I'm sorry, neighbors. #chrisboden #comedy #engineering #ows #banshee #siren #tornado #alert #loud

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]Want to see something cool? So, the lads from Carolina came around the other day on their way to kick off the summer at Siren Con. We had all manner of mischief and gallivanting shenanigans, tinkering with things that rattle your brain, and everyone had a GOOD TIME. BUT IT AIN'T A PARTY TILL something gets broke. Around about 10 p.m., after hours of futing and fussing with this [ __ ] thing, the banshee in my garage lift up to her name. The serene quiet of a blissful suburban street shattered when the siren screamed up to speed and 120 dB of rage turned on every porch light as far as the eye could see. I [ __ ] >> to all my neighbors. That sound on Memorial Day an hour after dark. Yeah, sorry about that. And now 50 of you just realized I live in your neighborhood.

[00:00:43]The problem was inertia. My buddy Izzy figured out that an object in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. The rotor in the siren is a big ass chunk of cast aluminum and the 15 horses in a motor shed a whole stable of footbs to spin that thing up to mock Jesus. in less than a second. And those bearings are good.

[00:01:11]Empirical evidence from peer-reviewed experiments concluded that enthusiastic profanity both at the machine, the operator, and the almighty sense of humor, demonstrated negligible efficacy.

[00:01:20]So with complete disregard for personal safety or the integrity of the device, I went from captain to caveman and jammed a damn broom handle through the steel protective mesh of the intake. This rage quit the interference fit of the motor housing and cellulose matrix and initiated a rapid deceleration event in the siren. I killed it with a stick and then we stopped for the night. But hey, the cops never showed up, so that's pretty cool. Hey, LIKE THE SHIRT? GET THE SHIRT. You can find it in my merch store at bigbeaverenergy.com and help us work our way to building a real workshop.