I have been out of commission for the past few years do to having a very crappy car. Now I have a much more reliable car, I am once again able to go visit some "friends" I haven't been able to in the Middletown CT area. So today I drove through Middlefield mainly for grins, and got a bit of a shock.
Normally when I get up to the intersection of Main St and Cherry Hill Rd I'm greeted by this:
to my surprise I was greeted by this:
Very surprised knowing how money tight most towns up here are I did some digging when I got home and found this article:
http://durham.patch.com/articles/middle ... ncy-sirens
and this showing locations except for the 2008 and a 2016 further down on Cherry Hill Rd:
http://durham.patch.com/articles/town-t ... lar-sirens
Seems like much to my surprise, the 2 WS 2016s, the 2012 on top of the old Lyman gunsight factory, and the 2008 were out of service for a few years. I know the 2008 and the 2016 at the firehouse had issues. There's another 2903 at the firehouse, and at least one of the 2016s is still up but most likely not active.
I'l take another road trip with a better camera and see what's still up, and if anymore 2903s are installed. These sirens are primarily fire sirens, so the solar upgrade is a bit of a shock, and also seems like they've been up sense 2011. As for the 2008 and the firehouse 2016, my guess they were junked. Once it gets warmer I'll get a video of a test, if they still do a daily 6pm blast (I'll ask my family in town).
Now if only Vernon would follow suit.