"Alright guys,what should we have as the tornado sirens?" *Man walks in with tape* "I just recorded Dolphins crying.Let's play that shit backwards." "God fucking dammit Bob,enough of this shit."
chicago most likely put that sound as a siren to scare the storm away since chicago is the second most populous city in USA behind New York City, they were like "let's scare the tornado away with this sound as a siren so No one dies because on the population we are doing well"
As someone from the Chicago metro, I will say most of us aren't really scared by tornado sirens or warnings, especially in the suburbs. For us, these things are so common that we just get somewhat annoyed and head to the basement lol (or walk outside to look for it). It happened just last night and will probably happen a good 25-50 more times before September. Illinois has the 5th highest amount of tornados out of any state in the US so this is very normal, everyday life for us. We get more tornados on average per year than many of the states that are stereotypically a part of tornado alley (though a lot of places do lump Illinois in with tornado alley)
I don't have a basement and there's nothing magically safe about jumping into a tub if it sucked you up how on earth do you think you're going to survive.
The funny thing is, I live close to Chicago (Not directly IN Chicago) and after clicking off this, the alarms start sounding, since in Illinois (I don't know if anyone else has this in their country/state) they test the alarms at 10 o'clock in the morning on the first Tuesday of the month. It so happened to be 10 o'clock when I clicked off the video. What a coincidence!
In Kansas (specifically Wichita, not sure about any other cities/counties) they test their sirens every Monday at noon, really fun to go out and watch a thunderbolt, or perhaps a 2001 if you can find one
Saul Oropeza Stole what? A thought that came to my mind that the siren reminded me of the sound a broken cop car makes from GTA 4? Seems legit. I didn’t realize that my thought was a stolen thought, I’m sorry Officer.
@@giarni_ I’m probably wrong but if you look above the building in the middle of the video you can see a weird funnel kind of shape which could be a tornado forming.
+Kytrex yes it can. Tornadoes have hit skyscrapers and leveled cities this big. Just look at Oklahoma City. In 1999 an EF5 leveled most of OKC. These buildings cant stop a tornado.
Imagine a person visiting Chicago for the first time ever and didn't know about the siren and a tornado happened EDIT:OH MY GOD THIS BLEW UP HARDER THEN A TOILET AFTER TACO BELL
Sirens Heard: Federal Signal DSA - Alternate Wail at Waveland Field House & Carillon’s Tower. Federal Signal Modulator 6024 - Custom Fast Wail (2001-SRN Fast Wail Tone) at Wrigley Field.
i am from mexico so I didn t see never a tornado in my life but when i was in chicago in that exact moment, i remember my grandma scream " todos al sotano ! " and the sirens started to make that sound , thanks god my family was ok but it was really creeppy
Funny is Russia just thought about setting up Emergency Alert system. JUST did. If Cold War turned into Nuclear War (Which Didn't in time when the Cold war ended once and for All) Many russians would die because they were never alert. More chance of Life saved when you are alerted.
Here in Illinois if we hear stuff like this we're usually not scared by it at all were just mildly annoyed lmao. Last night we had warnings and the sirens went off in the nearby suburbs and instead of panicking, everyone was like "ugh seriously again??" Because it's so common here
For us here in Alabama we don't have hi/lo sirens like this because there aren't skyscrapers to block them out... We have flat tones but they rotate around so it echoes where the echoes have a lower tone and the ones actually facing your area have higher tones. Makes them sound really beautiful and like a chorus of angels, which, paired with the adrenaline and dread of a tornado coming make for a really amazing emotion that I can't describe...
Huh... never heard of a siren sounding like angels. Do you think you can capture it (if you still live in that area) on video and post it on your channel? I'd love to hear it myself.
The sound is weird because its changing frequencies so people who are hard of hearing or even asleep can definitely hear it and prepare. Also you can hear the person filming say "I'm so glad I'm home" so they're obviously filming from their apartment building.
A LOT of people to this day STILL think that this is a 2001 in fast wail and a Modulator in Alternate Wail. In fact, this is the Wrigley Field Modulator 6024 on MC Controls Using a Custom Fast Wail Tone, along with a DSA on Lake Shore Drive using Alternate Wail.
What's with this siren? Is it a pissed off ice cream man? Is it a murderous clown rape tune? Is it calling for whales? Is it horny aliens? Is it the new Skrillex song?
I was laughing at pissed off ice cream man, built up at murderous clown rape (I feel like that's a reference to Insane Clown Posse..?) And then I really lost it at horny aliens and new Skrillex song xD
I went and listened to a nuclear siren test (one in Florida) and it just sounded like the Missouri tornado sirens. Without the 'this is a test' and dial tone stuff, you're kinda just expected to know that they test the tornado sirens on the first Wednesday of each month.
I think it’s something psychological. Seeing or hearing scary things make us have a physical reaction like walking or running away from what’s scaring us. Hearing the scary alarms that tells us a natural disaster is coming reminds us that what we’re about to experience something scary, dangerous, and life threatening causing us to evacuate or hide from the scary thing or situation.
Well, I can put it this way. I don't think anyone would beware and run away from a danger approaching (tornado in this case) if you played a happy song would they? You HAVE to put something unnerving so people know the danger coming. After all it isn't as scary as being hit by the real tornado itself right? Putting something different in this case would make no sense. That's the whole point of an "alarm" the same thing you put on your bedside to make you wake up. You most likely put something that went a loud and unsettling BEEP BEEP BEEP to wake you up. Not a tiny whisper. This is the same case.
I'm not sure the complete science behind it, but it's not "to sound scary so you'll be scared". It has more to do with the fact that there are a lot of tall buildings downtown and they could block some of the vibrations from the siren. If they use a bunch of different pitches and tones, they know it will be heard throughout the city. ((:
Something to do with hitting all the audible ranges so anyone that has hearing impairment can notice it. Also to make the sirens sound more noticeable when high wind and thunder tends to deafen it.
Apparently, this tone works better in the downtown areas of Chicago where you have lots of reflections off the skyscrapers lining the streets. Chicago uses Federal 2001s in what sounds like Fast Wail outside the downtown core, where the buildings are lower and you don't get the same amount of echoes, sounding like a faster version of the classic "WW2 air raid" siren tone. My guess is that the hi-lo wailing tone is less likely to result in destructive interference patterns when multiple sirens are heard reverberating off of buildings, making it louder for the entire coverage area instead of having "dead spots" where you hear little if anything. That, or the Chicago EMA is made up of sick fucks who like creeping the hell out of the Loop. Which, given Chicago politics, is entirely possible, too. ;)
I'm not sure why a 2009 video was recommended for me in 2022, but I'm glad that it was. What a wonderfully creepy noise, is this the original source for the Siren Head sound?
Fun fact: it is dangerous to be on a rooftop while a storm because lightning strikes high places. But the lower the rooftop is, the lower chance that lightning will strike on the rooftop. Stay safe out there!
@@zabm141 fact /fakt/ noun a thing that is known or proved to be true. And lightning has been proven to strike high structures made of metal, thus the need for lightning rods, so in short, it is a fact.
Sometimes tornado sirens can be programmed to give the up and down effect this is usually reserved for a tornado emergency situation where a killer tornado is on the ground entering the warned area this really alerts people in immediate danger that this is a special situation and not a regular warning however in this case the system malfunctioned and should have sounded the even tone siren.
Not trying to be offensive but do you have a source for this because there are other videos of Chicago at different day times that played the exact same siren sounds.
@@niro2766 I will explain how all this evolved later this afternoon, there is no official orders on how a siren should operate but some sirens have the ability to give a straight tone or warbling tone to let proper authorities know how urgent a situation is it is unofficial and dates back to the 1960s.I will get back to you...
In the 1960s in unincorporated cook county volunteer fire depts. had sirens to call in personel they used an up and down wailing siren because this type brought the most attention in a serious situation. as civil defense and towns started to add weather or tornado sirens they at first and still do use a long blast they rotate on a pole for maximum effect. a spotted or radar indicated tornadic rotation promts a siren to get turned on. as a throwback to earlier times some older spotters to really get the public to heed the warning by using the wailing mode especially on pds tornado warnings. Yes i know the system in chicago somehow was even in test mode or on other warnings not taken out of up and down mode. Perhaps the sirens malfunctioned and were eventually fixed but as i know here in chicago it takes a long time to get anything done. but there is no policy other than unoffically using the system to really pay attention to a dangerous situation. it was scary for a reason.,like what the hell is going on . it did its job as all the different times and places were noted by us subscribers If the sky is black with fast moving clouds and you hear that same sound take cover immeadiatly.
@@williamdenton6427 Thank you for your explanation. Do you live in Chicago? I've seen footage of 2009 and 2015, both sirens sounded the same so it must really took them some time to get this done. I think I've seen also footage of 2021 which was declared as tornado warning from Chicago where the sirens sounded in a similar tone but like not broken as you've mentioned so you could be right about it.
@@niro2766 I work and live in Chicago, i am a lanscaper and one of my sites is chicago city hall. I am there all the time. It envolves so much red tape to get anything done Chicago is reactive not pro active . IT takes a lawsuit or a major disaster to get anything done, it is always why do we need to spend money on that? Then as fate would have it a disaster happens and the money fairy appears granting any wish. Knowing chicago as well as i do if an ef5 tornado was at the west edge of the city they probably would not even activate the sirens they dont want to appear crying wolf, then after hypothtically a trillion dollar amount of damages and scores of fatalities they would say oops we dropped the ball. as much as they hate when i open my mouth its the truth and around here thats a rare commodity. I love my city and am really disappointed on how it is falling apart.
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*The only reason the tornado is coming is to save the people from this siren*
@Sreekalavally Balasubramaniyan both are correct
😮Si Mari pp
Agreed
I heared siren sound in India idk why
Underrated comment.
Tornado: You can't stop me
Chicago: i know, but he can
Siren:
You mean siren head?
@@SteveMC5 no cuz i ain't cringe
@@funnybunny954 your profile picture and were is your amung us part two?
Siren: Tornado Must DIE
@Fox tube kid no...just no i´m cringe as hell but even i know he is cringe and look at his video
Sounds like fifth graders learning to play recorders for the first time
That comment just made my day XD
LOOOL OMG XD THE MOST ACCCURATE COMMENT OF EVER!!!!!!
Lol that made me laugh 😂
Trash can it's not that funny lmao tf
EOWS IS LOW
these type of sirens have the potential to make tornado more scary
It’s more annoying than scary to me
china countdown EAS: XD
Idk what's scarier, a tornado or that satanic siren.
***** Haha nice. I live near chicago so I'll have to be down here when those sirens go off.
+xfinafire first Tuesday of every month they are tested
+Liz Coz Same in my area that I live in
xfinafire I moved to az...there's not one siren in site
+Liz Coz well my friend they don't but I get tornados I lived there mesa tornado took neighbors house bye but tornados happen anywhere
"Alright guys,what should we have as the tornado sirens?"
*Man walks in with tape*
"I just recorded Dolphins crying.Let's play that shit backwards."
"God fucking dammit Bob,enough of this shit."
That guy Why did I just laugh for 5 minutes at that
That guy LOL
That guy Genius
That guy Lmao!
Parker Hetzel So the sounds of going through a wormhole are better than regular sirens? Note taken.
how to scare away a tornado.
I definitely agree with you!
Scaring tips 101
chicago most likely put that sound as a siren to scare the storm away since chicago is the second most populous city in USA behind New York City, they were like
"let's scare the tornado away with this sound as a siren so No one dies because on the population we are doing well"
like growling at a tiger
x,D 11/10 IGN
My heart goes out to anyone who was affected by this siren
This is a federal signal modulator. It’s signal is alternate wail and this is the siren head sound
as someone who has lived in Chicago all my life i have heard this sound in the middle of the night before😀
@@sademakeseditz dang lol
This would make the situation 1000x worse for me, the sirens would literally make me shit my pants.
Lol
It's actually less scary in a clear night rather than at day with a dense fog
Then it is not a siren, it is a sirenhead
Youre argentinian
@@Ever_2008_ARG yo tmb
@@AvgeeksVersion well duh its a siren
@@AvgeeksVersion bro it’s not siren head shut up
Tornado: Ok let's go fuck up the city
Siren: WEEWOOWAAWEEWWOOWEEWAAWOO
Tornado: What the hell, this is some fucking Amnesia shit. I'm out of here.
WEWOWEWOWEWO
Maybe that is the point of the siren?
David Vonderhaar 😂😂😂
David Vonderhaar first time I've smiled in a while was whilst reading this so thanks!
David Vonderhaar lmao i fucking cant
14 years ago? This guy deserves a raise!
yes
tf?
Yes, marry christmas
what??
For what? are you a npc?
If there is a sound to fear, this would be it
Logan Murray subscribe
True. Very true.
DUBSTEPGOD 1 no
Sounds scarier on the bottom. I watched footage taken from a person walking around the city, and the sirens were extra eerie.
Logan Murray gave me the heebi jeebies
sounds like an ice cream truck that wants to kill you
MY BRODA It's an Ice Cream truck from hell
MY BRODA
SWEETTOOTH
from
TWISTED METAL
Javier Mayo that's a DEAD meme
That meme is so dead it makes my grandma look alive
MY BRODA with clowns in it.
Sounds like the broken police sirens on GTA 4.
LOL
Semi Truck LMAO
Semi Truck EXACTLY!!!!
Lmao I'm dead
Semi Truck haha thats so true
Me : it's tornado siren
Kids : ＳＩＲＥＮ ＨＥＡＤ
Me:Siren head or tornado?
@@user-hh7ok6gg3hno
No
It’s alternate wail
Yes, Siren head also uses a Chicago tornado siren.
When in GTA V your police car's siren gets damaged
ayy lmao
Chris D 💀😂😂😂
This Reminds me of Pennywise Dancing secne 2017
Chris D lmao
Exactly
Siren: hey, did you know there’s a tornado coming. Don’t worry, I know exactly how to make you feel safe...
*WEWOWEWOWEWOWEWO*
The nerdy Elf 😂😂
The nerdy Elf xD
totally safe now (shaking)
The nerdy Elf pff.
T
Imagine you’re in the middle of the woods at night and you start to hear this.
Dont tell me its si-
😳
@@TheIdkManBoi cringeren head
I’m out
SIREN HEAD!!!!!
As someone from the Chicago metro, I will say most of us aren't really scared by tornado sirens or warnings, especially in the suburbs. For us, these things are so common that we just get somewhat annoyed and head to the basement lol (or walk outside to look for it). It happened just last night and will probably happen a good 25-50 more times before September.
Illinois has the 5th highest amount of tornados out of any state in the US so this is very normal, everyday life for us. We get more tornados on average per year than many of the states that are stereotypically a part of tornado alley (though a lot of places do lump Illinois in with tornado alley)
i don't give a fuck
Wellllll you could live in ur basement and use as a home if the nados keep heading to ya than use the basement as a home!
@@Itsavibe739why swear
Yeah tornado ally is moving more east. There is a trend for more tornados east of the Missouri River and in the Missisippi River area.
I don't have a basement and there's nothing magically safe about jumping into a tub if it sucked you up how on earth do you think you're going to survive.
"O great tornado, please smash this siren already"
😂😂😂 lmao
The siren is actually used well to get everyone's attention throughout the whole Skyline.
+madylin green ROFL 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yes pllese
hate to break it to you but there were write a few of em and the Damn thing probably wouldn't have managed to break all of em if it HAD hit. lol!
Sounds like my broken cop car in GTA v
XD
lmao!
+Sephirothskr ys a00a00ad0d00d0d0d0d
so true
True😅😂
Chicago made this siren sound so creepy to scare the tornado away😂
The funny thing is, I live close to Chicago (Not directly IN Chicago) and after clicking off this, the alarms start sounding, since in Illinois (I don't know if anyone else has this in their country/state) they test the alarms at 10 o'clock in the morning on the first Tuesday of the month. It so happened to be 10 o'clock when I clicked off the video. What a coincidence!
Ours is first Wednesday of the month at 1
In my hometown it was every day at noon.
It's not a coincidence. The siren speaks. It knows who you are.
You live in Scary Gary?
In Kansas (specifically Wichita, not sure about any other cities/counties) they test their sirens every Monday at noon, really fun to go out and watch a thunderbolt, or perhaps a 2001 if you can find one
Sounds like a badly damaged cop car in GTA lol
HankB1993
You stole this
Saul Oropeza Stole what? A thought that came to my mind that the siren reminded me of the sound a broken cop car makes from GTA 4? Seems legit. I didn’t realize that my thought was a stolen thought, I’m sorry Officer.
Saul Oropeza Oh Jesus no, I won’t do it again.
HankB1993
Thanks daddy meet me in your bed ;)
LOL
The lightning illuminating a giant tornado heading towards you is truly terrifying.
don't worry, you'll be in the stratosphere soon
it's not a giant tornado, it's called a supercell storm, it's a paricular kind of storm that can generate a tornado
@@giarni_ I’m probably wrong but if you look above the building in the middle of the video you can see a weird funnel kind of shape which could be a tornado forming.
@@Lamminica That is a shelf cloud.
@@sunneltakes what’s a shelf cloud?
the point is to *not* spook people in the event of a tornado.
gee thanks
imr
ikr*
Kind what happens when you use sirens for that, though.
I agree
666th like we should keep it that way
この不安感を煽るような音がたまらん
True
なんかわかるぅ
サイレンヘッドにしか聞こえん(サイレンヘッドの音これが入ってる)
わかるマーン
@@yurineko_nanodait’s alternate wail not siren head
The scary storm, the scary siren, holy crap. If I woke up to that I'd probably just launch myself out the window.
I would run for my life
I would find the siren and replace it with the silent hill version.
I would be way to scared to move.
Same 😂😂😂😂😂😂
+Fatrick Stare Your face is more terrifying than that siren...
The Tornado siren sounds like a zombie apocalypse is coming ;-;
Emilyn Moonstar and
Tristan The Rocks! Is n OT North Korea alert it's not a Alaska Hawaii and Japan Chicago is a Northern Illinois City just f*** you
I'm bleach but not named
Emilyn Moonstar Fun fact, that's suppose to be the nuclear siren for the United States but... Chicago decided to use it for tornados....
Officer Dakota Great. Nuclear attacks aren’t gonna happen to us
And this is how you scare away a tornado
Imagine waking up in the middle of the night at about 2am to this
Tornado: HAHA WHAT WOULD STOP ME
Serin: *WEWOWEWOWEO*
TORNADO:that will bye
Quality comment
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Stephaniē WhîtëShãdøw siren not serin
+Kytrex yes it can. Tornadoes have hit skyscrapers and leveled cities this big. Just look at Oklahoma City. In 1999 an EF5 leveled most of OKC. These buildings cant stop a tornado.
Kytrex Yes they can
Because if there's anything you want to hear when there's a tornado it's the sound of Satan laughing.
How do you know how satan laughs?
Yeah how do you know if it is really satans anus
Wait what
Ruben Galvan I really hope that was an autocorrect lol
Maybe it was maybe it wasn't
That is the scariest siren in the world- I swear this gives me the shivers…The torpedo is scared of the siren
Chinese earthquake early warning: *Hold my countdown*
DEATH SIREN: Israel siren
Saudi Arabia 1991 eas alarm:
Torpedo 💀
The torpedoes are so much more scarier then the tornados
I don’t know what’s more terrifying a tornado or the siren.
Both
Imagine a person visiting Chicago for the first time ever and didn't know about the siren and a tornado happened
EDIT:OH MY GOD THIS BLEW UP HARDER THEN A TOILET AFTER TACO BELL
And if they knew about siren head too
@@bornfromnihilumbra7502 OOOOOOO THEY WOULD BE GOIN POOP
@@Skibidibugs *SIREN HEAD
Alert would have been on the phone
@@yoofavvv.niyahhhh7795 STOP RUINING OUR STORIES
I would literally scare to death before tornado even hits
Me too lol
I'm so scary and tornado
I'm so scary! 😰
I'm so scary!!! I'm, so, scary! 😰😰😨😰😨😰😨😰😰😰😨😰
@Blue shep / GOLD (YT) uhhhhh....
Squidward, do you think you could play your clarinet a little... better?
Nice one
Lmao!
LOL!! Good one! I think Squidward needs lessons on playing the clarinet.
Lol
I don't think the jellyfish like it
Sirens Heard:
Federal Signal DSA - Alternate Wail at Waveland Field House & Carillon’s Tower.
Federal Signal Modulator 6024 - Custom Fast Wail (2001-SRN Fast Wail Tone) at Wrigley Field.
aka ice cream truck from hell
@@bodhipirategaming7476 Umm?? What about it?
Wow!! More than 25 likes on my comment!!! Thank U so much everyone!!!
@@ImarisYT I think he ment the DSA being the ice cream truck from hell lol
@@stampynate0007 Oh, okay.
This siren probably scares away the tornados and could be why we don’t see many near the city
no shit, that's the point?
@@luke8617 no the point of sirens is to warn them about the tornado, but this man was making a joke about the siren because it sounds creepy
Welcome to Silent Hill
lol
Welcome to Chicago Hill
more lol for het
I mean her
Perkele Itse DUDEEE MY MOM SAID THAT.
Siren is so creepy even the tornado gets scared and leaves.
+GameparkGames Tornado: yeah! time to fuck this city up!
Siren goes off
Tornado: Fuck that shit i'm outta here!
+xXSANIC MASTER OF MLG#YOLO360 OF THY MRIXx Nice copy and paste
Derek John WHET?
+GameparkGames the siren is just annoying
i was walking home from school
I herd it when I was sleeping
i am from mexico so I didn t see never a tornado in my life but when i was in chicago in that exact moment, i remember my grandma scream " todos al sotano ! " and the sirens started to make that sound , thanks god my family was ok but it was really creeppy
That is the creepiest Tornado siren I ever herd
THIS IS THE SHIT I HAVE TO LIVE THRUE BRO
D:
😧
Wittzzz no they are not. Those are federal signal modulator 6024s running alternate wail with a few 2001-SRNs running fast wail in the background
Wittzzz they were meant to be like that
That siren is absolutely terrifying, I get more scared listening to this in the day time then being woken up by Canadas eas alarm
You think this is scary? Search up norway tornado sirens. It will blow your soul outta ya chest
@@polishcow7925 I’m just saying
@@polishcow7925 I just listened to it and it doesn’t come close to this
oh my god don't even remind me of the eas alarms here
@@LochlanBartley sorry
tornado: Yeaaaa I aint going near that town...
Oklahoma makes the mistakes of letting tornado inside Moore
they should had the same alarm too
dkb201998 ULTIMATE WARRIOR you can fly into that town
So if you were wondering what building this was recorded in, it is F.F.C. East Lakeview building
Bro did not just Rainbolt this video 😭😭
Someone's playing Earthbound a little too loud.
As an EarthBound item myself, I approve.
Balmung35 XD
It’s bc the person who record it was next to the creepy siren
Balmung35 a little?
*cave noises over sirens*
Dont panic people, get inside and stay safe
Meanwhile plays the most anxiety inducing siren in existence.
well its the whole point of the siren. It has to trigger your fight or flight instinct so you get tf out of the way
0:09 "what do you do if there's a tornado coming?" *I'M DYING*
This is proof that the siren man isn't real, it is the sound of a tornado siren!
When Justin bieber starts singing
Rofl! LMFAO
Look up this on the RUclips search bar Livonia MI Sheldon siren it's the exact siren of this video
HAHAHA YES
David Schaap XD U aint wrong
David Schaap XD
Tornado: I always wanted to go to Chicago
Sirens:NEWWOWOWOWOWOWRANONOWEOOO
Tornando:😐 Was it something i said???
Princess Luna * In battlefront 2 voice *
Justin Jacob nice
Poor tornado he just wanted to get chicago Pizza's XD
1 like for this reply = 1 more siren
We actually don't care if the sirens go off I am inmune to rain tbh
Princess Luna lol
sounds like psycho ice cream truck melody.
No Gta v police car when shot
Paul Smith that is so accurate, it's scary.
yep..hehe creepy serial killer ice cream truck...just kidding :)
The siren does not sound like a broken ice cream truck
Funny is Russia just thought about setting up Emergency Alert system. JUST did. If Cold War turned into Nuclear War (Which Didn't in time when the Cold war ended once and for All) Many russians would die because they were never alert. More chance of Life saved when you are alerted.
The feeling of dread you get from listening to this siren.
Imagine waking up at 2am and hearing this. Bro this is so terrifying.
Here in Illinois if we hear stuff like this we're usually not scared by it at all were just mildly annoyed lmao. Last night we had warnings and the sirens went off in the nearby suburbs and instead of panicking, everyone was like "ugh seriously again??" Because it's so common here
@@Ant-ux9wh i visited but just- no.
I think that tornado in Chicago is a nocturnal tornado, they are super dangerous.
Imagine waking up to those siren sounds at 2 am but you live in the middle of the woods
For us here in Alabama we don't have hi/lo sirens like this because there aren't skyscrapers to block them out... We have flat tones but they rotate around so it echoes where the echoes have a lower tone and the ones actually facing your area have higher tones. Makes them sound really beautiful and like a chorus of angels, which, paired with the adrenaline and dread of a tornado coming make for a really amazing emotion that I can't describe...
Huh... never heard of a siren sounding like angels. Do you think you can capture it (if you still live in that area) on video and post it on your channel? I'd love to hear it myself.
@@grimstnzborithbrisingr7296 Look up "Birmingham AL tornadoes sound like Philip Glass"
Kitzy kat I’m in Alabama too! I definitely prefer our tornado sirens over Chicago’s lol
Meanwhile in Houston we don't have shit. Mobile EAS message is your best bet or you're f---ed.
Siren head's legit inspiration
This is not siren head
@@lenimarlina8609 i know that, just made a joke where he gets the sounds or something
Is name sound siren head bosses version
It’s siren head
@Leni Marlina IT IS
I would have died of fear without a lightning strike, lightning hit the house there, and Serena frightens me to horror and goosebumps 😢
YEAH LET'S WARN PEOPLE OF A TORNADO WITH LITERALLY THE SCARIEST SOUND ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET THAT'S NOT PANIC INDUCING AT ALL
also wtf my dudes filming like??? when there's a tornado u dont wanna stand on the top of a fucking building mkay
park the car hon do you see a tornado anywhere it's prob just high winds and people freaking out over a little rotation in the clouds
The sound is weird because its changing frequencies so people who are hard of hearing or even asleep can definitely hear it and prepare. Also you can hear the person filming say "I'm so glad I'm home" so they're obviously filming from their apartment building.
+Phoenix Rose ah, okay. that makes sense. thank you
Sounds like broken sirens on gta 5
Devin Ozanne EXACTLY what I was thinking!
Devin Ozanne lol
Lmfao!!! This made me laugh real loud honestly xD soo true!
Haha yes! XD
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I don't know what's more scarier: The storm or the siren....??
Definitely the siren
Siren
Both I would say
The storm would be very scary. But the siren.. It adds more creepiness to it.
I think both of them are
A LOT of people to this day STILL think that this is a 2001 in fast wail and a Modulator in Alternate Wail. In fact, this is the Wrigley Field Modulator 6024 on MC Controls Using a Custom Fast Wail Tone, along with a DSA on Lake Shore Drive using Alternate Wail.
I could imagine a bunch of pierced, tattooed ravers with hair in their faces running out and dancing to this.
rlt94 lmao I can't even ..
I'm crying laughing XDXDXDXDXD
XD XD Im done!!
Lmao so true
+rlt94 Ahaha
i really like it's sound, its relaxing. :D
how is that relaxing. It's a tornado warning
Rinoa Super-Genius this Is Tornado Warning it Is a Tornado
I think its very horror
Its not a tornado siren... Its an alternate wail
it is a tornado siren
alternate wail is the sound they are making in the vid
That siren is at low battery, its not suppose to sound like oversized dying satanic toy from wallmart
Low battery.
Tornado siren.
Tornado sirens are alert systems.
They don't run on battery.
It's Alternate Wail.
+Fatmeatball actually, some sirens have battery backup incase the mains goes down.
+Fatmeatball The two sirens here in my town have a back-up battery system in case the power goes out wherever they control them from.
they aren't powered by batteries
half the time the batteries are drained by the time they need them.
This is a mix of federal Signal 2001-SRN sirens in fast wail and federal signal modulators in alternate wail
What's with this siren? Is it a pissed off ice cream man? Is it a murderous clown rape tune? Is it calling for whales? Is it horny aliens? Is it the new Skrillex song?
Holy fuck that was funny
I was laughing at pissed off ice cream man, built up at murderous clown rape (I feel like that's a reference to Insane Clown Posse..?) And then I really lost it at horny aliens and new Skrillex song xD
Dylan Garner Jesus what a brilliant comment. I don't know man, I visit Chicago frequently and this is new to me!
Dylan Garner GET THE HUMPBACKS OUT OUR WATER IS FUCKED
The name of the two sirens are the modulator 2008 and the SRN-2001
any one kind of feel like tearing up? because I do...
it's your fear senses triggering that
me
me
Always. When ever I hear a siren, I get so scared that I cry.
Wow.
Wake up with some liquor in me
literally exactly what I was thinking
S A D B O Y S
iv never seen tornados before
me neither lol i live in austin (Texas) We dont get tornadoes
OK COME TO ADMIT IT THERE WAS A FUNNEL CLOUD IN ROUND ROCK BUT IT WASNT A TORNADO HAAA
Yung Lean do it
The moment you realize you're the only one who can hear the siren.
Yeeeees
2009 : oh no we gonna die in a tornado ! 😓
2018 : scary eas alarm 😣
2020: OW ITS SIREN HEAD 🤓
2023: who the fuk is siren head
no.
I kind of want to experience this.
me too
Candice Olafson my aunt has experienced it many of times and she talks about how FUCKING TERRIFYING it is.
Empty Empty trust me ya don't, its so fucking horrible i almost passed out xD
Same
For me, going to Chicago is just 3 hours away...
*Patrick* wee....wooo....wee...wooooo
*Siren* EEUEEEUUUEEUUEUEUEUEUWHAHJWEHDHHQH
*Patrick* WEE WOO WEE WOOO
genuinely, if I was there I would be living a life time.
why am I watching tornado sirens when I should be sleeping right now
Same here :v in my country are almost 2 am :v
And i am watching this when i'm supposted (don't know how to write it :v) to be asleep :v
Same here.
Same lol
Are you sleeping now little girl?
The siren has the vibe of 80's Horror movies
Not it doesnt
Nope it doesn't
More Apocalypse Now
Siren head
@@Atomic_Bomber-man no
"Fuck your scared kids"-Chicago
Pat Cassidy shit hole also
Fuck you
+Redassassin 0821 ?
True 😂
This sounds are more scarier than tornado 🌪️
nuclear sirens are scarier
dooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Brave Cat they also draw way more awareness to the situation
I went and listened to a nuclear siren test (one in Florida) and it just sounded like the Missouri tornado sirens. Without the 'this is a test' and dial tone stuff, you're kinda just expected to know that they test the tornado sirens on the first Wednesday of each month.
So true that gave me a nightmare 😱😱😱😱
It sounds like Alabama tornado sirens
I'll actually be scared of the siren more than the tornado 🌪 😭
This is how Adele sounded at the Grammys :-(
Lmao
LMAOTD.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
don't talk about adele
This tornado siren is here to save the day!
_By scaring away the damn tornado._
Everyone's mentioning the siren but I can't help but look at the awesome lightnings in the background, especially the one at the end!
Well Chicago is known as the golden coast. Btw if you ever get a chance, fly over it at night. It’s absolutely beautiful.
Wth is the tornado sirens so scary and spooky like!??
Edit: thank u for 219 likes! I feel the love!
Halloween came too early.
To Scare away the Tornado
I think it’s something psychological. Seeing or hearing scary things make us have a physical reaction like walking or running away from what’s scaring us. Hearing the scary alarms that tells us a natural disaster is coming reminds us that what we’re about to experience something scary, dangerous, and life threatening causing us to evacuate or hide from the scary thing or situation.
Well, I can put it this way. I don't think anyone would beware and run away from a danger approaching (tornado in this case) if you played a happy song would they? You HAVE to put something unnerving so people know the danger coming. After all it isn't as scary as being hit by the real tornado itself right? Putting something different in this case would make no sense. That's the whole point of an "alarm" the same thing you put on your bedside to make you wake up. You most likely put something that went a loud and unsettling BEEP BEEP BEEP to wake you up. Not a tiny whisper. This is the same case.
I'm not sure the complete science behind it, but it's not "to sound scary so you'll be scared". It has more to do with the fact that there are a lot of tall buildings downtown and they could block some of the vibrations from the siren. If they use a bunch of different pitches and tones, they know it will be heard throughout the city. ((:
Brings me back to 2020. Any of yall remember Siren Head?
Yep
Yes
Yep
Sadly yes. And how it destroyed the siren community
@@thatsirenenthusiast exactly.
Bro watching this 14 years later! CRAZY!!!!😅
It sounds like scary music from a clown movie
Rosal ie I agree
@@aliegg4790 I agree with IT!!!
This video is 13 years old and yet it is still popular and quite mainstream
Is it because of siren head
why do they make it sound so creepy??? Do they do this on purpose??? Whats wrong with just playing a loud constant or beeping siren?!?!?! WTF MAN!!!
It's so people don't confuse it for another kind of beep or alarm (like a house alarm or truck beep) and it helps people with hearing issues hear it.
Something to do with hitting all the audible ranges so anyone that has hearing impairment can notice it. Also to make the sirens sound more noticeable when high wind and thunder tends to deafen it.
yeah maybe they delegated a couple of fucken retards to set up the sirens
Apparently, this tone works better in the downtown areas of Chicago where you have lots of reflections off the skyscrapers lining the streets. Chicago uses Federal 2001s in what sounds like Fast Wail outside the downtown core, where the buildings are lower and you don't get the same amount of echoes, sounding like a faster version of the classic "WW2 air raid" siren tone. My guess is that the hi-lo wailing tone is less likely to result in destructive interference patterns when multiple sirens are heard reverberating off of buildings, making it louder for the entire coverage area instead of having "dead spots" where you hear little if anything.
That, or the Chicago EMA is made up of sick fucks who like creeping the hell out of the Loop. Which, given Chicago politics, is entirely possible, too. ;)
They are making the sounds like this at different frequencies for evveryone to hear. And the sounds will bounce of the skyscrapers lining the streets
Normal people: 😨
Siren enthusiasts: 😃
Kids: siren head 🤯
Karens: 😡
I'm not sure why a 2009 video was recommended for me in 2022, but I'm glad that it was. What a wonderfully creepy noise, is this the original source for the Siren Head sound?
No since the siren head was created in 2020 2017 while the eas alarm come from 2009.
@@bro_i_dont_exist So why couldn't the alarm be the source for the Siren Head sound?
@@kevinroche5480 because it’s “too old.” It is the Original Siren Head sound
@@omniscientbarebones no it comes from a cthulhu video titled "cthulhu attacks chicago"
@@thatredsunburst i hope you are a troll
Fun fact: it is dangerous to be on a rooftop while a storm because lightning strikes high places. But the lower the rooftop is, the lower chance that lightning will strike on the rooftop. Stay safe out there!
I assume it either was a window or a porch on a high building
Not so fun fact: lightning may burn your skin.
since when or where is elementary school standard education on weather a 'fun fact'?
0:17 you can see the wall which is apart of the same building. Anyways later cutie.
@@zabm141 fact
/fakt/
noun
a thing that is known or proved to be true.
And lightning has been proven to strike high structures made of metal, thus the need for lightning rods, so in short, it is a fact.
If nope was a sound... This is it.
The federal signal modulator 2008 is really scary when it's like this.
Tornado:i want to go to Chicago
Siren:WEEWOOWEEWOOWEEWOO
Tornado:WTF WAS THAT?!
Xd
I hope I do not hear that siren.
Yes, I’m in chicago
Sometimes tornado sirens can be programmed to give the up and down effect this is usually reserved for a tornado emergency situation where a killer tornado is on the ground entering the warned area this really alerts people in immediate danger that this is a special situation and not a regular warning however in this case the system malfunctioned and should have sounded the even tone siren.
Not trying to be offensive but do you have a source for this because there are other videos of Chicago at different day times that played the exact same siren sounds.
@@niro2766 I will explain how all this evolved later this afternoon, there is no official orders on how a siren should operate but some sirens have the ability to give a straight tone or warbling tone to let proper authorities know how urgent a situation is it is unofficial and dates back to the 1960s.I will get back to you...
In the 1960s in unincorporated cook county volunteer fire depts. had sirens to call in personel they used an up and down wailing siren because this type brought the most attention in a serious situation. as civil defense and towns started to add weather or tornado sirens they at first and still do use a long blast they rotate on a pole for maximum effect. a spotted or radar indicated tornadic rotation promts a siren to get turned on. as a throwback to earlier times some older spotters to really get the public to heed the warning by using the wailing mode especially on pds tornado warnings. Yes i know the system in chicago somehow was even in test mode or on other warnings not taken out of up and down mode. Perhaps the sirens malfunctioned and were eventually fixed but as i know here in chicago it takes a long time to get anything done. but there is no policy other than unoffically using the system to really pay attention to a dangerous situation. it was scary for a reason.,like what the hell is going on . it did its job as all the different times and places were noted by us subscribers If the sky is black with fast moving clouds and you hear that same sound take cover immeadiatly.
@@williamdenton6427 Thank you for your explanation. Do you live in Chicago? I've seen footage of 2009 and 2015, both sirens sounded the same so it must really took them some time to get this done. I think I've seen also footage of 2021 which was declared as tornado warning from Chicago where the sirens sounded in a similar tone but like not broken as you've mentioned so you could be right about it.
@@niro2766 I work and live in Chicago, i am a lanscaper and one of my sites is chicago city hall. I am there all the time. It envolves so much red tape to get anything done Chicago is reactive not pro active . IT takes a lawsuit or a major disaster to get anything done, it is always why do we need to spend money on that? Then as fate would have it a disaster happens and the money fairy appears granting any wish. Knowing chicago as well as i do if an ef5 tornado was at the west edge of the city they probably would not even activate the sirens they dont want to appear crying wolf, then after hypothtically a trillion dollar amount of damages and scores of fatalities they would say oops we dropped the ball. as much as they hate when i open my mouth its the truth and around here thats a rare commodity. I love my city and am really disappointed on how it is falling apart.
That siren is scary as heck
I would definitely be startled if one of these went off in my town
People before 2020: the siren is so freakin scary
People after 2020:SIREN HEAD!