Statewide Tornado Drill - Rochester, MN - 2012 Statewide Tornado Drill - Rochester, MN - 2012
Posted by: Westy1962

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This siren is East of Broadway in Rochester, MN - The statewide tornado testing is done once a year in April, they test at 1:45pm and 6:55pm
Tornado Siren Test - Inver Grove Heights, MN - First Wednesday of February @ 1pm Tornado Siren Test - Inver Grove Heights, MN - First Wednesday of February @ 1pm
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This is a newer Federal Signal on Cahill behind DRKULA's, it just does the alert mode, but it goes for over 3 minutes...
Monthly Tornado Siren Test - January 4th, 2012 - Coon Rapids, MN Monthly Tornado Siren Test - January 4th, 2012 - Coon Rapids, MN
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Sorry for the beginning, the little siren started about 2 minutes sooner than I thought, I have never seen one of these before, it wasn't as crazy loud as most tornado sirens, and I barely saw it when I was driving around, it does the alert and attack modes...pretty warm in MN this week, in the 40's
Weak tornado siren - Chaska, MN - First Wed. of November - 1pm sharp Weak tornado siren - Chaska, MN - First Wed. of November - 1pm sharp
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This old Allertor 125 starts up and the motor sounded terrible, then it had a real slow wind up, then would not spin around for the first 30 seconds, this is definately a tired siren....it won't be around very long! It's on Hundertmark road west of co. rd. 41 in Chaska, it only does the alert mode.
Tornado Siren - Columbia Heights, MN - First Wednesday of October 2011 - 1pm Sharp Tornado Siren - Columbia Heights, MN - First Wednesday of October 2011 - 1pm Sharp
Posted by: Westy1962

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This crazy loud siren is on the corner of 40th Avenue and University in Columbia Heights, MN.....It does the alert and attack modes. VERY loud, I had to cover my ears for sure, and it was a higher pitch than the other one like this in Columbia Heights on 49th Ave.
Tornado Siren Test - September 7th, 2011 - Brooklyn Center, MN Tornado Siren Test - September 7th, 2011 - Brooklyn Center, MN
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I have videotaped a lot of sirens for my son, but this one was by far THE LOUDEST....It is located on the SW corner of Hwy 100 and Brooklyn Blvd. in Brooklyn Center (or Brooklyn Park), it does the alert and attack modes. The end has a pretty long wind down.
Baby Blue Tornado Siren - Richfield, MN Baby Blue Tornado Siren - Richfield, MN
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Sorry for the shakey video, I was missing a piece of my tripod so I hand held the camera for over 10 minutes. This baby blue siren is on 64th and Vincent in Richfield MN, it does the alert and attack mode, it was especially loud because I didn't have any ear plugs and couldn't cover my ears because I was holding the camera! This is SO close to the houses in the neighborhood.
Tornado Siren - Columbia Heights, MN - First Wednesday of May, 2011 - Ambiance Recording Tornado Siren - Columbia Heights, MN - First Wednesday of May, 2011 - Ambiance Recording
Posted by: Westy1962

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My son wanted me to record this siren again by his Aunts house in Columbia Heights. We did an ambiance style recording this time with the siren 2 blocks down the street on 49th and Jefferson. It does both the alert (1pm sharp), and attack modes, and it's cool to hear how loud it is echoing off the houses.....too bad it was so windy.
Old ugly Allertor in White Bear Lake does not go - April 6th, 2011 Old ugly Allertor in White Bear Lake does not go - April 6th, 2011
Posted by: Westy1962

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This old Allertor is located in White Bear Lake on Hwy 61 and Co. Rd F right next to Polar Chev's bargain lot. It would have been cool to catch this old classic in action, but it did not sound for the first Wednesday of the month tornado siren test.....Oh well, you can sure hear the other sirens sounding the alert and attack modes in the background!
1993 Polaris 580 L/C Triple - Running gas out for the end of season 1993 Polaris 580 L/C Triple - Running gas out for the end of season
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1993 Polaris 580 L/C Triple - Running gas out for the end of season
1993 Polaris L/C Triple Idle - Bone Stock 1993 Polaris L/C Triple Idle - Bone Stock
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1993 Polaris L/C Triple Idle - Bone Stock
1993 Polaris XLT 580 L/C Triple - Last run - March 20th, 2011 1993 Polaris XLT 580 L/C Triple - Last run - March 20th, 2011
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Bone stock 580 L/C Polaris triple, 45 degrees out for last run before storage, I put 800 trouble free miles on this winter, pretty quick sled to 100mph.
Monthly Tornado Siren Test - Eden Prairie HS Parking Lot - March 2nd, 2011 @ 1pm Monthly Tornado Siren Test - Eden Prairie HS Parking Lot - March 2nd, 2011 @ 1pm
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This siren started early (12:55pm) so I was just setting up when I had to hit the record button and missed the initial wind up. The siren is located in one ot the faculty parking lots of Eden Prairie HS in EP, MN.....It does the alert and attack modes and is a strange brown color.
Monthly Tornado Siren Test - Mankato, MN - December 1st, 2010 - Talks at the end Monthly Tornado Siren Test - Mankato, MN - December 1st, 2010 - Talks at the end
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This siren was in North Mankato not far from the Super America station on the West side of Hwy 169 in a business park. I really didn't think it was going to sound because it's December here and very cold, but it did! It went through the alert and attack modes, and for the first time in our videotaping of sirens history, actually listened to it talk at the end.....Very cool.
Monthly Tornado Siren Test - Faribault, MN - November 3rd, 2010 Monthly Tornado Siren Test - Faribault, MN - November 3rd, 2010
Posted by: Westy1962

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This siren is in Faribault MN on 9th St NW and 4th Ave NW next to a school. It was windy and cold. The video only captured the alert mode because it took over 5 minutes to sound the attack mode, and I was in the car driving away when it went off! I've never experienced such a lag of time between modes.
Monthly Tornado Siren Works Poorly - Norwood Young America, MN - Sept. 1st, 2010 Monthly Tornado Siren Works Poorly - Norwood Young America, MN - Sept. 1st, 2010
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This siren was tested on Sept. 1st, 2010 at 1pm sharp on the first Wednesday of the month. It started to rotate, but as you can see, it just went around about a 1/4 of the way before stopping. Loud as heck, but probably will be replaced soon due to the rotation issue. Right down the street from the Norwood Young America Library.
Shakopee Allertor Tornado Siren Test - NO GO Shakopee Allertor Tornado Siren Test - NO GO
Posted by: Westy1962

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The Allertor tornado siren by the Shakopee Public Utilities did not sound today July 7th, 2010 @ 1pm. Pretty boring to watch obviously, but you can hear the other sirens in the background around 3:45 into the tape. I bet the city disabled this one because it's right in the bedroom window of a few houses.....the roof in the video is a dude's house, wow, that would be loud!
PAM\ PAM's Auto 4th of July Float - St. Joseph MN - 2010 - PART 5
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PAM's Auto 4th of July Float - St. Joseph MN - 2010 - PART 5
PAM\ PAM's Auto 4th of July Float - St. Joseph MN - 2010 - PART 7
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PAM's Auto 4th of July Float - St. Joseph MN - 2010 - PART 7
PAM\ PAM's Auto 4th of July Float - St. Joseph MN - 2010 - PART 6
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PAM's Auto 4th of July Float - St. Joseph MN - 2010 - PART 6