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CBGLuthier

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2. There is the NOAA Weather Radio

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2013, 08:05 AM

May 2013

Most folks will not have them in their cars of course. We know to tune into the local stations. Most of them have deals with the tv stations when it gets bad to simulcast the warnings and inform people. At least they used to, I have not listened to much radio in the past decade.

Locals know what kind of weather and what kind of clouds generate tornadoes so we know when we should be tuning into our local broadcasts.

Also, just for the curious, the cable systems here will break into any channel telling people to tune to the local channels.

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About tornados--if you're in a city, you have sirens to warn you. What if you're driving in the [View all] raccoon May 2013 OP

If you're close enough to a town to get a signal, you'll hear the Emergency Broadcast signal, winter is coming May 2013 #1

There is the NOAA Weather Radio CBGLuthier May 2013 #2

If it's daylight, you can see it. At night ... Buzz Clik May 2013 #3

"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" panader0 May 2013 #4

They have sirens in the schools here HockeyMom May 2013 #5

When I see weather like that ahead, I get off the road. hobbit709 May 2013 #6

We have sirens out of town here, but not way out. Greybnk48 May 2013 #7

Tune your car radio to the news station closest to MineralMan May 2013 #8

if you're in the country, you don't hear the sirens magical thyme May 2013 #9

there is an app for NOAA weather alerts Gman May 2013 #10

Yep pipi_k May 2013 #17

You can buy inexpensive portable radios with the NOAA weather stations - battery powered. byeya May 2013 #11

It happened to us once Glitterati May 2013 #12

You see a big twister find a ditch or a hole or culvert to crawl into snooper2 May 2013 #13

My mom and I did this one time when we saw a tornado. n/t cynatnite May 2013 #15

why do you say that? Someone else posted here once not to do that. nt raccoon May 2013 #18

you ever see your vacuum pull dirt up from under a couch snooper2 May 2013 #19

Highway Advisory Radio is usually on the far ends of the AM dial (530/1610) fishwax May 2013 #14

Yeah, listen to the radio, and look around at the sky. cbdo2007 May 2013 #16

it'll cut into radio broadcast. xmas74 May 2013 #20