Iowa Tornado Caught on Film
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MedicPrincess
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GOSH!! Those poor families.
I have been through both Tornado and Hurricane..
I will take the Hurricane ANY DAY over the Tornado....At least with a Hurricane there is plenty of warning to make an informed choice. With Tornados its a panicked decision. Way scary!
I have been through both Tornado and Hurricane..
I will take the Hurricane ANY DAY over the Tornado....At least with a Hurricane there is plenty of warning to make an informed choice. With Tornados its a panicked decision. Way scary!
Wingnut
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Wow, yeah I've never been through a tornado, and don't want to be, they scare the crap out of me. :blink:
TTLWHKR
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They have an American Signal Tempest Electromechanical Outdoor Warning Device... I can tell by the sound.
The worlds loudest siren... (except for the now defunct Chrysler siren)
The worlds loudest siren... (except for the now defunct Chrysler siren)
Yep I was just in the county south of where the tornado hit. I was attending an EMS confrense and we had no clue about it happening all we knew is that it rain over lunch hour. When we were dismissed we got caught by one of my othe friends from up in northwest Iowa were I am also from when he told us that we should be careful driving home becuase that county had a tornado hit we start laughing. Whens the last time we had a tornado go through in Novemeber blizzard yes tornado no. Need less to say we weren't planing on leaving till this mornign so we didn't mind at all. We got to watch the news listen to the wind as we walked through the sky walks and fought the winds home this morning. Crazy thing happen.
VinBin
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heh, wouldn't it be funny to have that on an ambulance...
OP
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heh, wouldn't it be funny to have that on an ambulance... [/b][/quote]
It probably still wouldn't make a difference when you're trying to clear traffic.
Ridryder911
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Anybody know what category it was.. didn't appear too large. we are using a differect siren that has a greater tone not louder which has been more successful... from the land of toronadoes... Oklahoma.
Be safe,
Ridryder 911
Be safe,
Ridryder 911
TTLWHKR
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When we lived in Montana, every town had their siren platform on the damn water tower. Why we all needed a water tower, with water systems, and storage tanks in the mountains, idk.. But anyway, they had five sirens up there. First one was a bank of horns, diaphone horns for floods. Second was a Fed Mod. 5 for fires, third was a Fed Mod. SD10B for civil defense (air raids). Fourth siren was a sentry alarm for the railroad (accidents, disasters, etc.) and finally this huge deal with horns all around it, four stacks of them, I only remember two Tornado coming close to us in South West Montana, and both times the power failed making the siren useless. The only siren with battery backup was the civil defense siren. Normally, you wouldn't think someone would attack the tiny town of Pinesdale, Mt. But we had a little thing that made us a prime target... MDSS. Missle Defense System Silos. :blink:
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why not just have an "oh crap" siren.
If it goes off, run to your basement (covers tornados and CD). If your basement is wet, go upstairs. if it is hot, get out of the house, and if there is a big ol' fireball at the railroad tracks.... get out of town, fast.
Jon