Inclement Weather -- Staying On Top of News

If you have a weather radio already with SAME technology, you are on the right track...meaning you have a weather radio that will alert you when NOAA sends a warning. You do NOT, however, need to program it constantly when travelling. Just set it to open for ANY tone, not just SAME, which is county-specific. We keep one on our dash, and if bad weather threatens (watch the sky...), just choose which of the 8 pre-set frequencies (channels) comes in clearest. When we get to camp in the evening, I do the same thing - choose the best channel and it will alert to awaken us if an activation is sent - again, NOT a SAME (Specific Area Messaging...), just any alert it "hears" will turn it on. If I am truly concerned about the weather overnight, I check a paper map (yep, they still print em and I still use em!) to see what COUNTY I am in, and what the surrounding counties, usually to the south and west, where bad weather tends to move in from, are, so when the radio alerts and gives counties under watch or warning I know if I need to beat feet or hunker down. A bit of effort for piece of mind. If you have a smartphone, one of the very few apps I bought is called OnGuard (think it was $1) - it tracks your location based on the phone GPS and alerts for watches/warnings for the county you are in. Can vouch it works well - have used it travelling cross-country in the spring thru tornado alley - more piece of mind! The limitation of OnGuard is it will only notify you for the county you are in, not adjacent counties, so you don't get as much lead time. Hope this helps! ST