AWOOOOOGA! AWOOOOOGA! AWOOOOOGA!

Those are some very eerie sounds. One in particular reminds me of a visit to a town called Tuscaloosa in Alabama. It was my first ever trip to the US, and it was to visit a lifelong friend, who had emigrated from the UK a couple of years earlier. Whilst there, I heard the tornado sirens more than once, and they were very un-nerving, and certainly unsettled this first time visitor from rural Cambridgeshire. Despite some terrible wind and rain during my stay, there were no actual tornados in the area. However, about 18 months ago, the town of Tuscaloosa, bore the brunt of one of the biggest tornados ever recorded in that area. When it struck, my friend was on her way home from work, and took shelter in a roadside diner. A great many people perished that day, and according to my friend, the scars there are still very real. So I guess it’s thank God for sirens, however ‘eerie’ they might sound.

A more recent electronic design, sometimes used for real:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PhU-PIsUMw&feature=related

Probably the most common air raid sirens in the United States were the Thunderbolt 1000 series by Federal Signal. Many remain in service to warn of tornadoes, tsunamis, and other natural hazards. Here’s one having its monthly test, first the steady alert signal and, at about 1:55, the alternating attack warning:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzFyGWdj6MI

These will make the hairs on your neck stand up!

Worrying
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9kyyJH3WFM&feature=related

Chilling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A_CGkVO8cE&feature=related

Scary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQf8Mns_sK8&feature=related

Post Appocollypse Nightmare!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUzRp3sbZyQ&feature=related

I have one of these navy klaxons in one of my sheds, been meaning to wire it up near my Spitfire and the idea was to activate it when someone was being naughty (or when wingcomandaflap/DrStrangelove visit!)

….one day…..

Nice! 😀 Actually, I think I like this Klaxon better than the first one…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R5Wp-kACvA&feature=related

…not so sure about the siren!

Do you think its better than this one for the ring tone I use when the ex wife phones?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfthzU3V4zo&feature=related:diablo::dev2:

I’ve got to get me one of these! 😀

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R2GS6ztyP4&feature=related

Perfect for my new hobby…..to fill my free-time (Sunday morning between about six and seven)! :diablo:

Well if your getting one of those then I’m having one of these!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_al9owcieHQ

” Now hear this !!—We dive at dawn “……