They were replaced because the county wanted to make a more uniform county-wide system. The old system was only a couple towns in the county with sirens of various different kinds and ages. They switched to an entirely county run system with all the same kinds of sirens via a FEMA grant. I like some things they did, like adding sirens in towns that previously didnt have any, however I do not like that they left god awful coverage in areas like Mason City and Rockwell, where a 2001 and 22 were replaced with a single T-121. Pros and cons so idk. Every old siren was indeed scrapped, i took a bunch of photos of them sitting in EMAs yard in pieces.
@@bkriegel95 Even some communities in Cerro Gordo apparently werent super happy and wanted to keep them. It was a county level decision and the towns had to go with it
Awesome recording chris!
That SRNB tho
that 2001-SRNB doesn't even look like its in rough shape. Is that what this siren replaced and why?
Troy Sundt told me that the SRNBs got scrapped, too.
They were replaced because the county wanted to make a more uniform county-wide system. The old system was only a couple towns in the county with sirens of various different kinds and ages. They switched to an entirely county run system with all the same kinds of sirens via a FEMA grant. I like some things they did, like adding sirens in towns that previously didnt have any, however I do not like that they left god awful coverage in areas like Mason City and Rockwell, where a 2001 and 22 were replaced with a single T-121. Pros and cons so idk. Every old siren was indeed scrapped, i took a bunch of photos of them sitting in EMAs yard in pieces.
They could've at least sold the SRNBs instead of scrapping them. Other communities in neighboring counties could've been interested.
@@bkriegel95 Even some communities in Cerro Gordo apparently werent super happy and wanted to keep them. It was a county level decision and the towns had to go with it
I feel bad for 2001s now.