ACA Hurricane 130 Tornado Siren Test Milwaukee, WI 3/11/09
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- Here's the first of my two videos of the recently discovered ACA Hurricane 130 in Milwaukee, WI. These are rare sirens, which were never produced in high numbers, so finding an active one is really something special. Milwaukee County EM saw fit to activate both alert and attack modes for this test. This was Milwaukee's first test of 2009.
Special thanks to Archon2561 for finding this rare siren and allowing me to tag along and make my own recordings with him.
13 years later this siren is still standing and active, the blowers almost seized up though.
Actually (ramfett hurricane) actually passed away
The siren itself not the real ramfett
What????
Nevermind Milwaukee hurricane or dr.hurricane is alive from recent videos
I think you are getting confused with the Darien IL Hurricane. The Milwaukee Hurricane is alive and well. Just got a radio upgrade as well
Yeah, I was rather stunned at the size when I first saw this one. MUCH bigger head than a Thunderbolt.
How fast it winds up is amazing!
Healthy sounding siren
@@lisamcdonald1014 Well, not anymore.
this oddly comforts me..
Finally a perfect video quality of a ACA Hurricane. Excellent John!
This is great! Thanks so much for posting this. I've never gotten to see a Hurricane operate before because they are so rare. This is a treat!
Just as I thought rare
Best sounding siren ever!!!!!
And the slimmest
It sounds more like a trumpet
Yes it is!
@@MegaExCaliber It also looks like a Trumpet! XD
Sounds good now imagine back whenever it was made in 1970s
She’s the only one that still stands and works in the world, the others were replaced by the P-10.
This is ACA's best sounding siren
Which is very clear to see and hear from time to time
This is one of my favorite videos of yours. That Hurricane is so loud, it takes out the wind noise in the beginning of the video VERY easily.
From a video from 2009, the audio is awesome!!
Thanks. This was one of my favorites to record and hear in person. I only wish there were more of these beasts around.
Why does the ACA Hurricane Have a Fast Wind up? And Also why do the P-50 And the Cyclone sound the same??
@@LBR.2024 p50 and cyclone have 8/12 port ratios and the fast windup is due to yhe motor speed
@@LBR.2024 That’s because they technically are the same, except the P-50 is horizontal, I think.
@@wyattpaul2009 they are not the same in any way. hurricane has the port ratio of 8/10 whereas the p50 has 8/12. p50 is also not supercharged with a blower and both of the sirens are horizontal.
@@vantaaaxthey were talking about the cyclone and p50 not the hurricane and p50
just wanted to say i’ve been popping back in and watching this video since 2011, still one of my favorite sirens
this siren is the best one because of how it sounds it sounds so good
0:02 the first footage of this Tornado Siren
P-50's and Allertors, i'd have to say. They became my favorites hearing them growing up, but I like almost any dual tone siren, especially rotational ones.
oh, i just reserched online. this hurricane will only be replaced if it stops working
May be soon. The blower sounds horrible
Yeah it's still there, and still without a blower. Seems like it still runs because it has a newer radio on it and the horn is always pointed a different direction each time I go out there to visit relatives. It's over by the Chrysler dealership, near I-30.
that blower is very hot shot. sounds exactly like a 4/5 port thunderbolt with blower
Absolutely. I'm still somewhat in disbelief that this one was just a few miles from my house all along. I have no idea how Archon found it, but I'm glad he did.
0:10 *turns on leaf blower *
Whats even more special is this ones still around and is the only active Hurricane 130 around. There are some in Texas but disconnected.
This is the best Hurricane video I've ever seen. Great work!!!
If only they made more. I love these things, but I’ll proboly never see one
DANM THOSE ECHOS ARE INSANE!!!!
Am I the only one who is fascinated by sirens?
No way! There's a whole community of people who take interest in sirens. Welcome to the club!
Wow, I did not know that!
+Melissa Young I also love sirens check out my channel I have a few videos of em
Carsen Culpitt Thanks:)
Elizabeth_958 I'm interested in sirens
My favorite siren
That wind down sounds awesome.
i think blower is on yeah?
Why does all the sudden the sound from the siren silence on wind down?
@@2fr56 Aca hurricanes use a blower, which is used to amplify the chopper. When the blower is turned off during winding down, it stops supplying air to the chopper, which dampens the chopper.
There was also a hurricane in Glendale, WI, 1 in Greendale, WI and four in Kewaunee, WI. All have since been removed and/or replaced
The one in Greendale was taken out by a storm in 2000.
Legends say it still runs to this day
indeed
the blower wants to die tho
Oh back when the blower was running decently and didn’t sound like it was about to die.
2:05 siren shuts down
I would love to hear one of these sounding fire
Fire is attack
I can see this one doesn’t have a good rotator because it stops in a split second
Siren: *go off*
Asdf movie cop: Hey you got a license for that?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Seth !cGarey Siren: You’ll never take me alive!
*blasts into space*
Cop: whelp... Oof
It's always much better in stereo! =) Even more awesome video, great catch!
Yes, it does. I was surprised and very happy to hear the attack signal, which doesn't get tested much.
I wish they made this with solenoids. I'd LOVE to hear what one of these would sound like in hi-lo
There was actually such thing, but it was removed like the rest of them
Nigeria has/had some
Wow nice wind down for a hurricane.
This siren belongs in hurricane country because you know, it's called the Hurricane
Dear RamFett,
this is a nice capture of a beautiful siren! I had a theory however, and decided to test it, and I was right. Said theory was this:
When Martha (Martha Speaks) is asked by the vet to say "ahh" in the episode "Martha Sings", it occurred to me that her singing that one note and this capture of the ACA Hurricane 130 sound almost exactly the same! Once I tested my theory, I was right! I hope that this is entertaining to say the least, and I hope you make more awesome videos!
I don't know if it will go back up in Hamilton County, but it might go somewhere else. The latest I know about it is that its sitting in front of his shop. You can see it on Street View on Google Maps.
He's also an ASC dealer, and that's most likely why were getting more T-128s than 2001s right now.
It's even scarier because the quality is really different 14 years later no offense to the quality tho
this video is better than all the new ones because you can hear that the blower is healthy and not dying
This is the video the started my interest in sirens
LOVE IT. Great video Ram!
quick activation 0:11
ross nolan nah that’s at 1:34
@@connorw07extras40 um he is right
@@tacomarailmultimedia1486 well they're both right
Another video that fed my siren addiction back in 2009.
Thunderbolts are only popular because they look and sound so cool. They are, however, on the low end of reliability as far as warning sirens are concerned.
I’ve always thought these things have overpowered chopper motors, the windup is too quick
My brilliance astounds me
One of the most unusual sounding siren I have ever heard!
Gotta love the one and only 8/10 ports
Yes, that sound frightens me somehow, I was fascinated by these models of tornado sirens across the United States
this blower motor ACA Hurricane 130 Has Fixed and in 2017 The Blower Motor is Broken So That Blower Motor is Fixed now
One of the rarest sirens in the world.
no there's a way more rare siren called the alertronic 5000 is way more rare they don't even exist anymore
nah
We had one of these at the ward yard in Milwaukee at 84th and florist it's been gone for a number of years now sadly
No we didn't. An ASC T-128 is located at 84th & Florist, and it replaced an ACA Allertronic AL-8000 back in Summer 1993.
This was well before 1993. I grew up on 78th and Carmen and went to school at James Madison. It was identical to the one in the video. It was changed out after I graduated in 1992. Don’t know what’s there now.
The ASC T-128 looks like the one that replaced the Hurricane, I have never seen anything resembling an AL-8000 there at the ward yard (have not been in the area since 2016)
0:11 - 1:19 Alert
1:34 - 2:08 Attack
very rare siren! ;) strange soud !
Its low row of ports sounds like 60hz
@@ktg1012 it’s 8/10 port
True
Yep, supercharged by a roots blower. It has a rather unusual 8/10 port rotor confuguration which also gives it a unique sound.
This is the last siren standing rn dang...
Great recording! Notice how the tone lingers a little just before the horn stops rotating and the blower shuts off. Its nice to see new videos of the hurricane siren!
❤🎉❤😂😮😅😊
I've noticed that too. I wonder what makes it do that? If someone gets one with a fully functioning blower, they should run the chopper up to full speed and let the chopper wind down completly while the blower is running.
They do use the 9/12 port ratio a lot, but it sounds great. Other ones that don't sound like that are single tone Penetrators, P-50's, single tone screamers and single tone banshees,
I grew up with an SD-10 and a couple of 4/5-port Thunderbolts in audible range, so those are my favorites of all time--but god do I love the old ACA dual-tone choppers. They sound like... DOOM.
this was my first aca hurricane siren video that I watched:)
Do i know you
Oh look! It's the psycho b****! 🙄
Never mind! I saw the siren! It was so cool!
Trust me, this siren looks way bigger in person than it does on a video or picture
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@form109 Theres one still active in La Crecent MN! the other one is getting fixed, but there are 2 hurricanes in La Crecent.
@DJSLIMER1 Thanks to you for the kind words. Glad my video brought you some good memories.
Arhh I loved to listen to this 2 years ago :D Old memories :)
Equal to a Thunderbolt, but rotates the opposite way, even though its round.
It's a fact. Usually i'm the first one to try to like something different than everyone else, usually because said item is "overrated" or not worth the hype. Truth is, the thunderbolt(at least in my opinion) IS worth all the hype. It's got that ominous sound that everybody seems to love, which is obviously why they have such a cult following.
Thank you Justin.
When Archon and I were packing up and leaving, a fireman came out of the fire station that this is next to and asked us what were up to. We explained about the rarity of the siren and he replied "So it's a bit of history then, huh?"
I agree with you and hope the county knows what a spectacular siren system it has and hopefully preserves it to last. I don't know what ASC does with the sirens it replaces, but hopefully somebody there has the presence of mind to save a few of the rare ones.
@form109 There's one remaining Hurricane in Darien, IL, but no one has got a video of it. A video of the removed one still lingers on TH-cam. There's an inactive square-horned Hurricane in Centralia, IL. La Crescent, MN has two active Hurricanes, although the rotators have been welded in place for both of them.
Who here in 2021?
2022
@@lhennacis2051 This Comment Is A Year Ago Tho
no im in 852i
Nice video!! This is a MKll
Right. Thanks for the info, i did not know that.
That's terrifying
Me, too. It's one of the creepiest ones I've ever heard, let alone in person.
this is the type of siren we need in our town :)
yeah, but reliability issues are common.
does the Hurricane have a blower like in the Thunderbolt? Because its sounds like it has one. or is it just the dual tone. nice video.
Yep, there is in fact an ACA Hurricane MKII in La Crescent. It's in Kistler Park on the west side of town. I think it's at the end of 6th St, but I may be wrong.
It makes a larger sound than the thunderbolt. Maybe just because the head flairs out more than the thunderbolt. But in my opinion, the thunderbolt sounds a little more pointed then this. It also wines up quicker then the thunderbolt. But the thunderbolt and the aca hurricane do go well together
I had no clue that Milwaukee had a Hurricane. I thought the nearest one was in Darien, IL. But yeah nice video. It shows off the great dual tone quality
@SantaFebuff Thank you! More sirens to come this year.
[ CONTROL PANEL ]
CIVIL DEFENSE
ALERT ATTACK CANCEL
0:11 1:34 2:05
@lilaj34siren The thunderbolt's measured sound output is 125 db at 100 feet for the dual tone version. The dual tone Hurricane's measured sound output at 100 feet is 130 db. In case you are wondering, that is almost 4 times the sound pressure as the T-bolt, and that makes sense. This siren has a chopper with 2 intakes, one on each side, and a 30 hp blower VS the Thunderbolt's 1 intake and 7.5hp blower.
@form109 They did it to keep the sound from blasting into local neighborhoods. I understand that they want to keep people from losing their hearing, but the whole point of a siren is to produce a loud warning sound to notify residents to take cover.
Me ears when mosquitoes come near my ears.
The ACA Hurricane... the awesome love child of the Thunderbolt and the P50 😜
I've looked all over the place for sirens in Cedar Falls, but have only found an Allertor.
Thank you.
The square ones are more rectangular shaped then a perfect square shape like a T-bolt. The rectangular shaped Hurricanes are the MK1s.
Thunderbolts distant brother lol, Whelan can’t live up the The goodness of the ACA Screamers, Thunderbolts, and Thunderbeams.
supercharged 2T! :) nice vid!
this should be the sien for all hurricane sirens!
The siren is called a hurricane it's not a hurricane siren.
Stop other people call it hurricane or hurricane siren
hes gonna be replaced soon because the blower will be seized but when its gone r.i.p hurricane :(
I've heard rumors that when the blower dies, they'll be replacing it with a Thunderbolt blower
Daaamn that must be loud.
Well it is a 130 Decibel siren
in 100 feet so about 160 decibel at 1 metre
@@DavidKrautscheid it’s not 160dB
@@Mrbushbtalls837 130 db at 30 metres equals 160 db at 1 metre cause there is a sound decrease about 30 db happening at 30 metres
These things are actually 3 times louder than a thunderbolt I think.
There's evidence to the contrary regarding ACA ripping off the thunderbolt. They saw the shortfalls of such a complicated design, hence the low production and rarity of the Hurricane.
I wish these sirens were produced again
Anthony Colombo they may be. there one in asc HQ right near this.
@TitanLover8011 Just the name ACA gave this particular model. It's used for tornadoes.
This is the first time I have ever seen a Hurricane whose rotator worked... kind of cool to see it rotating for once. The fast wind up is painful though, very painful!