Dallas Family Says Emergency Siren Was Placed Too Close To Home
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- čas přidán 24. 05. 2018
- The City of Dallas is now promising it will notify neighbors before placing an emergency warning siren near their homes -- a change in policy following a family’s complaints this week.
Personally, having experienced tornadoes in the middle of the night, I wouldn’t mind having a siren right next to my house to wake me up and give warning. The two scariest tornadoes I’ve been through happened around 11:30PM and 2:30AM
But you should not rely on them. A NOAA Weather Radio is the best way.
Its actually more of a health concern being that close. Testing of those things happens weekly. It will cause hearing loss. Especially for a child. Their concerns are valid.
@@ILoveOldTWC this!! Sirens arent guarenteed to pull you out of sleep either so thats kinda a dumb mindset considering. You just should stay up if experts are warning shit.
@@Celestiana06 me sleeping even during a 120000 decibel siren test
@@CASA-dy4vs 120000 is enough for an ambience across the whole nation and people would be extremely confused
Oh give me a break, it’s on public property, the city doesn’t need to move it.
"how would you feel to this.. *shows siren* hovering over your house"
me who adores sirens "I- YAAAAYYYYYY A SIREN"
I would love too have a siren over my house!
Same
Same but I want two, or three, or four!
Sameeee
Chicago siren tho
I can totally understand the homeowner’s concerns, but for her to say she is “embarrassed” by the siren is just a bit too dramatic for my taste.
"Im embarrassed by this being in my front yard" nevermind all the lives it will save but by all means be embarrassed 🙄
Like 2001's actually carry far so why not put it right next to someone's house.
Hell, I’d be glad to have one by house, I’d gladly take them up on this offer even though I live in Va and not Texas.
I wonder how a tornado siren is embarrassing
@@mymistkaes some people value the vanity of what their house and lawn look like over the lives of others apparently.
@@rmasteph5101 people like that are self centered
I would not mind living by a siren, then i will be the first to know of a weather emergency.
Yeah well you’re gonna have to get used to every tornado siren test
@@swiftzerz928 only once a month. Try living near a volunteer fire department and hearing them go off constantly
@@geebee6010 Actually I do
@@geebee6010 and it’s not just the noise. It’s so fuckin ugly
Hilarious. The closest siren to me is above 5 houses and a school.
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 i live across the street from a fire station that has a tornado siren
i live 0.5 miles from a 20v2t 0.6 miles from a 40v2t and 0.9 from a 10v
The closest siren to me is a school
Idk... I would be in heaven if I had a 2001-130 in my front yard.
Mine would be a Thunderbolt Siren.
I have one 15ft from the side of my house and I think it’s extremely bad placement I love sirens but that’s just to close
same
East Coast Alerting if you like these kind of sirens my hometown is getting bigger & since I moved here in 1984 & I'm still here these are the only kind of sirens we have I have 2 closed to my building & there's another not far away & where that 1 is I used to live 1 block away from it & I can easily see it from my bedroom window & if I wanted to I could walk to where it is & stand right under it or walk right past it too & that thing was loud & it wakes you up too & I have 2 cats & they run & hide when it goes off even the 1's by me now so if you wanna film them come here when it warms up & I'll show you where they are so you can film them
Mine would be a cyclone
they should consider how far it needs to be from occupied structures to not cause hearing damage to the residents. decibel testing before installation close to residential structures should be done so that max db at a window by a residence doesn't exceed the level at which a person might need hearing protection. when that thing goes off, they shouldnt need earplugs to leave the house!
Donna XX. I agree and use Whalen WPS 4004 sirens like in farmers branch Texas and none of them are close to homes and they are louder than Federal signal 2001. They recently made it higher pitch to switch it up a little due to reflashing the tone generator boards and it’s one of the best sounding electronic sirens I ever heard.
@@davidperry4013 Whelen's are 100% never louder than a mechanical siren.
@@EastDetroitMusic-Sirens3000A I'd recommend electric sirens more than a mechanical siren. It will be better than just destroying our fuckin' ears.
@@budgie508 Electronic sirens crap out worse than mechanical sirens, at least mechanical sirens at least still make sound when the end up crapping out a little bit unlike Whelens they either glitch or not make sound at all. Some mechanical sirens still in service also don't need batteries to power themselves. Whelens and mechanical sirens or at least certain ones are as loud as the other. I would know, I've heard plenty.
When my father was a kid, he had a tornado siren right next to his house. Now this thing was a big-ass CITY tornado siren, and was used for the entire tiny town. And better yet, it was tested every day at 12 pm. Yep, you saw that right. Every. Fucking. Day. It was so loud and strong, it rattled the entire house. This family should consider themselves lucky!
She's just a Karen complaining about a useful thing.
Every day? I mean it’s fine having the siren there, but why test it every day?
@@dank980 it’s not a test, apparently from my guess it’s a noon whistle. A tradition of many small rural towns.
@@Keaton0801 i know what a noon whistle is lol i’m a siren enthusiast
They’re poor dad lol
Honestly I wouldn’t mind living by one
Unless if it causes you to become Deaf .
Same
I would love to be able to brag to my neighbors saying that they don’t have early warning weather equipment.
Um I want that because I will just have headphones and it will give me good content
@@monicaguerrero9810 2001's can't make you deaf, they are at a higher frequency but in my experience the old vintage sirens are louder than the new 2001 sirens like the one in the video.
You moved to Dallas and complain about tornado sirens? GENIUS
Like exactly. Dallas sure has a lot of sirens and they don’t leave anything uncovered
Sorry, man, but I'd be pissed af... I mean, at least put it further down the street!
How dare they call a 2001 an eyesore!
there being mean to siren and the siren is sad :(
P-50 looks better
@@theericfreeze4498 ur right hes alot bigger and sounds better i think lol
2001s are eyesores compared to a thunderbolt
Now if it were an ATI siren, now THAT would DEFINITELY be an eyesore!
OMG A “siren Karen”. Pretty sure I’ve seen it all now 🤣🤣
And she is "embarrassed"? LOL! You live in the HEART of Tornado Alley with EF5 tornadoes, and you're "embarassed" by a tornado siren? She would have also been the FIRST person to complain, "I didn't hear the sirens!" Can't win with a Karen! LMAO!
Its actually more of a health concern being that close. Testing of those things happens weekly. It will cause hearing loss. Especially for a child. Their concerns are valid.
Yep. They should’ve at least put it. I don’t know 10 feet further from that kids room?
If I were in the house, it would be a very easy way to record a tornado siren!
oh puh-LEEZ!!! ive had a siren next to my house my whole life and you dont see me complain!! its a matter of getting used to
I would love having a siren in my yard, lol
Well if you ever get one, good luck selling the house
Same here
same lol
Same 😂
I actually have a siren a couple inches from my backyard. It’s a FS modulator 3012
FIRST-WORLD PROBLEMS
Thank You Jesus He is RISEN!
Omfg they should be happy to be near one so they can hear it and have time to take shelter in an emergency .
Alexis dominguez but what about the daughter the siren is next to her room and she might get a heart attack or at least cry
Uncle Jake ok fine ur right but still she might be death or what so yeah but yeah to u whatever 🤨😒
I wouldn’t be happy to lose my hearing though.
Imagine if it was a Autistic daughter who is afraid of loud noises would that change your opinion not trying to be me just wandering sorry about my spelling and grammar.
Samantha well it’s not stupid bitch
Oh god forbid there’s a siren that warns you of an incoming tornado that could kill you
Ben Meyer the city does siren test quite often
IT COULD CAUSE HEARING LOSS IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES ._.
I would love a siren over my house!! It's not enprassing it's awesome!
True
I would love a sign in my front yard like on my property trying to get my own
Same. I understand the concerns with the kids room there, but I think it’s pretty awesome.
If it went off I’d have a heart attack lmao
Yes, it's part of a 20 siren procurement (6 are supposed to be installed soon) supposed to fill in the gaps of 20 in need areas or coverage. They only sound once a month and for serious emergencies so it's not that bad. This area is in need for coverage as the nearest siren is about 2 miles away. I've known about this for a while now, and was wondering if this issue would occur.
Not to mention they're designed to be at safe dB levels up close. Not like it goes off daily, anyway.
Thomas B. Knowlton these are around 130db which meets the federal regulations limit. I did pass by this today and it is very close to the house. But this area is in need for coverage, as there was a half mile gap in all directions from this site, until it was installed. It costs anywhere from 2-5k to install one. I’d say take one for the team.
You can hear a 2001-130 clearly from 2 miles, but that makes sense to put more sirens closer as with high winds you might not be able to hear the sirens very well as the sound may be blown away
imagine a asc t-135 (newer p50) 6 feet close to that house tho
Complainer: Ok. Seriously? This siren is so gigantic and too close to our home. Please move this siren away from my home now.
OMG karen and kevin strike again. when a tornado comes at night they won't be complaing then.
DEADASSSS
They’re not Karen and Kevin. I completely agree with them. You’re telling me that this wouldn’t bother you?
@@swiftzerz928 the sirens don't go off every day and are probably tested once a month. I would rather be safe knowing that if a tornado was headed toward my house, I'd know about it. As far as it being an eyesore, who cares - only white, privileged people would care about something like this.
@@swiftzerz928 well it wouldn’t bother me, sane people, or any siren enthusiasts.
I would love to have a siren next to my house lol
I would donate my kidney to live in that house! Having a brand new 2001-130 beside my house is a dream come true!
you do realise how loud it would be right?
same time tho, it would be cool
@@leftythebear6646 I record tornado sirens 2001-SNRB's and 130s are not that loud for a tornado siren if you are in your house it would not be too loud
@@carreraman8364 oh, my bad.
@@carreraman8364 sound can travel quite a distance
Ive been filming trains for like 3 years, thats about as loud as it gets and plus i live down the road from a 2001, it did a test a couple weeks ago in alert and that wasnt loud at all
Then why sirens in other cities are by houses I don’t hear people complaining!
true.
My area, (Romeoville) there is a Federal Signal 2001-SRN right next to someone home.
I wouldn’t mind..
Put a p-50
Lol this made me laugh too hard for some reason
That would be SOOOOO annoying! Imagine just hearing that thing make fun of every 2001, whelen, p15, other p50, 508, modulator, t-128, eows*612, sth10, 20v2t, and dat one 10v2t all night long! It would be like "hey toilet head hahahahahahahahahaha".
(House collapses)
p50 would sound like a rocket launch next to a house
Karen
Agreed
I love tornado sirens 😍😍😍😍😚
nobody asked you
@@619xnomo same for you
if theres a Tornado you will know
Too bad... It's on city property.
Imagine that being a P50....
in Ann Arbor, MI, Washtenaw County, there is a siren across the street from residential areas at Paige and Jewitt Aves, I live right by there; thank god I have breathing room
I own two of these. They are used in the city I live in. Both of them are next a house. I have no complaints.
More like the city owns them not you lol quit lying no one is impressed
@@conner5611 how about you come to Cumberland Wisconsin and I will show you that I own them.
@@conner5611 and actually, go on youtube and search Red 2001 FS. That is one of my Siren's. And read the comments
@@CHS1997 you are right, the red 2001-dc and some others
@@conner5611 actually they do own them
You thought hearing loss was problematic? Window replacements might be in your future because of your windows exploding from being unable to hold back the massive amount of sound pressure spewing out of that siren in all directions
Exactly no window would stand up to that much noise
I'm surprised that the siren didn't brake envy glass or a mirror
It's not supposed to
Bro I’d die to live next to a siren
I’d be tickled to death if I’d had a siren installed in my yard! I’d love that! This lady is such a Karen!
Same here, especially since we don’t have sirens where i live so it would be really cool.
Its actually more of a health concern being that close. Testing of those things happens weekly. It will cause hearing loss. Especially for a child. Their concerns are valid.
@@dank980 maybe dont wish for things you dont have and therefore dont know shit about? These things have distances your are supposed to resoect for HEARING LOSS reasons. The manufacturers of these have come out and said that its fucking dangerous to peoples healths to place these this close. Even the CDC ruled in on it. Smh.
@@Celestiana06 well you're being unnecessarily harsh in your deleted reply, which i saw, also you're wrong. having a siren outside your house isn't a health risk, and it won't make you go deaf.
@@dank980 Tornado sirens produce extremely loud decibels for people to hear them in a tornado warning or severe weather event. Tornado sirens are capable of making someone go deaf if they don't have hearing protection. Your right when you say it is not a health risk but these things can cause permanent hearing loss. Especially if it is running at 130 decibels. But you won't go deaf if your indoors and the windows and doors are closed.
Nobody has ever complained over where a tornado siren was placed in my county. The reason it was put there is so they could hear it incase they are in an actual tornado warning and cant hear the siren if their outside. It may vibrate that bedroom ceiling when it rotates but if it gets too loud like if they have sensitive ears they could always buy headphones and they would be prepared when ever it was activated for a test or a severe storm. Too late for all that as they took the siren for granted.
How can you complain about this, if it ever has to go off anyway, you probably wont be thinking about how noisy it is, youll probly be trying to take shelter.
I would love to see any type of sentry siren hovering over my house. I am not being sarcastic right now
As the video mentions when the Siren goes off making the wailing sound it has a sound level of 90 to 130 decibels which can cause permanent hearing loss within 2 minutes being so close to the house
@@stephensnell1379 2001 aren't actually 130 decibels federal signal lied because if you want a loud siren it gonna be the P-50. 2001 are really around 120 decibels at 100ft.
I would love a siren right outside my house. Used to have one about 1500' from my apartment used to go stand right under it lol
I honestly would love it if I saw a Federal Signal 2001-130 all of a sudden standing in my yard lol
You will not complain when it saves your life
In the UK, we don't have any warning sirens apart from flood sirens and near industry and navy complexs. So whole population demands on their mobile phone: that if it works and is kept update. Apart from television and radio, that give out warnings. It would nice have a warning sirens system as back up.
We had them but the govt removed them to save money 🙄
This is a sirens fan dream
Ignorant rich people, complain about a Siren well let’s put sirens all round there home. 😂😂😂😂
@-にとって Oh shut up. They can deal with it. Its a fucking siren, And these kinds of sirens can not cause hearing loss.
@Pastel Bunny o stop the only time they would here the sirens is when they have to test it or a tornado warning.
I will love to have one by my house, This people are pathetic.🤦
Well then move out.
we have a siren that’s just across the street behind our water tower and if you wanna know what siren it is it is a Federal Signal 2001
but before that it was a Thunderbeam
HOLY KAREN! OMG IM SO EMBARRASSED, I MIGHT HEAR THIS THING AND NOT DIE FROM A TORNADO!
I would actually be cool with a siren close to my house...but not that close.
Lol, that’s nothing. My entire childhood was spent having to hear or be woken up by my volunteer fire department’s 1960s STL-10 Siren that was active 24/7 for EMS and Fire Calls. The walls/windows in the house would shake and vibrate every time it was activated by County Dispatch.
That seems at one point awful and at one point awesome
The apartment I used to live in a few years ago had a Whelen 2810 right behind it, and I wasn’t complaining
James Spann needs to see this. He is the biggest critic of sirens in the USA. He says most people don't hear them and they only reach a limited number of people and that's it.
Good luck ever getting him to admit he might be wrong.
To all the people in the comments saying they'd love to have a siren literally in their front yard, I am not responsible for you becoming deaf or you having to replace your windows on an almost weekly basis because they explode and injure you with flying glass fragments every time the siren goes off. Don't say I didn't warn you
You should have enough common sense to realize that the siren would not shatter the window, it might be loud but it’s not going to break the damn glass. Use your brain genius
And also pay attention to the fact that the siren is placed on a high pole so it would be over your house. There is no direct sound being blasted at your windows
Tornado sirens will not make you go deaf, and it’s on a 40 foot pole. so how bout you do your research before making dumb comments.
FYI Sentry Sirens are louder than Federal Signal sirens
Definitely. They are much louder, especially the Sentry 15V1T. It is basically twice the volume of a 10V
Seeing this and I see the city of Minneapolis MN put a couple of thier Vortexes very close to homes and even at a bus stop along a city street on the corner
Over in my hometown of cedar Rapids iowa we have many whelen 4004s that are less than 250 feet from the nearest house and theres even two that are only a quater mile apart from eachother and the only complaints I've seen from residents is the sirens not going off enough for severe storms approaching. And after the derecho we had last August they are even more greatfull for the close proximity sirens
People feel embarrassed to live right next to a siren? Huh? What? How is that embarrassing?
Got one in town that's right in someone's front yard next to the driveway.
Josh Rhodes same x2
It embarrasses me that people can't respect sirens anymore, I mean if it weren't for these amazing pieces of machinery, we wouldn't be warned of impending attacks or weather dangers. Sure we got mobile devices to warn us but not alot of people have iPhones or androids, so alot of people rely on these sirens
THIS!!!
I'm late to this one so don't know the outcome but I'm gonna give my opinion anyway.... I say move it as far away from her house as possible so she's the last to know when disaster strikes. Shame the neighbours will have to suffer too, but tbh they may be better off sucked in to a twister than living next door to someone like that.... 🔊
That is so bizarre!! Did they even know this woman’s house was here
honestly id love a siren in my front yard i woudnt be embarrassed about it at all
You will be annoyed by it until you get a tornado and it saves you
Outside Farmington il theres a whelen 2806 right next to a house in the middle of nowhere
KAREN its called safety your child need to survive a tornado and who care about hearing loss its better to be alive.
In New England we have been getting significantly more tornadic storms one flew through my yard and knock down trees destroyed my neighbor's fence and we had no power for days I want one of these next to my house
This had to be a joke story right? I would jump for joy if a siren was that close to my house...and one was.... sure saved lives!
They now have a morning alarm.
The alarm :
They’re not alone a person in McKinney has a Whelen WPS-4008 in their yard
To be honest I would be pretty grateful to have that i’m interested in all of that and I would not feel embarrassed but maybe after a while I’ll change my mind if that was in right next to my house
So their complaining that the siren is right next to there house and saying that, oh its too close to there house, what makes you worry that its too loud, its a siren and freaking air raid. Now I'm a siren enthusiast here so when ever a siren is put in that kind of place its there for a reason, you shouldn't have any problem with the siren is sitting there for what's so ever even if its a test, it will only last for 3 minutes or less despiting the fact its being put at a little distance will fix anything? Jeez dude, give yourself a break and even if there were an real emergency that thing can or could worn you from indoor's and besides and again siren test time last for 3 minutes or less, that's not that long.
Exactly
3 minutes is a fair few minutes and it makes it more dangerous with the siren being right overhead⚠️
I agree with the residence
I'm all for having tornado sirens, but not quite so close to my house. Certainly they could have moved it just 50 - 100 yards down the street to an area where there were no houses...or at least not quite as close.
It's embarrassing ? Lol KAREN!
there is a neighborhood in killeen that has that exact siren at a culdesac
Very naughty of them to have put the siren so close to the Dallas family's house. It makes there house untidy and as it states the siren sounding at 90-130 Decibels well a person would loose their hearing especially with it that close.
I don’t think you know how sirens work.
i wonder
why there is a tornado siren so close to a home its loud wen it goes off
Why would you place a 2001 130 next to a house?
I would love that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Them saying they were giving no information, but they weren’t home, they said they pulled up and saw it there, so the workers probably knocked on there door but they weren’t home
Ok so if your phone didn’t get the message of a tornado warning are you just going to use your eyes to tell of a tornado
Better safe than sorry
If a Tornado Warning is issued they'll be the first to know thanks to that siren in the yard
Karen and Ken waaaah!
Can something like that shatter windows and glass with noise?
Make sure to keep the baby’s window open on a storm night😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah, a emergency siren that tries saves people is clearly *TOO* embarrassing.
0:28 yoooooo those red lights scared the heck out off me😰
@Armin Playz 0:32
That's some *BS.* They couldn't put it further down the street??
I worked at an auto parts store that had a siren right next door!
siren head comments were worse but this?
whole new level...
I would pay to have a 2001 in my front yard. Idc how loud it is and its a true FACT that and you chose to put her bedroom there next to the siren. YOU CHOSE TO PUT HER BEDROOM THERE. even if she chose herself, its still a dumb thing to complain about had you let her choose or chose for her. Even if it was there before, YOU CHOSE TO MOVE INTO THAT HOUSE. NOBODY CHOOSES WHERE YOU LIVE. so like, if you’re gonna complain about the noise, and where you put your daughter’s bedroom, the closest one to the siren, well, its mostly your fault. nobody chose the bedroom unless your daughter chose it herself, but if you knew, which you should have already known the first DAY you moved in that the siren was towering over your driveway because of how tall it is and yet you are “oblivious” to it acting like its a ghost and then when it goes off you wanna complain. i dont care how loud it is cause i actually heard a 2001 in alert mode a couple weeks ago myself, and ive heard tons of train horns and yeah they’re loud and if thats what bothers you thats ok, i hear loud noises all the time but once again she LITERALLY chose to put her daughter’s bedroom in there, and ive also seen people complaining about train horns blaring in quiet zones, the same thing in this scenario. the person telling the news reporter about how loud the train is mentioned her daughter’s bedroom, and what do you know?
its the closest to the tracks.
and once again as you can see by my pfp, i hear train horns all the time and they’re loud of course but if you get used to it they’re not loud to you at all even without noise canceling headphones, and if im making this long “essay” for nothing, so what? This person clearly wants to complain and try to make them do something. Oh well just wait until an EF-5 hits your home and you dont have any siren near you. then youll be sorry you ever contacted the news.
and dont be an idiot like this person.
Hearing loss from a 2001-130 sounds idiotic. Even the SRN wouldnt do that as itd 127DB@100FT It's an alert given by Federal Signal (FS) that it could cause permanent HEARING damage, but they're not even that loud -- they carry about 1.850 miles away with 130DB@100FT. From a far, they sound loud. Upclose, no.
I'm glad Houston does not have tornado sirens. They can be very annoying. We get some tornadoes, but the majority of them are weak and small (EF-0 to EF-1).
Sirens aren't annoying dick
Oh, Boo Hoo. I used to live right underneath a Thunderbolt 1000T. I love being the siren guy. 😂
I would be happy so I could get video for the siren, and be able to hear It to warn me In a tornado not be mad from It.
Buy an expensive house that also fees the view and we’ll see how “happy” you’ll be.
@@swiftzerz928 Lol.