Battle Creek, MI | Federal Signal EOWS 612 | 4/1/2017

[@kansasstatealerting2874]

Beautiful

[@valrabellkeys9867]

That has to be one of the healthiest 612's I've heard!

[@PeachtreeSirens]

Man, this makes it two for one...first you film a Thunderbolt I tried and failed to catch, then you visit a 612 I distinctly remember photographing. Small world. Sounds very healthy too, awesome catch!

[@Gibbyx67]

PeachtreeSirens someone loves you

[@niks_crazy_world]

This is what a siren should sound like. This one had a pretty close wipeout a few years back, an EF-1 tornado touched down about 1/8 of a mile from this siren. 😳

[@jbush9502]

I hope that this siren doesn't get replaced any time soon

[@Spencerlovestrains25]

It shouldn't

[@jbush9502]

Spencer Harman that's good

[@rdfox76]

Only reason it'd be likely to get replaced is if it fails so horrifically that it can't be economically repaired, as apparently happened with the SD-10 at Verona School a few years back. Battle Creek's policy--hell, Calhoun County's policy--seems to be to maintain the old ones rather than replace them, until they break so badly they can't really be fixed. Thus the rather eclectic mix of Thunderbolts, SD-10s, RSH-10, EOWS 612s, and ATI HPSS-16Rs in town, not to mention the other assorted CD-era relics scattered around the county.

[@niks_crazy_world]

rdfox76 the Verona sd10 was struck by lightning, which is why the new thunder beam in that location had a lightning rod on the pole, as well as a large antenna.

[@brandonbutchart5576]

I can here a ATI Surprisingly in the background and possibly a T-bolt aswell

[@rdfox76]

Battle Creek started buying ATIs when they started expanding their network in the 90s. Rotating ones, at that--and amazingly, they seem to be the one customer who *hasn't* had trouble with them.

[@brandonbutchart5576]

Is this the only working 612 here in Michigan?

[@niks_crazy_world]

Pokémon Lover no, another one in the same city. Brighton has an inactive one, Siren1000T has a controller from one, and Warbash owns the old Sheldon Park Alternate Wail Siren.

[@brandonbutchart5576]

I spoke to soon there’s a 612 in port Huron and a 812 with no controls next a 2001-SRN and modulator

[@Snow_White_391]

Tsunami siren?

[@Spencerlovestrains25]

This is in Michigan, not Hawaii.

[@Petmaster_100]

8:39 why is that so high pitched

[@RandomTransits]

THAT DEMO THOUGH

[@Tigers9596]

Awesome job! I love that early NET chatter!

[@Montecat33]

Sounds really healthy! Amazing video!

[@freebrickproductions]

Nice video!

[@Elizabeth-ts4om]

Nice; still has its original siratone!

[@Duderocks5539]

What year was this guy installed?

[@Spencerlovestrains25]

Not sure, probably in the 80's.

[@rdfox76]

1983 or 1984. I was a student at Riverside when it was installed! (I remember the day they were going to bring it online. We were told that there would be a test of the newly-installed siren interrupting class, and we expected to get our ears blown off with the standard 60 seconds Alert-60 seconds off-60 seconds Attack. Imagine our surprise when they did Westminster Chimes, and the teacher said it was the siren test... we all thought it was broken!)

[@niks_crazy_world]

@Spencer Harman. #scannerlivesmatter

[@bnsfbandit9807]

nice

[@Gramcracker115]

She’s beautiful.

[@purpleviolet207]

Yep. She's very beautiful.