If anyone is still interested, find out what agency is responsible for abandoned city property and talk to them. Point out there's no more Civil Defense and that the EMA successor agency had no way to know about this abandoned property, which they never operated (if all that is true). Point out the ...

EWS Rules wrote:So that odd, I was told it was one 400 amp driver, but I see here, it (4) 100 amps...

It could have been a change, or any of a lot of explanations.

Are Hormann's speakers made in Taiwan? This picture is from Hormann's website:



I feel sure I'd read that ATI's speakers came from Hormann, but of course I don't know where Hormann's came from.

During the Cold War the Washington DC sirens system went off accidentally several times, once in the middle of the night. I've thought before now some of them might have been accidentally on purpose to see what people would do and keep up the proper Cold War tension.

Doctorvee said, "IIRC the [60 Minutes] report stated that operators attempted to test the system one day, and nothing happened. No one had a clear answer as to what failed, but the report noted that the existing system would have to be scrapped. The sirens started disappearing in the early '90s...

Doctorvee, Everything you said is consistent with what I know. I'm pretty sure there were at least some Allertors in DC proper because I heard one, though I never saw it. There was an attempt to expand rhe system in the late '80s. Some of the Allertors I saw were in locations that had never had a si...

Who might own the siren? The city, although they don't realize it The county The state Some semi-independent agency jointly controlled by some of the bodies named above So you have to have permission from the owner to take it. It's next to a school, so you'll have to have their permission and provid...

Wait a minute, that's not Blake Woods! It's WoodsBlake! (Reminds me of a TOS Star Trek episode where all the main characters were evil mirror images of themselves. Was that one "Turnabout Intruder?"

Not Welcome, Blake Woods, but welcome back, Blake! Awesome!

It looks very good considering its age.