KSN News Wichita Siren History 3/8/2022

This is what happens when you befriend emergency management officials, I guess.
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[@TheSirenSeeker]

Since no one ever reads descriptions, I will put this here as well:
To read the mentioned articles and much, much more, check out this Google Drive folder I compiled at Mr. Marr's request: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1-4BAg-bdlYYjUqoTiVP1YOrn5tUkd9GX

[@joshmo1744]

Very well done in so many ways! History, technology, and the fact that EM takes enough pride in the system that they’re restoring some of the original Thunderbolts (with 1 to be on display). The fact that they refer to the original sirens by name is the cherry on top!
Glad to see Lisa covering this one too, Lisa (KSN) and Jay (KAKE) are fantastic.

[@TheSirenSeeker]

Are you a Wichita native? If you are do you have any old recordings from there? I've seen you around and you always struck me as someone who's been in the community for eons.

[@joshmo1744]

@@TheSirenSeeker I’m from Ohio, but I’ve been out in Wichita a few times. I work from home and my wife and I have Wichita on a short list of places we’re looking at buying a house. It’s one of the few places where you can still get something decent for your money, it has everything we have here but close enough to KC and Dallas (also on the list) that you can get away for activities, and you still have people that are “Midwest-nice” that we don’t really have anymore in Columbus, OH.
I follow Lisa and Jay and several other meteorologists and chasers in the Midwest and south on social media to stay in the loop on severe weather and chasing. Not sure how they’re perceived locally, but they really seem to know their market and do a decent job of interpreting and translating what’s happen on the radar and with forecasting.
I’ve been loosely around the “siren community” since roughly 2000. I’ve done a few siren recordings, got to meet some interesting people in the industry and government and share that over the years, but work, family and kids have taken up most of my time.

[@United_HVAC_and_Fans]

Makes me so happy to hear them call the sirens by their actual name. Can't wait until the jailbars are back up.

[@TheSirenSeeker]

You & me both man. You & me both.

[@kansasclocksandsirens]

1:15 Good christ that that Poor waterworks bolt. Oh well, it's gone now

[@grovecitysirens_GCS]

man that first one sounded sick

[@xstar3x]

1:13 but why a sick one out of all of them 😭
still cool to see this tho, i wish more news stations would put more effort like this into videos like this

[@TheSirenSeeker]

Footage they had on hand. Yeah it’s kind of double cool for me since my research led to this LOL

[@joshmo1744]

So was Wichita the birthplace of the “tornado siren” then? Is that what they’re saying at 2:20?

[@FBHSswimmer2006]

That's really cool for KSN to refer to the Thunderbolts by their name and explained the history of how sirens came about. Glad they are refurbishing the remaining 4 Thunderbolts.
I wish we had them more throughout Florida. We get a lot of severe weather and apparently, we have the second highest number of tornadoes seen in a year.
To me, siren technology is not outdated. But merely another necessary piece of the puzzle to mass notification. Here in Florida, only a handful of municipalities (that I am aware of) have tornado sirens. But my area doesn't. We've been under a tornado warning several times since I have lived here and if I was away from my TV, phone, or weather radio, I wouldn't have known. And yes, I am sometimes away from all of that when I am outside working or I am out playing paintball. Having a siren would be comforting.

[@erikroberts3970]

We have these sirens in the Houston Area.

[@CycloneJoey518]

Meanwhile in Britain:
Yeah we took down those alarm thingies 30 years ago. We use mobile phone alerts now, sirens are outdated.

[@TheSirenSeeker]

Lmfao yep sounds like Britannia

[@CycloneJoey518]

@@TheSirenSeeker I'm so jealous of you americans, you got thunderbolt's, Sentries, P-50's and all I have in my town is a Castle Castings sitting in a museum

[@TheSirenSeeker]

@@CycloneJoey518 Come to the dark side! We have cookies. 🤣🤣

[@CycloneJoey518]

@@TheSirenSeeker Ironic you say that because it's night time in the UK rn

[@spongebobsquarepants11]

@@CycloneJoey518 ah fellow mate, why don’t you come down to us Americans if u want. Don’t worry we have cookies, especially chocolate chip.

[@bigblumerstrikesback]

How did she know they were thunderbolts

[@adamssirenadventures6574]

Nice video Jared

[@SirensandThunderbolts1003]

Very interesting!

[@brodiessirenproductions]

Haven’t they put the ones they refurbished back up?

[@TheSirenSeeker]

Not yet