Thunderbolt 1000T Tornado Siren Test | December 21, 2011

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  • @henry9538
    @henry9538 6 років тому +660

    This is one of the most healthiest sirens iv ever seen on youtube.

  • @JULYXXIV
    @JULYXXIV 4 роки тому +309

    I remember being woken up from a deep sleep in college because of a Thunderbolt siren. This was in 2005 and it was 7:00 AM. It had been raining the night before. When the unmistakable growl of a Thunderbolt shook me out bed, I looked out the window of my apartment and the sky had a yellowish tinge mixed with some boiling, very black low clouds. I could also see both city and university police staging at the nearest intersection. I headed for the laundry room, but got caught up in the maelstrom of panicked-but-curious students. Some used the occasion to actually do their laundry. As for the tornado itself, it touched down just outside town, off to the west, heading east-northeast - right towards us. Thankfully, it was summer semester and instead of 12,500 panicking students across campus, there was maybe a couple thousand. Further, the tornado was rated F-0, not EF-0 (it was a couple years before the Enhanced Fujita scale was implemented, anyway). It dissipated before it could reach too far into town. Great times.

    • @ianhemingway9165
      @ianhemingway9165 2 роки тому +8

      Wow, 2005. That's my birthyear! (So it was 17 years ago)

    • @kettleshot6044
      @kettleshot6044 2 роки тому +4

      I remember hearing the sirens during the Joplin tornado 4 hours away but our sirens sounded too so idk but I remember being in the basement in perfect safety (lots of hills in my area so tornadoes don’t touch down or go towards my immediate area. Correct me if I’m wrong) my dad had a SFX app and tricked me into thinking that my elementary school was about to get destroyed. I was 4-5.

    • @lekkmusic
      @lekkmusic 2 роки тому

      @@ianhemingway9165 vâng

    • @robinallan2863
      @robinallan2863 2 роки тому +1

      @@ianhemingway9165 I'm crying 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 my grandma died I'm in a lot pain

    • @lunaticafuntimefoxy
      @lunaticafuntimefoxy 2 роки тому

      @@ianhemingway9165 🤣🤣

  • @kaijudude_
    @kaijudude_ 2 роки тому +425

    This sound has been apart of the lives of many generations in the Midwest. Anyone living there instantly will recognize it's sound.

    • @christophertrogdon2308
      @christophertrogdon2308 2 роки тому +14

      My town still has 5 and one of them is only a few blocks from me.

    • @abbymichellexx
      @abbymichellexx 2 роки тому +12

      Yup. Ha. It’s so crazy to me that Even now as a 30 year old grown adult (who has lived in New England for 10 years so it’s been a long time since I’ve personally heard it), the sheer panic and fight or flight mode my body goes into when I hear this siren is funny.

    • @DeadChan67
      @DeadChan67 2 роки тому +9

      The Midwest gets the best sirens, wish we had some interesting ones everywhere here

    • @natemb02
      @natemb02 2 роки тому +10

      I grew up in Wisconsin right across the street from one of these. Loud AF. 12pm every Saturday and when there was a tornado nearby

    • @jmiller297
      @jmiller297 2 роки тому +4

      And the south, too!

  • @wittyag
    @wittyag 5 років тому +1445

    It's all fun and games until you pause this video and the siren keeps going.

  • @JaydenET
    @JaydenET 7 років тому +157

    I love that sharp tone during the windup! Absolutely sounds amazing!

  • @JasontheFolf
    @JasontheFolf 5 років тому +614

    Power: *Goes out*
    That one girl in class:

  • @twmax4137
    @twmax4137 7 років тому +466

    This siren has been restored so well that it practically looks and sounds like new!

    • @Tommy-pv1vh
      @Tommy-pv1vh 3 роки тому +1

      You should have seen the mid restoration bolt at wss its even cleaner

    • @carterburton
      @carterburton 3 роки тому

      Dang

    • @rhysmodica2892
      @rhysmodica2892 2 роки тому +2

      Trying to do this one digitally now. How would one recreate the rasp? I know the frequencies, I just need to know how to modify the wave to get that raspy tone.

    • @JRHOWARD
      @JRHOWARD 2 роки тому +1

      Im glad they didn't replace it with a 2001

    • @BlizzardRoad
      @BlizzardRoad 2 роки тому

      @@JRHOWARD he privately owns it though

  • @CarlsoSpiceyWeiner69
    @CarlsoSpiceyWeiner69 7 років тому +771

    Thunderbolts still give me creeps. My town had one, just remember sitting in a dark shelter underground listening to that undgodly wail spool up.

    • @neonflashsparkotron5435
      @neonflashsparkotron5435 6 років тому +22

      Jefferson Steelflex i love thunderbolts

    • @neonflashsparkotron5435
      @neonflashsparkotron5435 6 років тому +14

      Jefferson Steelflex never heard any siren in my life but whelens

    • @mytmousemalibu
      @mytmousemalibu 6 років тому +47

      The Thunderbolt sound still makes my skin crawl. I live in tornado alley and used to live pretty close to one. Many a very stormy night did it wake me up. A horrible sound to break you from your sleep into instant panic and fear till you can unfray your nerves.

    • @85bbenjaminfan
      @85bbenjaminfan 6 років тому +15

      Lansing Michigan has these. First tornado sirens I'd ever heard. I honestly love the sound of these sirens

    • @trevalewis2036
      @trevalewis2036 6 років тому +2

      @@neonflashsparkotron5435 gggyuy

  • @Hadfield15
    @Hadfield15 6 років тому +493

    This sounds so apocalyptic, it’s scary af

    • @southeast_minnesota_sirens04
      @southeast_minnesota_sirens04 5 років тому +6

      Thebrightestbrick88 do you live in Illinois

    • @sethjansson5652
      @sethjansson5652 5 років тому +6

      You basically just said 'this object sounds like an event'

    • @nandinanand5303
      @nandinanand5303 4 роки тому +2

      It scares tornados awa

    • @Hyperb2002
      @Hyperb2002 4 роки тому +4

      This was meant to warn us of Soviet nuclear missiles at one point. If this isn't the literal sound of Armageddon, I don't know what is.

    • @jcgrx2251
      @jcgrx2251 4 роки тому +8

      I think when the bible refers to “trumpets” its this.

  • @zacharycalgher3978
    @zacharycalgher3978 3 роки тому +77

    That tornado siren sounds beautiful, I love it, Thunderbolt 1000ts are my favorite tornado sirens.

    • @loveanlife7084
      @loveanlife7084 2 роки тому

      That's mys too

    • @charlesnichols6294
      @charlesnichols6294 2 роки тому

      @@loveanlife7084 In the 1960's, those weren't used for severe weather but were for air raid and nuclear attack. Tested statewide once a week at noon. There was a lot of tension between the United States and Russia back then, plus our nation was involved in a war in Southeast Asia where Russi and China were supporting the enemy. Germany was also separated into two countries by the "Iron Curtain". Communism was (and still is) a serious thret to the free world and particularly the United States. The past couple of generations have been brainwashed / indoctrinated that everything's okay and communism is no big deal.

    • @SirensOfNC
      @SirensOfNC 2 роки тому +2

      Same! They're mine too along with 2001's and Modulators!

    • @AquirauxLunar
      @AquirauxLunar 2 дні тому +1

      Same they were the first siren I ever figured out of

  • @arizonawarningsirens6067
    @arizonawarningsirens6067 7 років тому +210

    that's got one hell of an echo

    • @kansasstatealerting717
      @kansasstatealerting717 4 роки тому +1

      Morgan the art guy No, there are many machines that are a lot louder than tornado sirens

    • @Sneryoa
      @Sneryoa 4 роки тому

      Morgan the art guy the Chrysler air raid siren could damage someone’s eardrums.

    • @onefastslimjim
      @onefastslimjim 4 роки тому +2

      @@Zynueffe If I hear one more person call it broken bad things will happen

    • @Zynueffe
      @Zynueffe 4 роки тому +1

      @@onefastslimjim lmao I know it's not broken, it's the alt. wail signal from Chicago's Federal Signal Modulator 3012

    • @onefastslimjim
      @onefastslimjim 4 роки тому +1

      @@Zynueffe thank goodness lmao

  • @WheeloveFireAlarms
    @WheeloveFireAlarms 7 років тому +255

    This is so aswesome! The echo is insane!

  • @sufferingandying
    @sufferingandying 5 років тому +252

    Me: _silent_
    My brain:

  • @MrLahey-lx9ku
    @MrLahey-lx9ku 7 років тому +58

    love that growl on the wind down classic

  • @DjSquirrel33
    @DjSquirrel33 4 роки тому +27

    Wow! This video does an awesome job of catching the 2 tones of the 1000t siren!
    Beautifully maintained. Props to the city or organization that kept it working all these years!

    • @thespiritstingray9359
      @thespiritstingray9359 4 роки тому +4

      This one was a privately owned unit, taken down sometime ago. Not sure where it is right now, but its gonna go back up sooner or later

  • @wreckedtahoe9759
    @wreckedtahoe9759 6 років тому +114

    man that siren is healthy still

    • @stfanboy
      @stfanboy 4 роки тому +1

      Probably restored. That looks like a fresh coat of paint. :)

    • @omerhalisyildiz4323
      @omerhalisyildiz4323 3 роки тому

      KoyrjN00)08)ie9rri3o3393
      4929

    • @huysreylen122
      @huysreylen122 3 роки тому

      កិិិយ៧៦យ៩

  • @zachg9065
    @zachg9065 5 років тому +37

    Growing up in the Midwest I can remember we had this exact tornado siren. Brings back a lot of memories

    • @irinagandera6202
      @irinagandera6202 3 роки тому +1

      Yes is it the best

    • @irinagandera6202
      @irinagandera6202 3 роки тому

      The crawling is good for everyone just us but we can tell you awesome y'all

    • @irinagandera6202
      @irinagandera6202 3 роки тому

      What time do it work out here in the morning my favorite song is. Micheal Jackson what about you

    • @TheHoneyBee587
      @TheHoneyBee587 Рік тому

      THIS IS SO FRICKEN LOUD THOUGH.

    • @Emiliano_Arguello
      @Emiliano_Arguello 8 місяців тому

      @@TheHoneyBee587That’s why we people in the Midwest love em.

  • @SirEpifire
    @SirEpifire 4 роки тому +105

    Frightening when you know that this was the sound that would also herald the end of the world. During the Titan II missile program, these were installed above ground to alert an impending launch.

    • @RedApeAndrew
      @RedApeAndrew 2 роки тому +1

      Or accidents because of the explosion

    • @samanli-tw3id
      @samanli-tw3id 6 місяців тому

      Titan is an American missile. Who would fire a Titan to American soil?

    • @SirEpifire
      @SirEpifire 6 місяців тому

      @@samanli-tw3id The 1000T would be posted up above ground at the silo, I'm assuming to signal possible bystanders to stay clear of the site/launch tube. It's not a siren to warn of an incoming strike, it would be used to signal the launch of outgoing missiles.

  • @generalzod7959
    @generalzod7959 5 років тому +113

    This is my favorite tornado siren. Wish my town still used 'em.

    • @12thmanrailfans26
      @12thmanrailfans26 5 років тому +3

      General Zod at least you didn’t have a little girl screamer like I did

    • @danlc95
      @danlc95 4 роки тому

      Same.

    • @siravyaverageyoutuber5802
      @siravyaverageyoutuber5802 4 роки тому +1

      scary as hell tho

    • @soldier3157
      @soldier3157 Рік тому

      ​@@siravyaverageyoutuber5802i think thats the point of siren though

    • @vantaaax
      @vantaaax 8 місяців тому

      @@12thmanrailfans26 screamers are pretty cool sirens though

  • @danielletirpkoff4167
    @danielletirpkoff4167 6 років тому +68

    What an amazing sound this siren has! The red blinker light is so cool!

    • @deaderthandead1182
      @deaderthandead1182 6 років тому +3

      Now Charlie’s siren is it horrible condition, very messed up, and has issues rotating now. Charlie is fixing it.

    • @alexmcface
      @alexmcface 5 років тому

      Danielle Tirpkoff no thunderbolt sirens have it anymore

    • @FireRescue80
      @FireRescue80 5 років тому

      @@alexmcface Is that English?

    • @alexmcface
      @alexmcface 5 років тому

      Jared Thompson what do you mean?

    • @FireRescue80
      @FireRescue80 4 роки тому +1

      @@alexmcface Honestly, I don't remember why and when I typed that. Sorry.

  • @2002_bugeyewrx
    @2002_bugeyewrx 4 роки тому +15

    By far the best looking Thunderbolt, it clean, well taken care of, super yellow, looks brand new!

  • @graythewolf6096
    @graythewolf6096 6 років тому +12

    For those who don't know much about tornado sirens, the thunderbolts run off of a blower and a chopper. The blower is powered by a single motor that spins a belt blowing air up to the siren head through a tube. Once it gets to the head it goes into the chopper intake and goes out to holes going out the horn. On the 1003 models, there are solenoids that block of ether chopper hole. Yeah I am sure that if you watch this video you already know this.

    • @ballsacksniffer420
      @ballsacksniffer420 3 роки тому

      I am starting a petition to change the term tornado siren to sex alarm because its funny

  • @SirensOfNC
    @SirensOfNC 2 роки тому +6

    THE ECHO IS SO BEAUTIFUL

  • @RETR--lt9cy
    @RETR--lt9cy 4 роки тому +69

    People two years ago: hmmm very cool siren
    People now: *SiReN hEaD* !!!

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko 5 років тому +9

    Butler, Alabama had one above their main police station, right next to the county library. I can't tell you how many times I darn near jumped out of my shoes when that thing went off for the daily noon test while I was visiting the library as a kid!

  • @GLstormchasing
    @GLstormchasing 4 роки тому +6

    This is the official sound track of old tornado documentaries

  • @ApocalypseMoose
    @ApocalypseMoose 5 років тому +53

    *R E J O I C E*

  • @laurenlewis173
    @laurenlewis173 5 років тому +16

    I like the T1000's raspy wail. It's so unique

  • @firesecalert
    @firesecalert 6 років тому +25

    Love the echo! (this is my favorite tornado /civil defence siren)

    • @Aviation_g01
      @Aviation_g01 Рік тому

      The FS thunderbolt 1000t is also my favourite siren followed by FS 2001-130 srn

    • @Trey829
      @Trey829 3 місяці тому

      I like the Aca hurricane

  • @coydog7902
    @coydog7902 6 років тому +61

    That was in nice condition!!!!!

    • @coydog7902
      @coydog7902 6 років тому +1

      Lol hello!

    • @Creeperboy099
      @Creeperboy099 5 років тому

      Am I having Deja Vu or do I remember you?

  • @Fifthcell
    @Fifthcell 6 років тому +3

    She looks amazing! I love the little flashing red light you got on there. Fantastic...

  • @redacted8983
    @redacted8983 2 роки тому +9

    1:54 R E J O I C E

  • @JustinHindman1988
    @JustinHindman1988 3 роки тому +4

    This was the siren by my old house in the 90’s, it seemed like the end of the world when you hear this sound. Miss them

  • @franktillman5474
    @franktillman5474 4 роки тому +28

    The Thunderbolt will rein forever! I grew up in the 70’s hearing this from my childhood 🙂

    • @jdrs4214
      @jdrs4214 4 роки тому +3

      I grew up in the 80’s listening to one like this in my little town. Every weekend they would test it at a certain hour, for functionality... I guess.

  • @BKFan342
    @BKFan342 2 роки тому +6

    That whirl up is terrifying

  • @kjemradio
    @kjemradio 4 роки тому +5

    4th grade, summer, outside for Phys Ed. 1pm rolls around and the sky blue Fed Sig Thunderbolt 1000T went off. It was probably 50 yards away on a large mound hill. Scared the crap out of me, and was damn loud. Though I love the sound this and the ACA Allertor 125 (that's the funky oval top horn with the chopper at the bottom section). These two sirens where everywhere in MN. We had a few others, but those two were the main.

  • @loresoong6626
    @loresoong6626 4 роки тому +10

    This sound is ghastly. I love it.

  • @losbubi4870
    @losbubi4870 3 роки тому +10

    Nick Mullens favorite siren

  • @bodes_26
    @bodes_26 5 років тому +7

    Everyone here saying how awesome thunderbolts are and i'm just here like holly crap this is like the only 2011 siren video with both HD and non ear-bleedingly bad audio.

  • @jeffayers3384
    @jeffayers3384 2 роки тому +5

    Still sends chills down my spine.

  • @andrewc.343
    @andrewc.343 3 роки тому

    Awe man, that is the scariest sound, I appreciate you downloading the video I remember back in the day of the '88 tornado, it was rough.

  • @GMTX-kg8ep
    @GMTX-kg8ep 7 років тому +40

    Where did you get the flashing red light on the siren?

  • @alec4672
    @alec4672 6 років тому +38

    I think an in-depth video of this piece of equipment is in order, I wanna know about the blower and how the control wiring works, what you had to do to restore it and so forth. It would be much appreciated.

    • @Soccerdude7330Official
      @Soccerdude7330Official  6 років тому +19

      I actually had to remove this siren a couple of weeks ago - we just sold our house. Definitely was a sad day, but the news isn't sad for long. It's going to get another full re-restoration (using far superior quality again this time) and I will definitely shoot a video on that progress, installation at our new place and an explanation of how it works!

    • @samuelfellows6923
      @samuelfellows6923 4 роки тому +2

      Interesting to see you’ve put a red light on its pole and what is the anemometer for? 🇬🇧

    • @knightrider955
      @knightrider955 3 роки тому +1

      I can do that for you no problem. Follow my channel and see my videos on these

    • @Soccerdude7330Official
      @Soccerdude7330Official  3 роки тому +4

      Just a little update - the siren is still down but it’s going to be restored again (this time powdercoated!) so whenever I can finally afford property in my area… a video going through the whole process will be in order

  • @darogs4301
    @darogs4301 3 роки тому +3

    I can see why nick loved this one so much

  • @Code3Indiana
    @Code3Indiana Рік тому +1

    Love the sound of the dual tone thunderbolts, especially when they first wind up. So eerie but I love it

  • @Thunderhawk-fr6qv
    @Thunderhawk-fr6qv 6 років тому +42

    Sweet siren!!! I miss having the thunderbolts in my area. Anytime one went off for a tornado warning, My skin would literally crawl. People actually took warnings seriously too. And they actually worked; those Whelan sirens we have now seem to break down and fail a lot during testing. Plus they sound terrible!!! You most definitely got a healthy sounding siren!!!

    • @coydog7902
      @coydog7902 6 років тому +2

      Hopefully someone buys the patents for thunderbolts
      Mr werden bought the patent for the P-15 hopefully he buys the SD-10 and ACA banshee

    • @robloxisawsome-hh6wi
      @robloxisawsome-hh6wi 5 років тому

      I miss the thunderbolts so much

    • @JasontheFolf
      @JasontheFolf 5 років тому

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    • @totallynotloki622
      @totallynotloki622 4 роки тому

      I hate whelens because they don’t have collector rings COLLECTOR RINGS

    • @JasontheFolf
      @JasontheFolf 4 роки тому

      Collector rings

  • @codenamemoss
    @codenamemoss Місяць тому

    this is my favorite siren ever, in 1st grade I saw a video of it and I’ve been enamored since. Now the fixation returns .. and I’m doing more research on sirens :3

  • @HeyBigChriss
    @HeyBigChriss 2 роки тому +5

    Do you think the HOA would mind if I installed one of these bad boys in the lawn?

    • @mashy712
      @mashy712 4 місяці тому

      They may give you a fine or “wrong paint color”. But I think it’s safe if you paint it green like the grass. 😁

  • @Dr_Xyzt
    @Dr_Xyzt 6 років тому +4

    These sirens are still my favorite.

  • @kevinpaige4902
    @kevinpaige4902 4 роки тому +3

    The spool up and wind down of this beast is siiick

  • @hope5504
    @hope5504 4 роки тому +2

    At the very beginning where it starts to go off, the echo sounds sooo cool

  • @NicksGarageDoorService
    @NicksGarageDoorService 7 років тому +14

    Can you update us on this siren, and maybe explain how you have the remote activation set up?

  • @TNAROHfan
    @TNAROHfan 8 місяців тому +1

    This is childhood. I can't explain how this siren makes me feel both nostalgic and nervous at the same time.

  • @ValenDRV
    @ValenDRV 5 років тому +15

    That souns so beautiful! I wish they would bring back the thunderbolts!!!!

    • @lucerozuniga-gonzalez3643
      @lucerozuniga-gonzalez3643 5 років тому

      Your pfp has the same thing i have

    • @tangy.mp4300
      @tangy.mp4300 4 роки тому

      Pretty sure the thunderbolts are still produced

    • @FireRescue80
      @FireRescue80 4 роки тому

      @@tangy.mp4300 They've been discontinued for almost 30 years. I doubt Federal Signal will try to redevelop this kind of siren.

    • @tangy.mp4300
      @tangy.mp4300 4 роки тому

      @@FireRescue80 well thank you for the feedback
      And the new knowledge

    • @FireRescue80
      @FireRescue80 4 роки тому

      @@tangy.mp4300 you're welcome.

  • @CodyM-j6s
    @CodyM-j6s 7 днів тому

    Goddamn wonderful. The T1000 sirens have the best windup note of all sirens and they wail like no other.

  • @yacoboy3D
    @yacoboy3D 4 роки тому +10

    No One:
    Literally no one:
    me when i stub my toe:

    • @yacoboy3D
      @yacoboy3D 4 роки тому

      @Nightmare Rarity Nguyen Belle ok

  • @eight10aaronn
    @eight10aaronn 6 років тому +7

    That tornado siren is Awesome!

  • @anthonybailey1397
    @anthonybailey1397 6 років тому +16

    Was listening to this and then the emergency alert system came up on the TV in my living room....is this what I think it is??? Nah just a coincidence.
    Edit: also just now on 6-4-18 I was listening to this and the siren in my town went off.

    • @gavinevans8601
      @gavinevans8601 6 років тому +1

      What was the siren for your town

    • @starlingbaez6681
      @starlingbaez6681 4 роки тому +3

      the thunderbolt is the siren god. the siren in your town was praising.

  • @FederalSignAndSignal2T22B
    @FederalSignAndSignal2T22B 7 місяців тому

    First ever video i watched of a tornado siren.
    Thank you Charlie for getting me in tornado sirens

  • @realxentity3036
    @realxentity3036 6 років тому +30

    This is what my town needs. 😂

    • @polotiks-wx
      @polotiks-wx 5 років тому

      I have one in my town

    • @trevzilia5939
      @trevzilia5939 5 років тому

      Mine to!

    • @Kristian.S.H
      @Kristian.S.H 5 років тому

      All my town has is sentrys

    • @BlueThunderboltsiren
      @BlueThunderboltsiren 5 років тому

      Same, meanwhile I'm surrounded by 2001-srns and a few 2001 DCs

    • @Creeperboy099
      @Creeperboy099 4 роки тому

      If I headed to the north side of town, I would be surrounded by the 508’s of the nuclear plant upstream
      They replaced a fuckload of B series Thunderbolts ;-;

  • @franktillman8584
    @franktillman8584 5 років тому +10

    This was loud as hell in its day!!!!!

  • @spongeboymebob771
    @spongeboymebob771 3 роки тому +4

    HIS THRONE

  • @NorthCrxcker
    @NorthCrxcker Рік тому +2

    I have a really loud speaker and I know how to prank my neighborhood now

  • @OWS_Crazy1
    @OWS_Crazy1 7 років тому +8

    Can you make an update video on this thunderbolt?

  • @kmjethromanansala2184
    @kmjethromanansala2184 8 місяців тому +2

    0:05 THE ECHO IS LIT!

  • @BlueThunderboltsiren
    @BlueThunderboltsiren 5 років тому +3

    Imagine one the first day of the month (Or when ever your states test the sirens) and it was cloudy, but no storms and then you heard a thunderbolt go off next to you

  • @Snowfrostmsm
    @Snowfrostmsm Рік тому +1

    Me: opening the microwave in 3am
    The microwave:

  • @stirlingfox815
    @stirlingfox815 6 років тому +4

    Thunderbolts are my favorite. =D plus i love the siren startup

  • @bella89813
    @bella89813 3 роки тому +1

    Huh h
    Good to hear from Manila and sorry for the delay in getting this to you I have been busy
    Busy and busy getting
    On the bus

  • @ThunderboltFan2000
    @ThunderboltFan2000 2 роки тому +5

    That startup echo though😍

  • @AvocadoPlayzFan
    @AvocadoPlayzFan 19 годин тому

    I love this thunderbolt siren. I hope it’s still there.

  • @Devel60
    @Devel60 4 роки тому +5

    Teacher:okay all lets try your voice
    Me: 0:04
    All:da heck

  • @texan_commando
    @texan_commando 7 місяців тому +1

    “Wait a minute…”
    “Oh that can’t be good…”

  • @InsaneElite1
    @InsaneElite1 6 років тому +4

    When you live down the block from a fire station that sounds one of these off Everytime they get a call as a child I kinda got used to it haha

  • @terencemccormick8178
    @terencemccormick8178 2 роки тому +1

    Grew up in suburban Chicago where they put up one of these beasts 0.7 miles from my home, I believe in the spring of 1970, as the town was expanding; there was already an Allertor in the older part of town, about which, as a very young lad, I never knew anything until after the Thunderbolt went up in '70. The Thunderbolt was even closer to the school I attended, right across the street from it. Always freaked me out when I was a kid.

  • @Dredpath1
    @Dredpath1 7 років тому +4

    I remember this. Great video!

  • @brianschultz
    @brianschultz Рік тому +1

    Finally, some quality content on youtube.

  • @meseyc
    @meseyc 5 років тому +5

    That startup was the coolest shit I ever heard growing up

  • @thunderchild2756
    @thunderchild2756 4 роки тому +1

    Think I've commented on this video before but it came up again so just had to come back and say how amazing it looks and sounds! Thunderbolts are untouchable in the siren world! 🔊😍

    • @rainyrec
      @rainyrec 4 роки тому

      I would say the Hurricane is more likely untouchable than this siren, wayyyyy too common.

    • @thunderchild2756
      @thunderchild2756 4 роки тому

      @@rainyrec I love the hurricane too. I wish we had more sirens here in the UK.... We have a good few systems in place for plants/factories etc, but mainly in England. We do have some systems here in Scotland too, but not many in comparison 😩 wish we had loads like America but we aren't big enough for that many and we don't have as many reasons as America to have them like tornadoes etc 🔊

  • @trainchasingmd9615
    @trainchasingmd9615 2 роки тому +3

    Damn! That alarm scared me! I rate that 20/10

  • @EpicureMammon
    @EpicureMammon 2 роки тому +1

    These are so amazing and the sound carries really well. I could hear them in the basement from blocks away during tornadoes in the city where I grew up. Currently, we have electronic sires (I think?) and I have to open the windows or go outside to hear if they're really going off. Has to be some lowest bidder crap.

  • @ericzerkle5214
    @ericzerkle5214 5 років тому +3

    Reminds me of being a kid in the early 1980s being huddled in the hallway closet during a tornado warning

  • @mattmakesmachines
    @mattmakesmachines 2 роки тому

    this is my all-time favorite thunderbolt recording
    its agastat is perfect and it sounds EXTREMELY AWESOME

  • @owboky102050
    @owboky102050 4 роки тому +3

    When I was i kid in 1960 it meant to duck and cover the world was about to end... damn you Khrushchev!

  • @stronghand45
    @stronghand45 2 роки тому +1

    I grew up in the cold war era in Tucson Arizona on the Northwest side. We had these throughout the area. I remember when they used to test them how loud they were.

  • @FireRescue80
    @FireRescue80 7 років тому +5

    The PeelerBolt has returned.

  • @0verload
    @0verload 3 роки тому +1

    This thing sounds absolutely great!

  • @spenofzeros
    @spenofzeros 3 роки тому +13

    The perfect thunderbolt 1000T doesn’t exi-

  • @carlosdominguez2946
    @carlosdominguez2946 2 роки тому +1

    Independence Missouri, where I am at, used to have those exact sirens and used to test both the signals every month. However, they upgraded their system a few yrs back, got new sirens that aren't as loud, and only test them once per month for exactly 1 minute. They no longer have the attack mode. I liked the Thunderbolt siren better.

    • @doggo3354
      @doggo3354 2 роки тому

      What replaced it? A stupid 2001?

    • @carlosdominguez2946
      @carlosdominguez2946 2 роки тому

      @@doggo3354 Yes, the 2001. I don't see Thunderbolts anywhere around here anymore. All surrounding towns have the 2001. It sucks!

    • @doggo3354
      @doggo3354 2 роки тому

      @@carlosdominguez2946 2001s suck, “battery backup” is installable between the siren and the power supply meanwhile cheaper than some 25000 dollar mechanical megaphone that is NOWHERE as good as bolts at attention getting

  • @Mk74595
    @Mk74595 3 роки тому +6

    H I S T H R O N E

  • @penguinmaster7
    @penguinmaster7 4 роки тому +2

    this is pretty much what come to mind when you think of a tornado siren

  • @exitalarms1207
    @exitalarms1207 4 роки тому +3

    The only sirens I’m ever going to hear is the dust/sand storm sirens in AZ

  • @fatamandresalamandre7227
    @fatamandresalamandre7227 5 років тому +1

    other students:What are you listening to be always calm ?
    Me: Its a bit complicated

  • @Oof-bu4me
    @Oof-bu4me 4 роки тому +11

    0:03 alert
    1:54 attack
    I'm a going to keep this to myself
    Anyway

  • @iliketornadoes
    @iliketornadoes Рік тому +1

    Very cool! This happened only a few days after i was born :D

  • @thunderchild2756
    @thunderchild2756 6 років тому +12

    Excellent! 👏 very healthy and very well kept Tbolt 😊 love seeing them still in their prime like this 😀 please, please can the UK have some Tbolts America? Pleeeaaasseee!!! 😉

  • @leesherlock8046
    @leesherlock8046 8 місяців тому +1

    This the real siren they need to go back to these

  • @Szczebrzeszy
    @Szczebrzeszy 4 роки тому +4

    When My brother of 3 years walk in the night:

  • @bredinacanbusses
    @bredinacanbusses 4 роки тому

    Teacher: **asks us a hard math question and calls me up to answer it**
    Me: **goes up to the chalkboard**
    Teacher: *okay, whats the answer?*
    My Brain Cells: *0:04*

  • @billydward
    @billydward 7 років тому +3

    Ok, I have followed you for years and how did you get permission to use the sire? Or do you test it whtn your county tests theres?