Re: [OSM-talk] Tsunami warning siren?

2010-06-27 Thread John Smith
On 28 June 2010 14:32, Toby Murray wrote: > There was some discussion about them on the talk-us mailing list back in May: > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2010-May/003230.html I noticed during that discussion there was talk about homeland security and some FUD about people colle

Re: [OSM-talk] Tsunami warning siren?

2010-06-27 Thread Toby Murray
Here in the US they are called "civil defense sirens" and depending on the area and the tones that they emit they can indicate any number of threats to the public. Of course their first use was during WWII to warn of air raids and then nuclear attack during the cold war. Now they are probably best

Re: [OSM-talk] Tsunami warning siren?

2010-06-27 Thread John Smith
I just found a site that lists the location of their tornado warning sirens... http://www.springfield.il.us/Safety/Fire_Dept/Sirens.htm Their larger map doesn't look very nice, maybe someone could do up a better OSM based image to offer to them :) ___

Re: [OSM-talk] Tsunami warning siren?

2010-06-27 Thread John Smith
On 28 June 2010 01:38, Johnny Rose Carlsen wrote: > Hi Alan, > > It's a siren, they are pretty common in Denmark. > > In Denmark they are used as part of a general warning system, I don't > know the use of the sirens in your area. Similar things exist in various places for tornado warnings in the

Re: [OSM-talk] Tsunami warning siren?

2010-06-27 Thread Johnny Rose Carlsen
Hi Alan, It's a siren, they are pretty common in Denmark. In Denmark they are used as part of a general warning system, I don't know the use of the sirens in your area. Best regards, - Johnny Carlsen Alan Mintz wrote: > Is the device near the upper right of this pic: > http://sites.google

Re: [OSM-talk] Tsunami warning siren?

2010-06-27 Thread John F. Eldredge
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Re: [OSM-talk] Tsunami warning siren?

2010-06-27 Thread Milo van der Linden
No, it is a tree.. and if you mean a little more down, it is a bell... but hey, what is this strange object on the pole that is dominating the view?! Just kidding, must be sunday. I must say I never saw such a device before ;-) but since you haven't recieved any real responses I just wanted to say

[OSM-talk] Tsunami warning siren?

2010-06-27 Thread Alan Mintz
Is the device near the upper right of this pic: http://sites.google.com/site/am909geo/osm-1/TsunamiAlert.jpg a tsunami warning siren? I've seen a number of similar devices in coastal areas. This particular one is at 33.4993, -117.67656. -- Alan Mintz