J-Rooster wrote:Amber Alerts on cellphones these days are incorporated into the chipset and have nothing to do with any of the weather apps. The stock Apple Wx app is just OK. There are MANY out there way better and will tell you of thunderstorms, tornadoes, floods, and a pile of other things either in the area or heading your way.2oldman wrote:X-2, on the smart phone, I just bought a Apple OS-6 I-Phone last month and enjoy the weather alert on it. The phone also let me know of a Amber Alert in my area recently and I never downloaded a application for that.
Get a smartphone with a weather alert app. Unfortunately, high winds are not always easy to predict.. like tornados.
On my trip to the midwest last fall, I would check every morning, and if things looked, ok, I proceeded. The phone is for that unexpected stuff.
Ivylog wrote:
First relax, a loaded 45'DP is not going to turn over in a 50 mph cross wind... it weighs too much. The trucks you see on their sides are empty and a FW camper is much lighter than a DP but it has much the same sail area and a higher center of gravity. When you have more than 45 degrees of steering input to keep it going straight, it's time to find a parking place. Yes, I've traveled with that much steering input from straight but I did not pull over. In another 10 miles it was going to be a tail wind.
My CB has weather channels on it so I can listen to local forecasts and advisories for the area I'm in. Last summer I was able to shoot the smal gap between two hot, black thunder storms areas on either side of I-80 using this phone app instead of pulling over early and hunkering down to let the storms pass over me. I also use it as a navigation help as the sat base map is that good and it shows my movement. Worth the small onetime cost to purchase.
I use this NOAA site for weather info reported from airports. I also use it to find small airports where I'll "tie down" instead of using a WalMart. Usually gets a laugh when I ask "how much to tie down" followed by "I did not hear you land" and I've never been charged. Should have taken a video of the DHL employees catching most of the packages thrown from the airplane.
