Remember the Civil Defense?

[JazzDad]

I was walking in a neighborhood yesterday. What is on that roof, I asks meself, as I approach the house.


Cool!


Close up on the label.


There is stuff on the garage, too.

 

[Wolfie]

Homemade security system? XD

 

[lenny77]

Wish I could of seen the neighbors face as this was getting installed... must have been pricless..

 

[WhelenNDealin]

Ah, the Fed Sig 2T22 and Thunderbolt 1000T; two of the finest-sounding civil defense sirens ever produced! If that Thunderbolt is functional, that guy's neighbors must hate him. All he needs is one of the old Chrysler air-raid sirens and he's set to get run off the block....and out of the town, for that matter.

I'd have loved to have seen the look on the neighbors' faces after he first fired up that Thunderbolt.

Now, in the unlikely event that the 2T22 is functional, it'd be a great way to keep people off of his lawn and keep solicitors away. Pesky kids on the lawn? Just fire it up in Attack Mode and no more kids on the lawn....ever. It might also be the only thing that I can immediately think of that'd keep Jehovah's Witnesses away.

If only that guy had put the same amount of care into installing that window AC unit...

 

[kitn1mcc]

Wonder if thats Jeb house

 

[JazzDad]

Re: "If only that guy had put the same amount of care into installing that window AC unit..."

Rent house? Uh, on second thought...

 

[jph2]

Re: "If only that guy had put the same amount of care into installing that window AC unit..."

Rent house? Uh, on second thought...

Don't need a filter for the ac when you leave the screen hanging over it...

 

[WhelenNDealin]

Re: "If only that guy had put the same amount of care into installing that window AC unit..."

Rent house? Uh, on second thought...

In my university days, I've seen some rental houses with some pretty bizarre stuff on them. I don't know if stolen whisky barrels on the lawn and shopping carts and a plastic Ronald McDonald statue (?) on the roof can quite compare with this. Kinda close, though.

 

[WhelenNDealin]

I've figured out! Based on the pentagram over the garage, this house is the hideout for a cult that's planning on using the civil defense sirens to summon the apocalypse or some other weird occult stuff. If that's the case, then the irony isn't lost on me. These are doomsday whistles in every sense.

They likely make sacrifices to the Thunderbolt and 2T22 to appease some entity. My guess is that they've sacrificed many an ACA Allertor and more than a few Sentry 16V1T-Bs, 20V2Ts and 40V2Ts. The latter is because they've displeased the 2T22 by looking a bit like it, but having a really buzzy sound.

I found a clip from this guy's neighbourhood after he fired up the Fed Sig Model 2 that he used to have. The Thunderbolt's a lot fiercer so, I'd imagine that the neighbours' reaction was either greater panic or going over to his house with torches and pitchforks.

This guy is also likely buddies with whoever owns that house:

It looks like a new species of whacker has been discovered!! Jarred J must be informed ASAP!

 

[JazzDad]

Ah, yes; the irony.

 

[WhelenNDealin]

Ah, yes; the irony.

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Irony Meters: essential to any Hipster Toolkit.

 

[jph2]

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And all this time, I just thought this was the garage equivalent of a whackermobile.

 

[Jarred J.]

ive known of horn whackers too...

 

[WhelenNDealin]

ive known of horn whackers too...

Are there any sub-species of whackers that you haven't discovered yet ? Keep finding and documenting this very strange, but very entertaining species known as whackerus dorkus.

 

[jmamrak]

No one else pointed this out. At the beginning of the video the “wacker” says that he has been busy “CALL CHASING”?!?! Like someone who shows up at scene who is not a public safety official. Self dispatch much?

 

[WhelenNDealin]

No one else pointed this out. At the beginning of the video the “wacker” says that he has been busy “CALL CHASING”?!?! Like someone who shows up at scene who is not a public safety official. Self dispatch much?

Just listen to the guy. His issues go far beyond just self-dispatching. I feel sorry for the emergency services personnel on the scenes that this guy shows up to. You just know that he's the type that's obnoxious as hell. Gets in the way, tries to get involved, asks the first responders questions as they're working, etc. I'm not even in public safety and I get that impression. Oh and his voice. What is it with these guys and having nasally, nails-on-a-chalkboard voices?

 

[badge22]

Lol, I wonder if he's a member here.....hmmmmm....