I have no idea how they did the tornado drill when I was in elementary school. All I know is that it was initiated through the school's PA system, manufactured by Bogen. On a related topic, What sort of tornado drill procedure would you recomend for a school that deals with students with special nee...

That kinda sounds like the begining part of dire straights-money for nothing.

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Whelen Rules wrote:... Wow Robert you are at a new high karma wise

Yes!
Who do dat?
Uh-oh, with that language, Daniel may now be obligated to smite me.

If he doesn't, I will.

I've been in 3 schools where they had an actual alarm signal for the tornado drill, In elementary school, it was a sound that's similar to the alarm heard when a truck backs up (the beeps) followed by "This is a tornado drill, please go to your designated tornado drill spots" (that was sai...

I had an idea for an improved dsa once. Make the speakers rotate.

Des Moines: First Saturday of Month at Noon.

Personally, I like the federal modulator series, those things are the coolest looking siren I've ever seen.

that's not exactly what I meant. I want to hear what the genaric voice that comes with all whelen sirens would sound like with a female effect setting, also maybe a chipmunk type effect.

I don't know if this is related or not, but I wonder what would it would sound like if you changed the male generic voice on whelens to a female. I have never heard a female prerecorded voice on a siren before.

that dtmf decoder/encoder thing you were talking about earlier, Can anybody have those or are they restricted to emergency personel only?