Southlake Texas Tornado Siren Test

Yesterday I mentioned the unsettling experience I had yesterday up in Southlake regarding an extremely loud siren and the equally loud voice that spoke after the siren finally shut up.

Well. Someone calling himself Big Ed in Texas directed me to a YouTube video of the Southlake siren.

Apparently I am not the first person startled by it. Now that I now what makes the noise, that being the thing in the picture, I know where I've seen one before. I was up at Bob Jones Park, also in Southlake and wondered what the big cylinder on a stick was.

I remember it was speculated at the time that it might be a tornado siren. I guess it's a good thing having such a powerful and loud warning system covering such a large area. As in in Southlake you don't have to rely on Pete Delkus interrupting your TV viewing to tell you you are in danger, you've got a much better system. Unfortunately, even though Southlake does have this ultra-sophisticated system, Southlake likely still gets the annoying TV bad weather interruptions.

You can vicariously go to Southlake, Texas and experience the Big Brother Siren and Voice by watching the YouTube video below. You'll have to suffer all the way through the siren, to hear the voice, just like I did yesterday....