Weather Radio

I have a old Realistic Crystal controlled desktop that has a extendable antenna and folds up to shirt pocket size. Press the button and it throws you the NOAA broadcast for that area.

Looks for something similar and I don't see anything at radio shack (where I bought mine). Works wonderfully everywhere I have ever taken it. Battery lasts forever.

Make sure whatever you get, it has an extendable antenna. A couple of friends have one with "built in" antenna's and they are hit or miss on getting anything when the weather gets bad and they need to know.

Here's the one we got for the camper: http://oregonscientificstore.com/Oregon-Scientific-WR601N-Emergency-Portable-Weather-Radio-with-SAME-Yellow-Latest-Model.data

And here's a link to S.A.M.E. weather info for programming:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/indexnw.htm

They will work fine if they pick up one of the weather channels.
Provided it is turned on. At home I use the plug in Midland weather
alert radio. It is always turned on in standby and works great.
Brian

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Midland-WR120B-Weather-Alert-Radio/16451519

We bought ours at Walmart. You can either program the exact county where you are, or leave it on "all" counties which we do. That way we get alerts earlier and can tell which way the storm is coming and how fast. We've used it all over the US. Only $38. We leave it plugged in all the time. It has battery backup. I think 2 would be safer. We have ours in the bedroom so it will awaken us.