.
I can see the ACA howler chopper
Why is the horn broken?
Cadillac of sirens. Lansing,MI had these after, what many think might have been 1 of the Chrysler, Hemi powered sirens . They had them all over the City.
Cool Video1 Interesting To See One That Low Mounted On A Pole.
If that screen fails that intake cone is dropping most likely lol
hilohilo
lol it looks like the video was edited to have no color. Kinda cool Ngl!
Did she get struck by lightning? Thats the most depressing groan ever
Imagine the siren ambience was now a horror movie
9/12 port ratio sirens are my favorite! It's music to my ears!
It's classic
I don’t know how aca howler horn broke
Tornado ripped the horn off
The federal signal 500 sh-tt removed in 2018
I built one with LEGO 🎉
Whoo!
Caralho esse joga longe
Same like p15
I hope he is still alive and well.
Meh, Hunters last better
I have a 91DR, it pops up but arm doesnt move. Also the casing fills up with water so i think it needs rebuilt
This is lovely and all but need to see how to adjust its ROTATION
i got one of these for myself finally! it needs bearings, doesnt rotate and needs stops. 1.56" ring nozzle on it. Im also going to take it to the T-L dealer and have them get the ring nozzle off and install a 1.05" taper bore on it.
I love the sound of a 2 stroke Detroit Diesel in the morning, and these were around during the cold war era!
I just bought one of these largely by mistake. I could sure use some information. Most of all, what size pump is the minimum a man can use to work this rig ?
AFAIK depending on nozzle size, the minimum requirement by Nelson's spec sheet for a 1.05" Taper nozzle is 60PSI and 250GPM. You'd more than likely need a PTO or electric pump and a cart and at least 4" hose to run one of these. I have a P200 myself but I got mine running by using a fender washer (mine had a 1.56" ring nozzle originally) that has a much smaller opening than the smallest nozzle recommended by Nelson. I use 2 transfer pumps in series (Pacer SE2UL E950s) with 2 " hard hose in and out. I do not have a cart, I do have a tripod with a 2" input that i used a flange to NPT adapter on and it runs decently, not like these (pretty sure they're using a high output ag pump). IT does reverse too, although slower than these (it doesn't stall out). It gets about 2 acers of a 5 acre field. If i had a much bigger pump and a cart (something capable of 60 or more PSI and 600GPM output) I could install the original nozzle which was 1.56" and Then you'd really see it come to life. Someday I will have this!
Coming back to this video, this is the fastest spinning 6M in existence. All other documented ones spin slower.
How did you prevent it from tripping the breaker at 120?
How much the price in $
Excelente!!!!!
Can it really reach up to 300 ft radius as it states in the spec?
They can under ideal conditions (i.e. virtually no wind) with a 1.9" taper bore nozzle, which is the largest nozzle size that Nelson offers for the 200 Series Big Guns. It takes a massive water supply that's capable of delivering nearly 1200 gallons per minute at around 120 PSI to achieve the full 300ft radius though.