Thanks. Battery backup for the customization is another good point
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/2/2010 2:29 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
> 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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