I really enjoyed hearing your story of how you started researching into sirens. Our stories are quite similar actuallly. When I was 8 years old I used to regularily visit a park in North Vancouver BC Canada with my mom and grandparents on visits. I would regularily stroll passed a decomissioned cold war era siren. I asked a lot of the same questions you did as well. My biggest question was "how could something that was so important for the publics safety 50 years ago be left to rust and decay like this?" I'm 25 now and I have spent the majority of my life researching into Canadian cold war era Civil Defense sirens. Also to answer your question about the last siren in the video rotating from in the wind...Federal Sign and Signal 500SHTTs sometimes have issues for with the belts in their rotator mechanisms. Cheers from Canada. 🇨🇦
@lincolnbliss48853 ай бұрын
That particular rotating siren was known for having issues with the drive belt for the rotation mechanism which is why it moved in the wind. The belt likely deteriorated and crumbled apart allowing the siren to move freely. Kind of like putting a car into neutral.
@jamesperkins7656 ай бұрын
You should totally be a voiceover or commentator.
@tornadof25 Жыл бұрын
the sirens phone and power lines are cut and the single directional sirens aka the "megaphone" sirens used rubber belts to rotate the sirens which now have disintegrated leaving those sirens able to be swiveled by wind or other causes. they would also rotate 360 degrees and not back in fourth in s small radius but all of the sirens are inactive and very rusted
@1111Grace Жыл бұрын
Omg im glad im not the only one who noticed it moving I’ve seen 113 move before when i was younger i thought it was just my imagination 6:12
@roxanaquntanilla5521 Жыл бұрын
You made it sound creepy
@Wannaplayminigames270 Жыл бұрын
if you heard a sound that was really loud and it wasnt the wind or cars it mightve been testing
@SonicBoone56 Жыл бұрын
Rather odd that they kept them up despite not using them in decades. They could use them for earthquake alerts or tsunami warnings.
@lucashaskins5536 Жыл бұрын
A large majority of these sirens would still work, however many have not been tested in 30+ years. There is actually a very large group dedicated to sirens all across the country. It has been a life long hobby for many of us.
@therailcat9790 Жыл бұрын
6:16 it could be the wind. They usually have belts on the rotator so it can’t spin freely. But since the siren was abandoned the belt could of rotted and plus, it was a windy night.
@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren8 ай бұрын
Not to mention those things had a piss poor design where to replace the belt you had to take the whole darn head apart which was a headache so often the belts were left to fall apart from rot or overtensioning resulting in either them failing to rotate upon activation or them to freely spin in the wind.
@ryansullivan6256 Жыл бұрын
at 6:40 you ask if the siren was being tested that night? Was it just the wind? From your video I can comfortably say that the siren was being tested by ONLY the wind. That model siren rotates to broadcast its warning tones, its not geared to do a side to side motion like someone shaking their head to signal "no". Below the siren assembly itself, one can see the glass insulators for the power feed. There are no power cables connected to the siren's power feed, which I guess at one time came from the utility pole in the same photo. That power feed is completely barren, so the siren has no electrical power and electricity alone operates it. What you saw, in my opinion, was a result of the force of the ambient wind's positive pressure against the surface area of the siren's head, resulting in visible motion. The same physical principles can be observed with wind driving a three blade turbine to generate electricity. My wordy explanation can be replaced simply with "that's a disconnected siren being blown around in the wind".
@BRISTOLFORCE20092 жыл бұрын
6:30 “side to side” they actually go in a full circle
@El_Gallo_Rodrig.z2 жыл бұрын
The big megaphone / F.S. 500. Does rotate 360°. Now since they have been through weather and age and now move in the wind.
@epenos21542 жыл бұрын
i remember a couple of years ago my mom and i took a trip to downtown los angeles and on our way there we passed by two SD-10’s on accident, i still remember where they stood, one was directly on a sidewalk, and the other was in a public square, both of them are still standing.
@NoisySirens2 жыл бұрын
Siren hunting really is a very rewarding activity. I've spent a few weekend days driving through small towns in MN to find unknown sirens not marked on the MN Siren locations map, and it's always just a fun rush to find another one, hiding right there in plain sight.
@Logical_Chronical2 жыл бұрын
I'm from Fresno, CA. Even in Fresno they have some of these 50+ year old sirens still standing. It's true. I never noticed them until a couple years ago and wondered why they were there. All over California they were installed. A lot are still standing and I hope they stay standing to be honest.
@atsf47legit8 ай бұрын
Hey there. I'm also a fellow Fresnonite (if that's what you call them). I've noticed only one and it's on top of the old Veterans Memorial Museum in downtown. That one was the only one I've seen visually but from the siren maps there are multiple electric ones by Fresno Yosemite International Airport, but on maps there's one by the intersection of Walker Way and E Westover Ave. I'm not sure if you've seen that one. I moved to WV in 2016 but ever since i was a kid in the 2010s I always kept a keen eye on that certain siren as it stood out in my opinion. Just this comment in a way reopened the memory of that siren I always kept an eye on, as well as classified as a landmark. And yes I'm replying a year later, so I'm not sure if you'll see this.
@WafflezMCdoodle2 жыл бұрын
I have one right outside my building
@sirensofdauphincounty40032 жыл бұрын
I don't think wind pushed it I seen many rotating sirens on windy days and the wind didn't move them
@parasaurolophus24073 жыл бұрын
I am the biggest fan of tornado sirens, Also one really old tornado siren been tested! I don’t know the name of the video, but I love tornados and tornado sirens
@therailcat97903 жыл бұрын
Music is creepy
@therailcat97903 жыл бұрын
Sirens that were abandoned model 5t 500AT SD10 Scrivo
@dayvonabrar19503 жыл бұрын
these sirens should be noticed
@Tdransomsdooz3 жыл бұрын
I been there before and I was amazed by how many sirens there woer I loved it
@Tdransomsdooz3 жыл бұрын
I love sirens
@Tdransomsdooz3 жыл бұрын
I wish those sirens where in new Zealand
@ramonsmediablog3 жыл бұрын
It’s very neat and amazing to still see these sirens here! My question is do they still work.
@natestrains11663 жыл бұрын
Here's the siren types LA had: The tiny birdhouse sirens are the Fedelcode Mach 3Ls. The birdhouse sirens with a small vent in the middle are Fedelcode Mach 7Ls, and Mach 7s. The birdhouse sirens with the wide vents in the middle are Federal Sign & Signal Model 5ATs. The wire spool sirens are Federal Sign & Signal Model SD-10s. The rotating sirens are Federal Sign & Signal Model 500A-SHTTs.
@razzyjr123453 жыл бұрын
Just imagine trying to find these sirens in GTA V because GTA V is based off of LA
@Whyyoutubewhy..3 жыл бұрын
i dont think they exist in the gta5 world
@razzyjr123453 жыл бұрын
@@Whyyoutubewhy.. that would be cool though
@AsylumFreak193 жыл бұрын
I've always loved History and I've been obsessed with air raid sirens since I was 12 and I've also seen some move and I'm not sure if it was doing it on it's own or what
@SOLDIER8O83 жыл бұрын
number 4 is an hor sirodrone
@josephboatwright37603 жыл бұрын
the first siren we see is an SHTT 500 federal signal
@josephboatwright37603 жыл бұрын
second is a model 5t or 7t or maybe ust a five
@charlesbonkley3 жыл бұрын
Cold War era air-raid warning-siren is adjacent to a store with a sign that reads "Russian Gifts."
@adachy3 жыл бұрын
how did I get here
@angryladgd3 жыл бұрын
That’s a Federal 130-508
@BRISTOLFORCE20099 ай бұрын
Huh?
@yamatovsrobloxlol28713 жыл бұрын
they should re test them again
@wahho993 жыл бұрын
Will these be still in use?? I would like a test from those babies!
@blue9husky3 жыл бұрын
Wow you have a fs 550 in you city 😉👍
@BRISTOLFORCE20099 ай бұрын
500*
@BRISTOLFORCE20099 ай бұрын
Only 7 550s are left in the world
@Owanray3 жыл бұрын
very good video! the editing was very good!
@thenightlifenj13 жыл бұрын
yes it was the wind. no it was not being tested. you would have heard it. more than likely that infrastucture that used to operate it is long gone.
@dianebenson43233 жыл бұрын
I was in elementary school when I first heard one and wondered, " when they came from?"
@Mickocarbomb3 жыл бұрын
Too bad you weren't able to display a Chrysler V8 victory siren. Ain't none of em standing in their original locations.
@caenos3 жыл бұрын
Content great, have subscribed - please improve sound slightly to make it more awesome. :)
@douglasjohns94563 жыл бұрын
As a kid years ago i use to hear em the last Sunday of the month
@demoscottgaminglounge63153 жыл бұрын
I love how informative this was!
@Oliver-kv2mm4 жыл бұрын
CNN “ The Japanese attack was mostly peaceful.”
@MiddleTNSirens3 жыл бұрын
i laughed way too hard at this
@spearhead304 жыл бұрын
Wow, what an awesome video! How do you only have 94 subscribers? Well, now you have 95!
@tonylong76274 жыл бұрын
I remember the ones in my old naborhood from when I was a kid''''''''' turning the big 52'''''''' ohhhh nooooo I'm getting old!!!!!!!!!
@firefalcon93684 жыл бұрын
IT wasnt the wind, it was the ghosts of the past silently calling out. Whispering the dark fate that they once stood vigil against.....
@TXARNGarmy1004 жыл бұрын
Where I grew we had a siren that was used as a call for the volunteer fire deptment. www.twincities.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/thinkstockphotos-147014239-e1523551513800.jpg?w=1024&h=576
@mile290productions34 жыл бұрын
The first one is a Federal Signal 500. Most of these are SD-10's.