Oldest Thunderbolt siren in Sedgwick County restored

Jonathan Marr, the deputy director for Sedgwick County Emergency Management, joined "Kansas Today" to talk about Thunderbolt sirens. The sirens date back to the Cold War: trib.al/4jRx8eC

[@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL]

Old Thunderbolts like that are the only Thunderbolts I really like, mainly because of the history. Glad to see them get restored, but at the same time, the county has to be careful as they don’t have battery backup and are high maintenance

[@IHeartAGM]

Honestly, I’m surprised they know it’s called a “Thunderbolt” usually I hear news anchors call them “old sirens”

[@kansasclocksandsirens]

Yeah. Back when they were "Upgrading" their system, they referred to them as "Yellow Tornado sirens"

[@Josh-le6lu]

Well that kicks ass!

[@JJP_SirenProductions06]

One of my friends lives in that town or near it, he saw this thing test, I am so happy for him! Thanks for sharing this!

[@rotunda57]

All mechanical siren, not electronic, very distinctive sounding. Probably cost effective to restore them too. Can't we hear a toot?

[@kansasclocksandsirens]

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[@Vigilance108]

I am planning on collecting one

[@ThunderboltOverkill]

So happy to see this :)

[@jakerehhee3844]

BUMBLEBOLT!!!!!!!

[@raizrindustries]

The oldest active Thunderbolt!!!!!

[@CentralVirginiaEAS]

Now THATS awesome!

[@Elektrikvik_74]

Ilovesirens

[@theray2009]

*bumbolbolt*

[@ThunderboltSiren1003]

Wwwwooooowwwww

[@AleronRattan]

The news knows the siren name cool than.

[@ETHANGASMX626]

Prototypes

[@kansasclocksandsirens]

No

[@ETHANGASMX626]

@@kansasclocksandsirens you don't know about thunderbolts from 1950s

[@kansasclocksandsirens]

@@ETHANGASMX626 These particular one's aren't prototypes