Chad Cowan
EF5
Haha. I hope the NWR's they are distributing are battery powered. Not many cardboard boxes these days are equipped with outlets... or storm shelters for that matter.
Weather alarm radios
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Haha. I hope the NWR's they are distributing are battery powered. Not many cardboard boxes these days are equipped with outlets... or storm shelters for that matter.
Mike Smith
I was referring to the cost. More than $1,000 per radio! Those must be mighty special NWRs.
Have no problem with them being distributed to nursing homes, alf's and agencies serving the homeless (they give them a place to sleep, feed them, help them get retraining for jobs, etc.).
However, I do have a problem with the private schools part. I know how much they cost to go there, they can afford to buy one, or two, and even more.
(Just saw Mike's newest post) - Okay, that price, yes, I guess I do have a problem with that too!
It didn't click the first time I read it, so thanks for pointing it out.
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I use the: Midland All Hazards Radio with Weather Alert, Model: WR-100.
Have never had any problems with it, have one at home (actually 2) and have one in vehicle. Have used them for over 2 years with no problems.
At home, I have them set up for Tone (Alert tones will sound for five minutes, or until you press any button —except the “WEATHER/SNOOZE†button which toggles to voice weather broadcast.). Once I hit the weather/snooze button, it automatically goes to last alert sent out.
In the car - I have that one set up for Voice (The alert will sound for about 8 seconds,
then you will hear the voice of the weather broadcast for about 5 minutes. If you want to listen longer, press the “WEATHER/SNOOZE†button.).
What I like about this radio, besides the SAME function, is that if you press the UP arrow, you can review the last 10 alerts that are still in effect. ( Don't know if others do the same, but that is cool feature. )
Have never had any problems with it, have one at home (actually 2) and have one in vehicle. Have used them for over 2 years with no problems.
At home, I have them set up for Tone (Alert tones will sound for five minutes, or until you press any button —except the “WEATHER/SNOOZE†button which toggles to voice weather broadcast.). Once I hit the weather/snooze button, it automatically goes to last alert sent out.
In the car - I have that one set up for Voice (The alert will sound for about 8 seconds,
then you will hear the voice of the weather broadcast for about 5 minutes. If you want to listen longer, press the “WEATHER/SNOOZE†button.).
What I like about this radio, besides the SAME function, is that if you press the UP arrow, you can review the last 10 alerts that are still in effect. ( Don't know if others do the same, but that is cool feature. )
Chad Cowan
EF5
Yeah I noticed that too but figured they are 300 organizations, not just establishments or specific buildings. If that's not the case and they are handing out $1,000 NWR's I sure hope they come with a built in storm deflector.
Ed,
We've all repeated several times that you must have an old radio that either isn't properly triggering for the alerts or is not new enough to understand them. Your only solution is to purchase a modern radio that will do this. It is NOT within the control of the local WFO to fix your radio, it is up to you! I haven't purchased a weather radio in the last 10 years that wasn't able to do this...
Exclusive mode usually only goes with Warnings. This is why all modern radios have an LCD that tells you the alert and for how long in case you miss the message.
Again, this is all due to your HARDWARE, not what the NWS is doing.
And 15 minutes to go to the SPC home page? Maybe via 1200 baud modem or via morse code, but seriously... The information is easy to get. Your energy is better spent upgrading your internet or buying a modern radio then to keep posting about it.
My guess is that the rest of the money is earmarked for education or PSA's... That's usually the case with those kinds of grants.
Tim Newman
Off Main Topic but on the Sidebar
The MMRS Grants are going to private schools, etc because they wanted to be fair to all organizations. The reason for not including public schools in this grant is that public schools just got radios a couple of years ago in another grant. Yes, they can pay for them, but it is to insure they have one; not whether or not they can buy their own. I'd rather give a private school a $50 radio than take a chance they didn't see the need, then have to dig out dead kids later.
Also, at first glance the cost of the program might seem like each radio is costing $1000. But then you actually realize that these are going to organizations. That's not 300 radios. That could be thousands of radios. Take a school system. There could be three high schools, five middle schools and ten elementary schools. For each school, there could be two or more buildings, gymnasiums, lunch rooms, etc. How about a nursing home spread out over a city block, with six wings?
As far as the original poster, I have no advice that hasn't been given. I'm sorry to hijack the thread.
The MMRS Grants are going to private schools, etc because they wanted to be fair to all organizations. The reason for not including public schools in this grant is that public schools just got radios a couple of years ago in another grant. Yes, they can pay for them, but it is to insure they have one; not whether or not they can buy their own. I'd rather give a private school a $50 radio than take a chance they didn't see the need, then have to dig out dead kids later.
Also, at first glance the cost of the program might seem like each radio is costing $1000. But then you actually realize that these are going to organizations. That's not 300 radios. That could be thousands of radios. Take a school system. There could be three high schools, five middle schools and ten elementary schools. For each school, there could be two or more buildings, gymnasiums, lunch rooms, etc. How about a nursing home spread out over a city block, with six wings?
As far as the original poster, I have no advice that hasn't been given. I'm sorry to hijack the thread.
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