Thank you for making this video! As a Long Beach native, I have also photo-documented and mapped all the sirens I am aware of in the Long Beach/San Pedro area. I was saddened by the loss of the SD-10 on Clark. A friend and I immediately after its removal tried to track it down in an effort to rescue it via the city, but we got lost in the bureaucracy. As time moves forward we should work to preserve these sirens as the city of Los Angeles has done with theirs. All LA City sirens are in the register of historical landmarks and cannot be removed. The one at the Recreation Park 18 Golf Course, which happens to be where I work, is in excellent condition! We have access to the control box as well.
@@SurrealAdventure I believe you also happened to miss the one on the corner of Kildee and Ocana in Central Long Beach, next to Marshall Middle school. It's also in very excellent condition, in fact hooked up to the power grid too.
Frank Wells damn. I had to manually go through google street view and find these, it was like a month of my spare time. Most of them are near schools, but not all. I recently hiked to the peak of cerro negro? I think, to get video for the channel of the last Chrysler air raid siren I know of in the wild, when I got there, it had already Been pulled out, and replaced with telecom equipment!
What a bummer. Definitely interested in working to propose something to the city. The least they could do is protect them as historical objects. It would be cool to preserve one fully functional for demonstration. Shoot me a message if you’d be interested, I definitely am. Definitely worth a shot.
Back in the early 80s an underground vault in the city of Anaheim Ca got flooded from a big rainstorm and all their Thunderbolt sirens went off at 3am, it scared the crap out of a lot of people
Nothing is infallible. In 2018, Hawaii sent out an emergency alert "Ballistic Missile Threat Inbound To Hawaii. Seek Immediate Shelter, This Is Not A Drill." One poor guy read it and had a heart attack and died.
such an eerie sound, i too am old enough to remember them. still gives me the willys just hearing them again on here. last i remember hearing them was a test of san onofres system
When I went to H.B. to record the last scene for this video, and heard their siren system, I couldn't believe it sounded exactly like what I remembered from childhood. The echoing, and the sirens off in the distance was surreal! After I was done recording, I was a little bit sad that I wasn't using a camera that recorded stereo, it had sounded so cool.
I remember in the late 1960’s having a summer job near Anaheim St and Santa Fe Ave (west Long Beach) and it must have been a Chrysler siren. (It was a lower pitch single note sound). I was inside a building with a corrugated steel roof on wood framing and in addition to the siren sound I could hear (and feel) the building rattling like it was about to disintegrate. My ears were still still ringing and sore for the next hour or more.
It went off because the guy just tried to set if off as a joke like he said. But it think the speakers failed and it stopped just after the tone start.
My home town of Port Alberni had a single long standing Canadian built CLM siren similar to the British Carter 10/12 twin rotor with a large front horn and air scoop shaped rear horn on a directional rotator originally installed in 1962 and was decommissioned at the end of the 80’s and removed sometime in the 90’s I was fascinated by it as a kid growing up but I never remembered it ever being powered up.
I find this to be very intriguing. I’ve always had an interest in sirens, but where I come from, in Milwaukee, they’re called tornado sirens. Milwaukee had a Civil Defense siren system with air raid sirens. A lot of the system was Biersach & Niedermeyer (B&N) Mobil-Directos’. If you’ve never seen one, they look like lob sided toilets. I believe most were gas powered by 25hp air cooled engines initially, but were converted to electric later on. Milwaukee slowly updated their CD system starting in the 70s and almost all of the Mobil Directos’ were phased out for new sirens (one still stands in the north side and sounds for monthly tests :) ). One of the most prominent replacement sirens was the ACA P-50 (ACA was a division of B&N, and later became ASC). It is a massive rotating siren that is one of the loudest in the world, and is only a few decibels shy of the Chrysler sirens. When the 90s began to roll in, the CD system, unlike LA and LB, was repurposed as a peacetime system for tornadoes and other emergencies (I.E. tornado sirens). The system continues to be maintained and updated here and there, with new peacetime sirens being added (such as the ASC T-128 in the video, and the Federal Signal 2001). It’s easy to tell the storm sirens from the CD sirens as only the CD sirens wear yellow paint. My point in this whole ramble is that it’s ultra intriguing to me that these systems is southern Cali were just... abandoned, disconnected, and left to rot where they stood. A testament of time that most don’t even notice. The most intriguing aspect is that the system was maintained, but never updated, all of the sirens in the system are original. I believe this is why it was abandoned by the municipalities, because they were in need of replacement soon and none had been replaced which was too costly, so the cities just abandoned them. There is a few examples of this in Milwaukee where a siren was no longer needed and was left there, but never on a scale of this size. The other aspect of this system that gives me Cold War vibes is that all of the pole mounted sirens have baskets on the pole to work on the sirens. The baskets on siren poles are nonexistent today, and you only see them on Cold War era air raid sirens like these ones. Thanks for the video. I recommend you take a look at the Mobil-Directo, and the P-50. Both are spectacular sirens.
Shane Aykroid I will, thank you. I recently hiked to a peek in La Cañada Flintridge, I believe Cerro Negro, on top of it was supposed to be the last Chrysler air raid siren in the wild. When I finally reached the peak, and the fire lookout it was under, I found that I had just missed it it had been pulled out and Telcom equipment put in its place. It would have made a good video.
I worked for GTE in the 70’s and I worked on these. They were tested I believe the last Thursday of the every month. You did not want to stand below one because when it went off the Pigeon shit would go flying.
Angelino native here. We remember these well: thank you profusely for documenting a pivotal sound of our childhood in the 1960s, They were the unseen reminders of a nuclear world--this is my first glimpse of what compelled us to dive under our school desks, duck and cover! Never saw them in action, until this video.
Thanks for watching until the end. The rusted ones featured here, are the same ones that were in use from 1945 until ~1990ish when they were abandoned.
The sirens actually have been decommissioned in 1985. These were tied into LAs system ,so since LA decommissioned the sirens in 1985 ,these were as well.
I read that as well, and you may be correct, I was unable to find any clear answer about Long Beach. I was basing this on the Press Telegram: www.presstelegram.com/2011/02/20/cold-war-air-raid-siren-wails-in-memory/
Interesting. I grew up in Long Beach, but was unfortunately born a few years too late to get to experience the monthly tests of these going off. (Born in '95) I honestly had no idea that we even had sirens in Long Beach. It's a shame they were just left to rust and decay, I wish they had been preserved and kept up as historical landmarks. It's really sad to see them this way and says a lot about how little we care about preserving our history when things like this are left to rot and buildings are torn down without a second though about their historical value. I wish I could have seen them in person years ago when I lived in Ling Beach. Now I live in the Midwest and we do have siren tests monthly here, although I'm not sure if they are cold war era like these. (Wouldn't know where to look for them/that info.) I think I would've enjoyed hearing these go off as kid/teenager.
It was a really eerie experience. Most o them were the same model, so they made the same sound, it would go up and down over and over (similar to the siren at the end of the video). You could hear several of them at once, some were farther away...Sometimes, they would hit their top notes at the same time, and you could hear this weird oscillation sound as they overlapped in the air. I guess if the sirens went off outside of the scheduled test, it was nuclear war. We practiced getting under our desks during these ridiculous nuclear attack drills (as if the desks would somehow save us).
I remember the the terrible sound. I was a kid and sound terrified me. Although I knew it was a practice, just the idea that it was a warning of a possible nuclear attack was terrifying for a little boy. It was all for nothing.
I used to live in Long Beach (grew up and once again live in Pico Rivera 20 miles away) and do remember spotting some of the sirens while driving here and there in LB. Being 56 years old I do vividly remember the sirens being tested from time to time. And if the sirens ever went off unscheduled, everybody in my elementary school had to “duck and cover” getting under our desk to “shield us” from the atomic blasts. That thankfully never came, but the sirens scared us all for life. I am strangely drawn to the sound though. There is something oddly soothing about them to me. Maybe that is why I absolutely love industrial, techno, rave, noisy as all hell music. I dunno? I recently had an MRI done and was really truly loving the noise! It was just like being at a rave. Errrrrrr Errrrrrr Errrrrrr!!! Clank Clank Clank!!! Music to my ears. I was bummed when the MRI was completed :-( Something else that has always stuck with me is from the original 1960 version of The Time Machine. How the air raid siren is used to lure the Eloi into the underground cavern via those huge futuristic buildings with alien faces on them. These big spiked horns protrude from the base of the structure and away the sirens go! Luring the Eloi through those alien faces. Absolutely blew my mind as a kid and I’m am certain is a reason I love brutalist artwork today. Because brutalist is basically a reflection of what happens after the bomb is dropped. Charred remains everywhere in dripping molten nothingness. That just reminded me. The 2nd Planet of The Apes movie where they go underground. Another mind blown moment with brutalist everywhere. The first Planet of the Apes too was huge! Anyway ... air raid sirens. I know a guy my age who cannot stand the sound. Then again he doesn’t like the same music as me either so ... there you go. That guy actually lives in LB still. And I’m sure he is glad they don’t test the things anymore :-) And I’m not sure I would welcome them either because they really do send shivers through you. Awesome video. Thanks :-)
Glad you enjoyed. Also one of my favorite movies, just not the remake! I hope you watched it until the end, I filmed a siren test in Huntington Beach (they still have their siren systems).
Although they are over 50 years old, they should be temporarily removed for restoration process and should be tested every month because these sirens will also be enough to warn people of wildfires, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, etc.
Thank you. I might have missed one or two, but I got most of the ones left in Long Beach. There is a list on a siren site of the remaining sirens in Los Angeles: www.wirechief.com/sirens/ Thanks for watching, please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
The one on Clark St., over in Lakewood was pulled out just after I made this video. The one behind the gas station off long beach blvd is likely to be pulled out soon, LaserFiche just built a large building, and might be using the alley.
@@SurrealAdventure ik I couldn't see all of them. Just saw some others including the one that got hotwired Plus it might be pulled out soon. Sad to see them gone! here is the link to see me revisit some of them! ua-cam.com/video/MWhl9Tzb3xc/v-deo.html
I wish the Cold War sirens could be restored. They could be repurposed for tornados or other civil threats. Or a special collector’s siren that can be used for some other thing, seeing these rust away makes me sad.
yeah, it's strange. When I was making this, I was near a gas station filming, and a young guy asked me what I was doing. I explained to him what it was and what they were for, and his eyes got real big, he couldn't believe that something like these actually existed and were used at one point.
@@SurrealAdventure of course! I went to see the rusted out model 5 today. The power meter is at least 1998 or newer. Weird because testing stopped in 1991.
Interesting. I haven't really heard of any other place that had Scream Masters, as the company that made them didn't seem to be around for very long. Thanks for watching! Please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
Not that I'm aware of. It's just something I heard, then I was like, wait a minute, that's an air raid siren, and I haven't heard one in at least 14 years, then I saw the candle balloons. I think it was someone's elaborate prank. I would love to know if it made the news...
update on the SD-10, after checking the california siren map and google street view on clark ave and conant st, i can confirm that this siren was removed, what remains is a patch of dirt, and thats it.
Yeah, looks like I was lucky, I filmed it about 2 weeks before it was removed. Thanks for watching! Please give the video a like an subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
It worked well enough. After that, I think the city came out and disabled the electrical to it. Thanks for watching, please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
5:13 whats the type of the siren I know its a air raid but It's like close to my house and it never sounded...pls tell me what type it is and what time it begins?
It’s a “Scream Master” civil defense siren. It was likely installed sometime in the early 1940’s after WWII started. It was tested the last Thursday of every month around 10:30am until the last tests ~1991. It is abandoned.
Scream Master was a Siren Manufacturer in the Early 50's to 60's. There sirens came in 6/8 Ports (Dual Toned), or 9 Ports (Single Tone). They sold only in California. They were a success! I heard that they did not meet most expectations from other counties from what I've seen! They went Bankrupt do to that, and not F&S Beating them. Scream Master was from La Verne, CA. There sirens were mounted on poles that are probably 26FT or 30 FT. The only recording of a Scream Master is in Sacramento that is 9 Ports. No 6/8 Port Scream Masters have been recorded so far. Another Scream Master was set off in December 31st, 2004. It was 6/8 Ports, there has been no recordings of the Siren Hotwiring done by the teenagers. I may try to find News recordings from 2004 to find the 6/8 Scream Master going off!
Sirens are not only more reliable than phones, but they add more protection. Some people don't have phones, others have them on silent. Emergency Outdoor Warning Sirens save lives.
These are all over Las Angeles area. There's a site that has their locations and types. I don't know why people don't take them. They're just going to end up in a junk yard. If you live near one, go take and restore it. The city doesn't care because they can't afford to deal with them. Take them while you can. If I lived in that area, I'd be all over it. Replaced by a system that's destined to fail. Too much reliance on cellphone infrastructure. It's a freaking house of cards There needs to be layered systems, just like security systems.
Interesting. It apparently was a small company that was only around for a short time, I've never seen another scream master outside of Long Beach, Ca. thanks for sharing!
95% of chances they will not give you the siren, because of one thing : Someone have already refurbished one and start to set it off whenever they want and since that many cities won't let peoples get them But you can still try to contact them I bet they are gonna say what the heck are you talking about lmao they don't know if the sirens exists or not, they are just "there"
I heard sirens go off on a regular basis growing up in Garden Grove, in Orange County. Does anyone know if OC had sirens farther inland? Or were we hearing coastal sirens that far inland?
@@HollyVee OC had some sirens by the shore for San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant. They are removed as of 2022. Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach are the only active sirens by the shore. The Inactive ones are in Seal Beach, and Sunset Beach! OC had some inland!
Really? I found a couple that were still connected to power, and one that had a new meter in the box, but the controls were not connected anymore. The whole system used to be run by the sheriffs dept. the last actual test I know of was in 1991…
I've been past most of them recently. Not much has changed. The one on Clark street, I think it was the sd-11 was pulled out about 2 weeks after I made this video. The rest are still just there, rusting. I tried to make another air raid siren video by hiking to a peak up in chino hills that still had a Chrysler Hemi Air Raid Siren, but it was gone too. There is still a couple of Chrysler air raid sirens in the wild, at some point probably this summer, I'm going to try and find one and document it. Thanks for watching, please subscribe!
When I was getting photos of the one at the beginning, I was standing in a gas station, and a young man noticed what I was doing, and asked "Hey, what is that thing?" I explained what it was, and he looked amazed.
Honey Subs oh, I didn’t know. I’ll have to check it out. Thanks. My Instagram account was hacked some time ago, and then banned, it’s so much trouble to get it back, I gave up on it.
I was 11 years old in 1969 and they had the sirens in Anaheim. They always went off while we were in class not outside and we would hide under our desks. After 1970 I never really heard those sirens again. They sounded really cool, like a useless science fiction scenario in the modern age.
Maybe in some places, and there are a lot of places out there that still have siren systems, but the Long Beach sirens have been disconnected since at least 1991.
Yeah, that was pretty cool. My only regret was that I couldn't record it in stereo, but it's still good. Thanks for watching! Please give the video al like and subscribe for more adventures!
Yes, I'm in my 40's so I grew up listening to the tests. If memory serves, they were the last Thursday of every month at 10:30 am. It sounded the same as all the other sirens in Long Beach. I think they intentionally only used ones that made the same sound. Basically the same as the siren at the end of the video.
Unfortunately, the sirens in the cities of San Juan Capistrano, Dana Point, and San Clemente are apart of the now decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) community alert siren system. They haven’t been tested since October 2014, and have been deactivated this past June, and are now awaiting to be removed. Stupid of the cities with the sirens didn’t decide to just keep them active after SONGS decommissioned, and just use them for other emergencies like tsunamis and wildfires like Huntington and Newport Beach. Their system consists of 50 Whelen WPS 2810s and 2806s. They replaced unique custom engineered sirens designed by the plant called the Model 120, and Federal Signal STL-10Bs in November 2005. I’m sad to see all the SONGS sirens go since we have a timeshare down in Dana Point, and every year we go down to it, I would always see the sirens, and the old ones when I was really little. Their system is the one that got me into sirens In the first place, so seeing them go, is hard to deal with. I have a tribute video of SONGS’s system on my UA-cam channel of me going to 39 out of the 50 sirens, I could only go to 39 since 11 are on Camp Pendleton which is obviously restricted. But it’s a very stupid move of the cities to decide to remove them, instead of just taking over them from SONGS.
Duderocks5539 It’s really stupid I think to not have these, not everybody is watching TV or has a phone on them and not everybody that has a phone has push notifications enabled. The last tsunami to hit California hit in 1964 and killed 11 people mostly because it hit a sparsely populated area, can you imagine what would result if that happened today, and hit a larger portion of the coast?
+Surreal Adventure I agree with you 100%. The cities around SONGS are the ones that decided to remove them, which really pisses me off since they have plenty of other uses. After SONGS said they would no longer be responsible for maintaining the sirens after June 31st, they gave the cities the option to keep them and use them for other emergencies such as tsunamis, but surprise surprise, the cities in the EPZ decided not to. Big deal if they aren’t useful for SONGS anymore due to being decommissioned, they still have plenty of other uses, but the dumbass cities don’t realize that. And I’m also really mad since I grew up seeing the sirens in the SONGS EPZ including their old sirens back as far as I can remember in around 2004 before they were replaced with the Whelens in November 200. We have a timeshare down in Dana Point, and I’d see them every year we go down to our condo. SONGS’s system was the first siren system I’ve ever saw, and is also the one that got me into sirens, so I have a very strong connection with it, and plus their old system was unique and not like any other nuclear power plant system, or siren system in general. It consisted of the custom engineered by the plant Model 120 pneumatic sirens (known as the “Toshiba” siren incorrectly), and STL-10Bs, but those were replaced by the current Whelen 2810s and 2806s in November 2005, but they were just bolted to the original poles. But now, the Whelens are being removed. The removal progress is supposed to start next week 12-9-19 and end supposedly on 12-31-19. It angers me even just thinking about it 😡
+Surreal Adventure I actually own a Model 120 that I got from the designer of them. Mine wasn’t actually installed like the others, but is exactly the same, I just have to get the horns, frame structure and motor for the blower for it, and it will be complete. The ones that were installed were scrapped after the Whelens replaced them, along with the STL-10s. But when I got mine from the designer of them, I also got tons of pictures and even pics of the prototypes, as well as a ton of installation blueprints for different locations in the SONGS system. I have plenty of videos of it on my UA-cam channel, as well as a whole wiki article on them that can be found here: wiki.airraidsirens.net/Model_120 I know the Model 120s are much cooler then the Whelens, but I don’t want the Whelens to be removed. I don’t want their to be no sirens down their.
+Surreal Adventure Yeah, I’m really sad that basically only 17 out of the 50 sirens will remain by the end of the month. Most of my favorite sirens in their system were in San Clemente, since some were mounted on high hills overlooking everything. And at one point, their system was the most unique NPP system in the world due to the Model 120s being custom made by the plant, and outperformed the STL-10s that were also in the system. You should do a video about their system. But it’s stupid that some of the cities decided not to keep them. 3 out of the 5 jurisdictions with sirens (San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente and a state park south of the plant) are removing theirs. San Juan Capistrano has 10, San Clemente has 19, and the state park has 3, which means a total of 32 out of the 50 sirens are being removed. The only jurisdictions keeping theirs is Dana Point, and MCAS Camp Pendleton. Dana Point has 8 sirens, but is removing one, and Camp Pendleton has 10. Meaning the total remaining ex SONGS sirens will be 17. But the cities that are removing theirs should’ve not pulled a stupid ass move and remove them. Only two jurisdictions realize they’re important, and are useful for other emergencies that aren’t for SONGS. Well technically it’s one since the ones on Camp Pendleton aren’t near the water, and theirs are being tied in with their siren system.
By the way you think the other sound masters are still out there or its just this one it would be rare to hear a sound master testing i think they did because when i went to see they replaced the control box with new ones so i think they tested it
@@Kerk.714 There were a lot of them in Long Beach. In the video, there are 3 that I found. They were operated by the sheriffs dept and tested monthly up until around 1992, after that they were abandoned in place, left to rust along with the rest of the system. Watch the whole video, I recorded a siren test in H.B. at the end.
Yeah, I think that having them as a backup is a pretty good idea, in areas where they might be useful. Thanks for watching! Please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
@@Andrewtatesbiggestfan most of them were supplied power via power cables that ran into the ground, the conduits are still there, but who knows if the wires inside were cut years ago. One of them (the model 5 on the platform in the park) still had a power meter, and it was one of our newer meters, and was displaying a number, which means it had power, but the siren on top was in really bad shape...
Because there really isn’t any good way to detect earthquakes before they happen. When they happen, the energy moves through the earth so quickly, that by the time you’ve sent out the alert, the shaking has already started.
There are still quite a few around, for different purposes. The Midwest still has them for tornado and weather. There is a mountain town in California “Big Bear” that has them for wildfires.
@@comradedyatlov4143 the refineries in Torrance have some, they are more electronic sounding. There are active ones in Huntington Beach they test (like at the end of my video) you might be hearing one of those. They have one right on the border of PCH and Warner, above the fire station.
Most of them were placed near schools. Some were placed in parks or areas where people congregate. I actually didn't find any in the very wealthy neighborhoods, but it could be because civic improvements get more money there for things like poles, curbs, etc. Thanks for watching! Please give the video a like, and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
Thanks for the feedback. There was a company in Lavern, Ca. that manufactured the "Scream-Master" for a very short period of time in the 1950's. California, and Long Beach in particular bought a lot of them. I'm not sure they were in business for very long, and almost nothing is available online except this post in the siren forums: www.airraidsirens.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19871
@@progenlol Scream Master was a Siren Manufacturer in the Early 50's to 60's. There sirens came in 6/8 Ports (Dual Toned), or 9 Ports (Single Tone). They sold only in California. They were a success! I heard that they did not meet most expectations from other counties from what I've seen! They went Bankrupt do to that, and not F&S Beating them. Scream Master was from La Verne, CA. There sirens were mounted on poles that are probably 26FT or 30 FT. The only recording of a Scream Master is in Sacramento that is 9 Ports. No 6/8 Port Scream Masters have been recorded so far. Another Scream Master was set off in December 31st, 2004. It was 6/8 Ports, there has been no recordings of the Siren Hotwiring done by the teenagers. I may try to find News recordings from 2004 to find the 6/8 Scream Master going off!
They need to reconnect and reactivate these sirens for earthquake and wildfire warnings
Or Better yet, for tsunami’s.
@@SurrealAdventure yeah true
*wildfires dont really happen that much in Long Beach. Itll be better for severe storms, tsunamis and floods*
Sad,there’s a ww2 air raid siren at my school
In glenside
Thank you for making this video! As a Long Beach native, I have also photo-documented and mapped all the sirens I am aware of in the Long Beach/San Pedro area. I was saddened by the loss of the SD-10 on Clark. A friend and I immediately after its removal tried to track it down in an effort to rescue it via the city, but we got lost in the bureaucracy. As time moves forward we should work to preserve these sirens as the city of Los Angeles has done with theirs. All LA City sirens are in the register of historical landmarks and cannot be removed. The one at the Recreation Park 18 Golf Course, which happens to be where I work, is in excellent condition! We have access to the control box as well.
Frank Wells I didn’t know that about the L.A. sirens. Interesting. Maybe we should contact the city counsel...
@@SurrealAdventure I believe you also happened to miss the one on the corner of Kildee and Ocana in Central Long Beach, next to Marshall Middle school. It's also in very excellent condition, in fact hooked up to the power grid too.
Frank Wells damn. I had to manually go through google street view and find these, it was like a month of my spare time. Most of them are near schools, but not all. I recently hiked to the peak of cerro negro? I think, to get video for the channel of the last Chrysler air raid siren I know of in the wild, when I got there, it had already
Been pulled out, and replaced with telecom equipment!
What a bummer. Definitely interested in working to propose something to the city. The least they could do is protect them as historical objects. It would be cool to preserve one fully functional for demonstration. Shoot me a message if you’d be interested, I definitely am. Definitely worth a shot.
If the mayor has the power to save a lifeguard station he probably would hear you out
Back in the early 80s an underground vault in the city of Anaheim Ca got flooded from a big rainstorm and all their Thunderbolt sirens went off at 3am, it scared the crap out of a lot of people
Nothing is infallible. In 2018, Hawaii sent out an emergency alert "Ballistic Missile Threat Inbound To Hawaii. Seek Immediate Shelter, This Is Not A Drill." One poor guy read it and had a heart attack and died.
such an eerie sound, i too am old enough to remember them. still gives me the willys just hearing them again on here. last i remember hearing them was a test of san onofres system
When I went to H.B. to record the last scene for this video, and heard their siren system, I couldn't believe it sounded exactly like what I remembered from childhood. The echoing, and the sirens off in the distance was surreal! After I was done recording, I was a little bit sad that I wasn't using a camera that recorded stereo, it had sounded so cool.
I lived in San Pedro and remember those going off on a Friday in the Month in the 1970's
Paused at 6:15 OMFG RIP MODEL 5
Best sounding siren Ive heard so far and I have heard many on here, American and German.
The Federal SD-10 on Clark Ave. is gone now. It must have been pulled out in the last few weeks.
+Surreal Adventure Yes unfortunately. It was removed for no reason either. Hopefully it was a collector or siren enthusiast that got it.
*I KNOW I WAS LIKE I WANNA GET IT WHEN IM OLDER BUT ITS GONE NOW. I USED TO PASS IT AND SAY "STAY SAFE" now its gone😭😭*
It was removed when i found the scream master i was looking for the SD 10 and i saw it being removed but dumb me i didn't record
@@Kerk.714 Lies
I remember in the late 1960’s having a summer job near Anaheim St and Santa Fe Ave (west Long Beach) and it must have been a Chrysler siren. (It was a lower pitch single note sound). I was inside a building with a corrugated steel roof on wood framing and in addition to the siren sound I could hear (and feel) the building rattling like it was about to disintegrate. My ears were still still ringing and sore for the next hour or more.
Santa Fe importers (the Italian store) is still there.
My town has a model 5/7 that goes off daily except pn the weekends at noon and still sounds great
Where are you?
@@SurrealAdventure I live in Jerome idaho
I think it's a model 5/7
Because it sounds like one of the two but it has a weird houseing
Yours must be for tornado warning?
@@SurrealAdventure probably
@@olddays2253 It was probably used as a noon whistle, those kind of sirens go off for lunch time at least that's what the one nearest to me does.
Awesome video and well put together!
3:14 I thought the siren went off lol I got excited
It went off because the guy just tried to set if off as a joke like he said. But it think the speakers failed and it stopped just after the tone start.
You can hear the broken speakers rattling and making farting sound because they are broken.
@@Dogappel this specific siren uses a chopper and stator, it's not speaker powered
My home town of Port Alberni had a single long standing Canadian built CLM siren similar to the British Carter 10/12 twin rotor with a large front horn and air scoop shaped rear horn on a directional rotator originally installed in 1962 and was decommissioned at the end of the 80’s and removed sometime in the 90’s I was fascinated by it as a kid growing up but I never remembered it ever being powered up.
Isn't that the one that was replaced by a Rotation CLM?
There's a video of it on YT
Sometimes on trips to places I'd see some of the Scream Masters and some Model 5s aswell as some SD-10s. great vid
Great video. Thank you for the history lesson! And the reminder!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I find this to be very intriguing. I’ve always had an interest in sirens, but where I come from, in Milwaukee, they’re called tornado sirens. Milwaukee had a Civil Defense siren system with air raid sirens. A lot of the system was Biersach & Niedermeyer (B&N) Mobil-Directos’. If you’ve never seen one, they look like lob sided toilets. I believe most were gas powered by 25hp air cooled engines initially, but were converted to electric later on. Milwaukee slowly updated their CD system starting in the 70s and almost all of the Mobil Directos’ were phased out for new sirens (one still stands in the north side and sounds for monthly tests :) ). One of the most prominent replacement sirens was the ACA P-50 (ACA was a division of B&N, and later became ASC). It is a massive rotating siren that is one of the loudest in the world, and is only a few decibels shy of the Chrysler sirens.
When the 90s began to roll in, the CD system, unlike LA and LB, was repurposed as a peacetime system for tornadoes and other emergencies (I.E. tornado sirens). The system continues to be maintained and updated here and there, with new peacetime sirens being added (such as the ASC T-128 in the video, and the Federal Signal 2001). It’s easy to tell the storm sirens from the CD sirens as only the CD sirens wear yellow paint.
My point in this whole ramble is that it’s ultra intriguing to me that these systems is southern Cali were just... abandoned, disconnected, and left to rot where they stood. A testament of time that most don’t even notice. The most intriguing aspect is that the system was maintained, but never updated, all of the sirens in the system are original. I believe this is why it was abandoned by the municipalities, because they were in need of replacement soon and none had been replaced which was too costly, so the cities just abandoned them. There is a few examples of this in Milwaukee where a siren was no longer needed and was left there, but never on a scale of this size. The other aspect of this system that gives me Cold War vibes is that all of the pole mounted sirens have baskets on the pole to work on the sirens. The baskets on siren poles are nonexistent today, and you only see them on Cold War era air raid sirens like these ones.
Thanks for the video. I recommend you take a look at the Mobil-Directo, and the P-50. Both are spectacular sirens.
Shane Aykroid I will, thank you. I recently hiked to a peek in La Cañada Flintridge, I believe Cerro Negro, on top of it was supposed to be the last Chrysler air raid siren in the wild. When I finally reached the peak, and the fire lookout it was under, I found that I had just missed it it had been pulled out and Telcom equipment put in its place. It would have made a good video.
@@SurrealAdventure Southern Compton has a Chrysler.
RIP sirens. You did your job
:C
I worked for GTE in the 70’s and I worked on these. They were tested I believe the last Thursday of the every month. You did not want to stand below one because when it went off the Pigeon shit would go flying.
lol. So I guess they were activated through the phone system?
Angelino native here. We remember these well: thank you profusely for documenting a pivotal sound of our childhood in the 1960s, They were the unseen reminders of a nuclear world--this is my first glimpse of what compelled us to dive under our school desks, duck and cover! Never saw them in action, until this video.
Thanks for watching until the end. The rusted ones featured here, are the same ones that were in use from 1945 until ~1990ish when they were abandoned.
The sirens actually have been decommissioned in 1985. These were tied into LAs system ,so since LA decommissioned the sirens in 1985 ,these were as well.
I read that as well, and you may be correct, I was unable to find any clear answer about Long Beach. I was basing this on the Press Telegram:
www.presstelegram.com/2011/02/20/cold-war-air-raid-siren-wails-in-memory/
Interesting. I grew up in Long Beach, but was unfortunately born a few years too late to get to experience the monthly tests of these going off. (Born in '95)
I honestly had no idea that we even had sirens in Long Beach. It's a shame they were just left to rust and decay, I wish they had been preserved and kept up as historical landmarks. It's really sad to see them this way and says a lot about how little we care about preserving our history when things like this are left to rot and buildings are torn down without a second though about their historical value.
I wish I could have seen them in person years ago when I lived in Ling Beach. Now I live in the Midwest and we do have siren tests monthly here, although I'm not sure if they are cold war era like these. (Wouldn't know where to look for them/that info.)
I think I would've enjoyed hearing these go off as kid/teenager.
It was a really eerie experience. Most o them were the same model, so they made the same sound, it would go up and down over and over (similar to the siren at the end of the video). You could hear several of them at once, some were farther away...Sometimes, they would hit their top notes at the same time, and you could hear this weird oscillation sound as they overlapped in the air. I guess if the sirens went off outside of the scheduled test, it was nuclear war. We practiced getting under our desks during these ridiculous nuclear attack drills (as if the desks would somehow save us).
I remember the the terrible sound. I was a kid and sound terrified me. Although I knew it was a practice, just the idea that it was a warning of a possible nuclear attack was terrifying for a little boy. It was all for nothing.
I used to live in Long Beach (grew up and once again live in Pico Rivera 20 miles away) and do remember spotting some of the sirens while driving here and there in LB. Being 56 years old I do vividly remember the sirens being tested from time to time. And if the sirens ever went off unscheduled, everybody in my elementary school had to “duck and cover” getting under our desk to “shield us” from the atomic blasts. That thankfully never came, but the sirens scared us all for life. I am strangely drawn to the sound though. There is something oddly soothing about them to me. Maybe that is why I absolutely love industrial, techno, rave, noisy as all hell music. I dunno? I recently had an MRI done and was really truly loving the noise! It was just like being at a rave. Errrrrrr Errrrrrr Errrrrrr!!! Clank Clank Clank!!! Music to my ears. I was bummed when the MRI was completed :-(
Something else that has always stuck with me is from the original 1960 version of The Time Machine. How the air raid siren is used to lure the Eloi into the underground cavern via those huge futuristic buildings with alien faces on them. These big spiked horns protrude from the base of the structure and away the sirens go! Luring the Eloi through those alien faces. Absolutely blew my mind as a kid and I’m am certain is a reason I love brutalist artwork today. Because brutalist is basically a reflection of what happens after the bomb is dropped. Charred remains everywhere in dripping molten nothingness. That just reminded me. The 2nd Planet of The Apes movie where they go underground. Another mind blown moment with brutalist everywhere. The first Planet of the Apes too was huge!
Anyway ... air raid sirens. I know a guy my age who cannot stand the sound. Then again he doesn’t like the same music as me either so ... there you go. That guy actually lives in LB still. And I’m sure he is glad they don’t test the things anymore :-) And I’m not sure I would welcome them either because they really do send shivers through you.
Awesome video.
Thanks :-)
Glad you enjoyed. Also one of my favorite movies, just not the remake! I hope you watched it until the end, I filmed a siren test in Huntington Beach (they still have their siren systems).
Although they are over 50 years old, they should be temporarily removed for restoration process and should be tested every month because these sirens will also be enough to warn people of wildfires, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, etc.
It's a good idea. People today are inundated with notifications on their phones, and some people don't have smart phones.
Is this all that’s left in Long Beach? If not, is there a list of standing sirens in LB somewhere? This is cool!
Thank you. I might have missed one or two, but I got most of the ones left in Long Beach. There is a list on a siren site of the remaining sirens in Los Angeles: www.wirechief.com/sirens/ Thanks for watching, please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
Surreal Adventures, Just revisited some of these sirens yesterday. There old and sad and forgotten.
The one on Clark St., over in Lakewood was pulled out just after I made this video. The one behind the gas station off long beach blvd is likely to be pulled out soon, LaserFiche just built a large building, and might be using the alley.
@@SurrealAdventure ik I couldn't see all of them. Just saw some others including the one that got hotwired
Plus it might be pulled out soon. Sad to see them gone! here is the link to see me revisit some of them! ua-cam.com/video/MWhl9Tzb3xc/v-deo.html
@@SurrealAdventure There was a Scream Master in Claremont, CA Hotwired a lot as pranks before its removal
I still remember these sirens going off well into the 80’s and I also remember the Queen Mary going off too.
I think they were blowing the queen mary horn up until very recently. I’ve heard that just a few years ago.
I wish the Cold War sirens could be restored. They could be repurposed for tornados or other civil threats. Or a special collector’s siren that can be used for some other thing, seeing these rust away makes me sad.
yeah, it's strange. When I was making this, I was near a gas station filming, and a young guy asked me what I was doing. I explained to him what it was and what they were for, and his eyes got real big, he couldn't believe that something like these actually existed and were used at one point.
Great video! I went to see the one at 1:11 . That alley way is now closed off unfortunately
Yeah, the Microfiche co. Just built that building there. You can still stand in the gas station parking lot and see it. Thanks for watching !
@@SurrealAdventure of course! I went to see the rusted out model 5 today. The power meter is at least 1998 or newer. Weird because testing stopped in 1991.
i used to live in the town of san jose california. they also have an air raid siren system. consisting of model 5's SD-10's and scream masters.
Interesting. I haven't really heard of any other place that had Scream Masters, as the company that made them didn't seem to be around for very long. Thanks for watching! Please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
@@SurrealAdventure I did! and yea scream master never really made it out of California.
Thank you so much for sharing the locations! Now I can go look around and see if I can fidn them to see with my own eyes
The one near City College on Clark was pulled out just after I made this. The others to the best of my knowledge are still there.
Was the North long beach scream master activation incident made it on the news back in 2004? Is there any footage of its activation?
Not that I'm aware of. It's just something I heard, then I was like, wait a minute, that's an air raid siren, and I haven't heard one in at least 14 years, then I saw the candle balloons. I think it was someone's elaborate prank. I would love to know if it made the news...
They did their job they help us warn us scare us but theyre neve be gone for me it is realy sad see how they destroy it RIP sirens respect to it.
update on the SD-10, after checking the california siren map and google street view on clark ave and conant st, i can confirm that this siren was removed, what remains is a patch of dirt, and thats it.
Yeah, looks like I was lucky, I filmed it about 2 weeks before it was removed. Thanks for watching! Please give the video a like an subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
@@SurrealAdventure yes, i was more surprised when i realized it was removed shortly after you visited it, i wonder where it is now
San Francisco Has theirs up and still running as well. Every Tuesday at noon. Now I haven't live in SF since 2019 but I assume they are still going.
There is probably a reason, maybe a tsunami warning system?
if the siren is hotwired, you know how well they still work
It worked well enough. After that, I think the city came out and disabled the electrical to it. Thanks for watching, please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
5:13 whats the type of the siren I know its a air raid but It's like close to my house and it never sounded...pls tell me what type it is and what time it begins?
It’s a “Scream Master” civil defense siren. It was likely installed sometime in the early 1940’s after WWII started. It was tested the last Thursday of every month around 10:30am until the last tests ~1991. It is abandoned.
Scream Master was a Siren Manufacturer in the Early 50's to 60's. There sirens came in 6/8 Ports (Dual Toned), or 9 Ports (Single Tone). They sold only in California. They were a success! I heard that they did not meet most expectations from other counties from what I've seen! They went Bankrupt do to that, and not F&S Beating them. Scream Master was from La Verne, CA. There sirens were mounted on poles that are probably 26FT or 30 FT. The only recording of a Scream Master is in Sacramento that is 9 Ports. No 6/8 Port Scream Masters have been recorded so far. Another Scream Master was set off in December 31st, 2004. It was 6/8 Ports, there has been no recordings of the Siren Hotwiring done by the teenagers. I may try to find News recordings from 2004 to find the 6/8 Scream Master going off!
Sirens are not only more reliable than phones, but they add more protection. Some people don't have phones, others have them on silent. Emergency Outdoor Warning Sirens save lives.
Agreed, which is why Huntington Beach still has an active siren system.
These are all over Las Angeles area. There's a site that has their locations and types.
I don't know why people don't take them. They're just going to end up in a junk yard. If you live near one, go take and restore it. The city doesn't care because they can't afford to deal with them. Take them while you can. If I lived in that area, I'd be all over it.
Replaced by a system that's destined to fail. Too much reliance on cellphone infrastructure. It's a freaking house of cards There needs to be layered systems, just like security systems.
Exactly. Eventually there will be another tsunami here. Not everyone pays attention to cell phone alerts or has one.
Update the SD10 at 3:55 is now removed
@@Andresplaz8804 it was pulled out like a week after I made the video. :(
@@SurrealAdventure rip :(
If they get removed, you should get them. If the city lets you.........
these things are huge. You'd have to have a lot of space. It's too bad they aren't going into a museum.
Gainesville, VA has a “scream master” still standing
Interesting. It apparently was a small company that was only around for a short time, I've never seen another scream master outside of Long Beach, Ca. thanks for sharing!
I'd be so tempted to knock one of those siren poles down and refurbish it 😂 Any way to get one of these for personal use?
I have no idea. I guess you could start by contacting the city or city council?
95% of chances they will not give you the siren, because of one thing :
Someone have already refurbished one and start to set it off whenever they want and since that many cities won't let peoples get them
But you can still try to contact them I bet they are gonna say what the heck are you talking about lmao they don't know if the sirens exists or not, they are just "there"
You can buy one from West Shore Services.
The one on Willow and Paulo’s Verdes Ive always seen and often would wonder what it was. Thanks.
Your welcome.
The Scream Masters are made by R.J Zievers. Some siren enthusiasts found out.
That must have required some digging. I couldn't find anything.
rip these sirens they shall be remembered
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@@SurrealAdventure yep
I heard sirens go off on a regular basis growing up in Garden Grove, in Orange County.
Does anyone know if OC had sirens farther inland? Or were we hearing coastal sirens that far inland?
I didn’t know garden grove had them. I guess a lot of places near the coast did.
@@SurrealAdventure We sure heard them, but I'm not sure if they were actually located IN GG.
@@HollyVee OC had some sirens by the shore for San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant. They are removed as of 2022. Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach are the only active sirens by the shore. The Inactive ones are in Seal Beach, and Sunset Beach! OC had some inland!
@@Mrbushbtalls837 seal beach has inactive sirens? Where?
Appparently The Scream Master On Kildee Street Is somehow connected
Really? I found a couple that were still connected to power, and one that had a new meter in the box, but the controls were not connected anymore. The whole system used to be run by the sheriffs dept. the last actual test I know of was in 1991…
3:11 is there a recording of that one going off back then?
Not that I’m aware of. I just remember hearing it, and it’s the only one near me. I went outside, and saw those candle balloons in the sky.
@@SurrealAdventure Ah
I love the sound wish I had one right next to my window
Lol. These things were pretty loud.
You should make a follow up video for this
I've been past most of them recently. Not much has changed. The one on Clark street, I think it was the sd-11 was pulled out about 2 weeks after I made this video. The rest are still just there, rusting. I tried to make another air raid siren video by hiking to a peak up in chino hills that still had a Chrysler Hemi Air Raid Siren, but it was gone too. There is still a couple of Chrysler air raid sirens in the wild, at some point probably this summer, I'm going to try and find one and document it. Thanks for watching, please subscribe!
I live in Australia so I really wish that I’d be able to see a siren in person ☹️. And it is also sad to see them rust away and get pulled out.
seeing these beasty sirens in a bad condition rally breaks my heart
When I was getting photos of the one at the beginning, I was standing in a gas station, and a young man noticed what I was doing, and asked "Hey, what is that thing?" I explained what it was, and he looked amazed.
*you live in LB? i still live here* i wanna tell you that the golf course near Granada apartments have a Model 5 next to the building
Honey Subs oh, I didn’t know. I’ll have to check it out. Thanks. My Instagram account was hacked some time ago, and then banned, it’s so much trouble to get it back, I gave up on it.
@@SurrealAdventure 😯
I was 11 years old in 1969 and they had the sirens in Anaheim. They always went off while we were in class not outside and we would hide under our desks. After 1970 I never really heard those sirens again. They sounded really cool, like a useless science fiction scenario in the modern age.
They kept them in Long Beach, and probably L.A. longer, I read that the last test was in 1990. Still very useful.
I'm pretty sure they still go off during the 4th of July its like a long low wail?
Maybe in some places, and there are a lot of places out there that still have siren systems, but the Long Beach sirens have been disconnected since at least 1991.
Sadly. Sacramento also has sadly turned their sirens off.... For good....
Camp Pendleton also uses sirens still
There are also some tsunami warning sirens down near there. I think they are along the coast.
@@SurrealAdventure There was 50 sirens part of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station system until 2019
I like the t128 that went off
Yeah, that was pretty cool. My only regret was that I couldn't record it in stereo, but it's still good. Thanks for watching! Please give the video al like and subscribe for more adventures!
Just almost brings tears to my eyes thinking how now the government is being to relian on technology
A natural disaster is always just a matter of time.
Wait have you ever heard a scream master? Like when it was tested?
Yes, I'm in my 40's so I grew up listening to the tests. If memory serves, they were the last Thursday of every month at 10:30 am. It sounded the same as all the other sirens in Long Beach. I think they intentionally only used ones that made the same sound. Basically the same as the siren at the end of the video.
Oh. People say it sounds like a H.O.R siren
Not quite. Go to the end of my video and listen to the siren there, it’s similar to that sound, only it doesn’t rotate.
Ye ik
By the way the one you say they sound similar that siren is called a ASC T-128
Unfortunately, the sirens in the cities of San Juan Capistrano, Dana Point, and San Clemente are apart of the now decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) community alert siren system. They haven’t been tested since October 2014, and have been deactivated this past June, and are now awaiting to be removed. Stupid of the cities with the sirens didn’t decide to just keep them active after SONGS decommissioned, and just use them for other emergencies like tsunamis and wildfires like Huntington and Newport Beach. Their system consists of 50 Whelen WPS 2810s and 2806s. They replaced unique custom engineered sirens designed by the plant called the Model 120, and Federal Signal STL-10Bs in November 2005. I’m sad to see all the SONGS sirens go since we have a timeshare down in Dana Point, and every year we go down to it, I would always see the sirens, and the old ones when I was really little. Their system is the one that got me into sirens In the first place, so seeing them go, is hard to deal with. I have a tribute video of SONGS’s system on my UA-cam channel of me going to 39 out of the 50 sirens, I could only go to 39 since 11 are on Camp Pendleton which is obviously restricted. But it’s a very stupid move of the cities to decide to remove them, instead of just taking over them from SONGS.
Duderocks5539 It’s really stupid I think to not have these, not everybody is watching TV or has a phone on them and not everybody that has a phone has push notifications enabled. The last tsunami to hit California hit in 1964 and killed 11 people mostly because it hit a sparsely populated area, can you imagine what would result if that happened today, and hit a larger portion of the coast?
+Surreal Adventure I agree with you 100%. The cities around SONGS are the ones that decided to remove them, which really pisses me off since they have plenty of other uses. After SONGS said they would no longer be responsible for maintaining the sirens after June 31st, they gave the cities the option to keep them and use them for other emergencies such as tsunamis, but surprise surprise, the cities in the EPZ decided not to. Big deal if they aren’t useful for SONGS anymore due to being decommissioned, they still have plenty of other uses, but the dumbass cities don’t realize that. And I’m also really mad since I grew up seeing the sirens in the SONGS EPZ including their old sirens back as far as I can remember in around 2004 before they were replaced with the Whelens in November 200. We have a timeshare down in Dana Point, and I’d see them every year we go down to our condo. SONGS’s system was the first siren system I’ve ever saw, and is also the one that got me into sirens, so I have a very strong connection with it, and plus their old system was unique and not like any other nuclear power plant system, or siren system in general. It consisted of the custom engineered by the plant Model 120 pneumatic sirens (known as the “Toshiba” siren incorrectly), and STL-10Bs, but those were replaced by the current Whelen 2810s and 2806s in November 2005, but they were just bolted to the original poles. But now, the Whelens are being removed. The removal progress is supposed to start next week 12-9-19 and end supposedly on 12-31-19. It angers me even just thinking about it 😡
+Surreal Adventure I actually own a Model 120 that I got from the designer of them. Mine wasn’t actually installed like the others, but is exactly the same, I just have to get the horns, frame structure and motor for the blower for it, and it will be complete. The ones that were installed were scrapped after the Whelens replaced them, along with the STL-10s. But when I got mine from the designer of them, I also got tons of pictures and even pics of the prototypes, as well as a ton of installation blueprints for different locations in the SONGS system. I have plenty of videos of it on my UA-cam channel, as well as a whole wiki article on them that can be found here: wiki.airraidsirens.net/Model_120
I know the Model 120s are much cooler then the Whelens, but I don’t want the Whelens to be removed. I don’t want their to be no sirens down their.
Duderocks5539 thanks for the info. I will check out your channel and subscribe. Sounds like you know quite a bit about these!
+Surreal Adventure Yeah, I’m really sad that basically only 17 out of the 50 sirens will remain by the end of the month. Most of my favorite sirens in their system were in San Clemente, since some were mounted on high hills overlooking everything. And at one point, their system was the most unique NPP system in the world due to the Model 120s being custom made by the plant, and outperformed the STL-10s that were also in the system. You should do a video about their system. But it’s stupid that some of the cities decided not to keep them. 3 out of the 5 jurisdictions with sirens (San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente and a state park south of the plant) are removing theirs. San Juan Capistrano has 10, San Clemente has 19, and the state park has 3, which means a total of 32 out of the 50 sirens are being removed. The only jurisdictions keeping theirs is Dana Point, and MCAS Camp Pendleton. Dana Point has 8 sirens, but is removing one, and Camp Pendleton has 10. Meaning the total remaining ex SONGS sirens will be 17. But the cities that are removing theirs should’ve not pulled a stupid ass move and remove them. Only two jurisdictions realize they’re important, and are useful for other emergencies that aren’t for SONGS. Well technically it’s one since the ones on Camp Pendleton aren’t near the water, and theirs are being tied in with their siren system.
At 7:14 i found that siren its still there by today because i found it on my channel its a unknown model people say
It was called a "Scream Master". Long Beach bought a lot of them:
www.airraidsirens.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19871
Oh thx
By the way you think the other sound masters are still out there or its just this one it would be rare to hear a sound master testing i think they did because when i went to see they replaced the control box with new ones so i think they tested it
And do you know when they test sirens?
@@Kerk.714 There were a lot of them in Long Beach. In the video, there are 3 that I found. They were operated by the sheriffs dept and tested monthly up until around 1992, after that they were abandoned in place, left to rust along with the rest of the system. Watch the whole video, I recorded a siren test in H.B. at the end.
There is a motel 5 in my area that is still used today
julian The network guy where are you?
@@SurrealAdventure ohio
we have modern sirens but this one is still runed
@@Julian_The_techie Tornado warning?
Surreal Adventure yes
nooo!
those poor sirens!
*i wish they used these for earthquakes*
These sirens are near my house
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Replacing sirens with phones is a very stupid move, what if u went somewhere and left ur phone at home?
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the model 5 at 6:15 seen better days
I just went past it the other day. Looks worse now. It will rot away soon.
They should keep them in use for Tsunamis (like this weekend 1/15/22-1/16/2)2 or if/when the cell towers go down (I assume HB keeps it for tsunamis?)
HB keeps them for tsunamis, and to alert residents to tune in to local radio for general emergencies.
Will they ever be activated one more time?
No, they're already too old, but there are some cities that have built new systems, like Huntington Beach, for tsunami warning.
@@SurrealAdventure do you know how to hot wire a federal model 5 like was done in 2004, I’m tryna set it off one more time
@@Andrewtatesbiggestfan haha! I have no idea. I think at the time, many of these still had power wires to them.
@@SurrealAdventure did you notice any that had power lines?
@@Andrewtatesbiggestfan most of them were supplied power via power cables that ran into the ground, the conduits are still there, but who knows if the wires inside were cut years ago. One of them (the model 5 on the platform in the park) still had a power meter, and it was one of our newer meters, and was displaying a number, which means it had power, but the siren on top was in really bad shape...
5:30 the auto generated subtitles 😂
OMG. Hehe, I’ll have to change that back to “rusted through” not prostitute. Or maybe it’s funnier if I just leave it…
clark one was removed,
Yeah, someone pointed out it was taken out about a week after I posted this video.
Why don't they use the sirens to alert the people for earthquake at least,Here in Texas we have a lot of those sirens to alert everyone for tornados 🌪
Because there really isn’t any good way to detect earthquakes before they happen. When they happen, the energy moves through the earth so quickly, that by the time you’ve sent out the alert, the shaking has already started.
Is that a scream master at 8:05
Yes. These are pretty rare, but I think Long Beach must have had some deal with the company at the time, as we had a lot of them.
I swear I just heard one outside, I swear to god it was a siren.
There are still quite a few around, for different purposes. The Midwest still has them for tornado and weather. There is a mountain town in California “Big Bear” that has them for wildfires.
@@SurrealAdventure I live near the harbor, but it was at 10 AM sharp with no test announcement. I got scared, turns out it may have been an accident
@@comradedyatlov4143 Long Beach?
@@SurrealAdventure yep.
@@comradedyatlov4143 the refineries in Torrance have some, they are more electronic sounding. There are active ones in Huntington Beach they test (like at the end of my video) you might be hearing one of those. They have one right on the border of PCH and Warner, above the fire station.
Air Raid Sirens Can Put Att Desert City Att United States But They Are Rusty Old Abanded Broken Paint Rusty
6:35
hoping a tornado comes by and set off this siren
I wish. The only one in the video still connected is the one at the end.
Notice how they didn't have any in the areas where poverty is higher. it's like they didn't care about the lower class neighborhoods
Most of them were placed near schools. Some were placed in parks or areas where people congregate. I actually didn't find any in the very wealthy neighborhoods, but it could be because civic improvements get more money there for things like poles, curbs, etc. Thanks for watching! Please give the video a like, and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!
the 2nd siren isn't a scream master it's a soundmaster 115
Edit: every time he says scream master its soundmaster
Thanks for the feedback. There was a company in Lavern, Ca. that manufactured the "Scream-Master" for a very short period of time in the 1950's. California, and Long Beach in particular bought a lot of them. I'm not sure they were in business for very long, and almost nothing is available online except this post in the siren forums:
www.airraidsirens.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19871
@@SurrealAdventure It is a Scream Master.
Soundmaster 115s look very different.
That's misinformation Thunderbear
@@TheMatsushitaMan bro ur late
@@progenlol Scream Master was a Siren Manufacturer in the Early 50's to 60's. There sirens came in 6/8 Ports (Dual Toned), or 9 Ports (Single Tone). They sold only in California. They were a success! I heard that they did not meet most expectations from other counties from what I've seen! They went Bankrupt do to that, and not F&S Beating them. Scream Master was from La Verne, CA. There sirens were mounted on poles that are probably 26FT or 30 FT. The only recording of a Scream Master is in Sacramento that is 9 Ports. No 6/8 Port Scream Masters have been recorded so far. Another Scream Master was set off in December 31st, 2004. It was 6/8 Ports, there has been no recordings of the Siren Hotwiring done by the teenagers. I may try to find News recordings from 2004 to find the 6/8 Scream Master going off!
T 128
Yep. At the end of the video, American Signal T-128.
Surreal Adventure it’s sad that no one has re connected them,also,are the scream masters there 6/8 port
It’s mittens the cat I don’t know. How could I tell?
I found a scream master in glenside PA I don’t know what it’s doing here so far away from Long beach
Ok it’s not a scream master,too fat,think it’s a sirex
sotp
Not sure what sotp is?
@@SurrealAdventure I think he meant: "stop"