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On a visit with my older son to Port Townsend, Wash., a few days ago, I spotted this odd tower: That’s my father and my older boy in the photo, looking at this stack of wireless gear at Fort Worden, a state park and former garrison of democracy. We spotted another one near the water in downtown PT, as the town is known to locals. Any ideas? Post in comments.
Update: Turns out it’s a tsunami warning siren with a dish that links it to an activation system. Although Port Townsend is far east of the Pacific Ocean, it’s part of a strait that, were a tsunami to hit the Pacific, would likely inundate parts of the town.
Posted by Glennf at June 1, 2008 1:33 PM
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I've seen similar type sirens in Montgomery and Chester Counties in Pennsylvania near the Limerick Nuclear Power Plant. Seems these are for any type of emergency, not just tsunamis.
Posted by: Scott at June 13, 2008 7:07 AM
Yes, we have lots of those type of tornado/storm warning towers in the Atlanta area.
On a different note, it's been a while since being in Port Townsend. Make sure you visit the vintage car shop 1 block west of main street.
Posted by: Chris C at June 4, 2008 10:04 AM
Tsunami warning sirens, I believe. The towers appeared about the time of the local news stories about the sirens being (1) too loud and (2) too faint. This is Port Townsend, after all--nothing is just right.
Tsunami warning is the current public safety fad in WA (and large grants are available for the sirens and escape route signage).
Posted by: John Baxter at June 3, 2008 8:43 AM
It's the siren portion of a tsunami warning system.
Posted by: Martin Vetere at June 2, 2008 12:44 PM
Looks like a tornado siren tower to me.
Posted by: Tim Connolly at June 2, 2008 6:11 AM
Looks like a storm siren pole. The dish is probably a point to multipoint connection for the storm siren that can be used to signal to the pole to turn on/off.
Just my guess.
Posted by: Bill Wong at June 2, 2008 4:05 AM
I don't think it's wireless gear, I think it's a siren or other Public Address type of device. Cherry Grove out on Fire Island has a similar looking contraption, but only 4 or 5 dishes. Very charmingly, it sounds bells for the noon whistle.
Posted by: Craig Plunkett at June 1, 2008 6:28 PM