Chad Cowan
EF5
Hi all- I would like to open a discussion about the public's use of NOAA weather radios and hopefully get some information about; a) what percentage of households use them, b) what percentage of households are not within earshot of an EAS siren and possibly, c) tornado fatality numbers correlating to these percentages.
I'll be the first to admit that I left my weather radio off for a few years due to the alert going off for things that didn't concern me (ie flood warning, weekly test). I've heard that there are newer radio models that can be programed to only go off for certain hazards. Does anyone have one of these? Can they be programmed to only trigger the alert when there is a Tornado Warning?
Any links to published papers or other reference materials and statistics would be appreciated.
Chad
I'll be the first to admit that I left my weather radio off for a few years due to the alert going off for things that didn't concern me (ie flood warning, weekly test). I've heard that there are newer radio models that can be programed to only go off for certain hazards. Does anyone have one of these? Can they be programmed to only trigger the alert when there is a Tornado Warning?
Any links to published papers or other reference materials and statistics would be appreciated.
Chad