Well, where I live used to be smack in the middle of tornado alley, although
that's changed lately. we here would recommed living in a part of town far
from trailer parks.
I have had several weather radios over the years, an all are made in china
and sold with unfamiliar brand names. MOst fail within one season at best.
What you want is one that allows you to set it to go off in only a small
area. Most take the general signal from the WB which usually covers a large
area of several counties, and the result is many alarms in the night that
bear no relevance to your location. There are now radios that allow you to
program in a special number that you get from the WB website that will just
give relevant alarms. That's what you want.
In my experience, the WB is generally the molst reliable source of
forecasts, but in our case, local TV is the best source of tornado warnings
(fat lot of good that does at 3am). We attract generally good meterologists
as the weather is so "interesting" here, so ymmv as they say. I wish oyu
luck, and if you find a good reliable one, let me know.
Whatever you need one with a battery backup so the special code is retained.
Bill Pearce
From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 1:09 PM
To: Olympus mail list
Subject: [OM] [OT] US weather radio advice needed
After two close calls with tornadoes very near (1/2 mile) my daughter's
house in High Point, North Carolina we have decided a weather radio
would make a fine Christmas gift. During one of the alerts her husband
was out of town and she was afraid to go to sleep so something with a
loud alarm is in order. North Carolina tornadoes aren't generally as
violent or large as the mid-west kind but still enough to destroy lots
of houses and pull your trees out by the roots.
I know I could probably just go get something from Radio Shack but I'd
very much like to hear from those of you who live in "tornado alley" on
what's considered good, reliable and loud. :-)
Thanks,
Chuck Norcutt
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