• ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    As a siren enthusiast, I know several other enthusiasts who have deliberately gone out during tornado warnings to go film the sirens. I can’t imagine going out in such high winds and rain to do that, but some people are really, really dedicated. I prefer waiting for the weekly/monthly tests.

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      9 months ago

      Tornado sirens are. The. Most. Unsettling. Noise humanity can make (while chewing with its mouth closed at least).

      Chicago’s siren makes me feel like an inconsolably terrified and food-poisoned 4-year-old, kidnapped to another planet.

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        9 months ago

        Ah yes, the good ol’ Chicago Modulators. Sadly they don’t use that creepy “alternate wail” signal anymore. They just use the regular “wail” signal which isn’t as haunting.

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      9 months ago

      How do you film a siren? It’s not like it does anything besides make noise, couldn’t you just record the audio from a distance?

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        9 months ago

        Point a camera with a good mic at it, and bam. And yes, you certainly can get audio recordings. Many enthusiasts will set down an audio recorder near a group of sirens in order to get ambience recordings of the system, along with filming a specific siren during a test.