Emergency Severe Weather Notifications
Spent six hours plus last night in Severe Thunderstorms and Tornado Watches and Warnings. The thing that troubles me the most is - the LACK of notification. We did get notified by one of the Campgr...
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I'm really not sure where the issue is here? You have listed all the things you have and how prepaired you are, and that's obviously a good thing. But then you complain you were not notified.... by who... NWS? Why is it with all your prep gear you do not have a $30 weather radio? If you want notification directly from the source, buy a weather radio... period.
I was on an advisory council to the FCC for several years helping develop rules, regs, and future technologies for public EAS alerts, and I can tell for for a fact that as hard as we all try, that budgets, staffing and technology all play a part in the EAS hierarchy breaking down at some point, and more often than one might think nationwide. Maybe one day the entire distribution will be 100% reliable, but it's not, as hard as some of us try. So again, who do you expect to be notified by without the proper first line alerting equipment is beyond me. Is NWS VHF continuous coverage across the US? no, but it's pretty darn good. Spend the $30 and buy a Wx Rx
I was on an advisory council to the FCC for several years helping develop rules, regs, and future technologies for public EAS alerts, and I can tell for for a fact that as hard as we all try, that budgets, staffing and technology all play a part in the EAS hierarchy breaking down at some point, and more often than one might think nationwide. Maybe one day the entire distribution will be 100% reliable, but it's not, as hard as some of us try. So again, who do you expect to be notified by without the proper first line alerting equipment is beyond me. Is NWS VHF continuous coverage across the US? no, but it's pretty darn good. Spend the $30 and buy a Wx Rx
