shaiziel 0 #1 June 10, 2006 The most expensive tornado warning system in the US, and they can't even make it loud enough to eliminate the 2 minutes it takes to hear it and think "Oh that's a tornado siren" Weak!---------------------------------------- 6.8% - Almost there! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pincheck 0 #2 June 10, 2006 Take your fingers out of your ears Billy-Sonic Haggis Flickr-Fun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shaiziel 0 #3 June 10, 2006 Actually, what I've determined to be the issue is that the new style sirens are omni-directional and this negates doppler effect. With the old style rotating sirens, you got the doppler effect and it was a lot more noticeable. I've never understood why they went to these new sirens. They need to change frequency or something that keeps them from blending in to the environmental noise.---------------------------------------- 6.8% - Almost there! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #4 June 10, 2006 People bitched about the noise with the old ones, probably...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #5 June 10, 2006 Quote: People bitched about the noise with the old ones, probably... Then they'll call and bitch about the really loud train, even though they don't live near the tracks...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shaiziel 0 #6 June 10, 2006 The irony being that they are supposed to be heard. It's always a problem until the time comes when it saves someone's life. We have at least one for every square mile in the Moore/OKC area and even then it still takes a moment to actually hear the thing.---------------------------------------- 6.8% - Almost there! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #7 June 10, 2006 Atleast unless its dark, its usually fairly obvious when a tornado is brewing.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith 0 #8 June 10, 2006 Quote . . . its usually fairly obvious when a tornado is brewing. Yeah, 'cause Dave walks up with a beer in his hand. Keith Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #9 June 10, 2006 You know most the tornados I've been through in ND were around 3-4 in the afternoon. Same thing though, you see those yellow/green clouds and start looking for a safe place.Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #10 June 10, 2006 QuoteYeah, 'cause Dave walks up with a beer in his hand. The irony is the last time we had a tornado in this area I was at the DZ drinking beer. We had shut down due to a storm coming in, so there we stood outside when the sky started to turn green. Oops, went and put my truck under a carport on the airport. Just incase it only hailed. A goodly number of jumpers didn't run home, we just sat around drinking beer watching the weather. Yup, skydivers aren't always the smartest.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
