Maricopa County, Arizona Sirens

[holler]

That thing is so low you could take it down with a backhoe.

[azman798]

SICK BRO!

I may try to drive by there sometime soon to see it before you take it down. Considering I have never seen a Thunderbolt in person before.

[MysteryMachine]

That's awesome that you are getting it. I can't get over how low that thing is. Your pics are good. They say when the sun is going down is the best time to take pics so you had good timing.

[tachi88]

Congrats on the T-bolt!

Perhaps some day you could come to Tucson and help me hunt down the rest of our CD system.

[Westgate Thunderbolt]

That thing is so low you could take it down with a backhoe.

It isn't quite that low, but I am guessing it is no more than 20 feet up. The only thing holding it up there is one U-bolt going around the stand pipe into the roof eave. I could almost just swivel it down at the blower elbow and onto the ground, but unfortunately there are shrubs and a fence just close enough to interfere with that plan.

Justin

[tachi88]

Does Phoenix have SD-10's as well?

[Westgate Thunderbolt]

I had been getting conflicting reports on the status of the remaining known HOR Super Sirex sirens in Scottsdale, Arizona, so I went to see for myself this last Saturday.

I first went to the Tonalea Elementary School location. This one has positively been removed. I then went to the Navajo Elementary School location. This one has met the same fate as the one at Tonalea. I then went to the third known location at the General Dynamics plant. This is a rather large complex, and I was not quite sure where it was located. There is a sort of high tower part of the front of one of the buildings that seemed to be an ideal location. There were all sort of communication antennas on top of the roof, but no siren. I drove around the complex and could not find it anywhere.

After that large disappointment, I thought for sure I could take a trip to the Tempe, Arizona Historical Museum and see the one that was supposed to be on display there. It was nowhere to be found. As I was leaving I asked the lady at the front desk about it. She knew nothing about it. She said that they recently had finished a renovation of the museum, and that it may have been removed from display. She did give me the contact information for the museum curator. She said that they are very open to public inquiries and would probably let me see it in storage if it is still in there possession.

It was not a very good day for siren hunting.

[Siren_Dude]

Is there anyway to call the city or school system to see what happend to them?

[sirenita]

I wish I'd known about sirens back when I lived there!