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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That sound is not meant to get your attention. Those are called "rat f@rts" , and yes that's turned into its technical term in the "biz". It's actually known as BOM & EOM (Beginning and End of Message). That data contains the type of alert to display on a real weather radio as well as TV, Radio, cellular, etc. to decode and display on the TV screen or smartphone what the alert really is. The attention getter is meant to be the ~5sec tone following the data burst. iF everything works properly, this EAS message relays itself all over the area, BUT... stations have the option to NOT pass on the message as well and there is no set rule, even stations in the same market in the middle of Tornado Alley. That's why one needs a Wx radio to listen to the source.
