Well, the past two nights we've had Severe weather inmy area and several warnings and the app I originally had - Storm Alert, did not work at all.
I just purchased the Imap Weather Radio and hope it will work better than the one I mentioned above. We'll see this afternoon since they are expecting more T-Storms. SouthEast FL has quite a few warnings during the rainy season. On 4/29/11, Scott Howell <scottn3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes I did and still no joy. > On Apr 29, 2011, at 8:19 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > >> Hi: >> Did you read the FAQ about what to do if your app doesn't alert? Mine >> worked fine. >> On Apr 29, 2011, at 5:23 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> Geoff, >>> >>> After having a number of tornado and flash flood warnings yesterday and >>> not receiving any alert from Imap Weather Radio, I requested a refund >>> from the iTUnes store. Now I did feel a tad guilty because I did get a >>> note from someone named Matthew who was interested in how to make the app >>> even more accessible (not that it is much of an issue as is), but I had >>> shared some ideas. I suspect I won't hear back from him after sharing my >>> disappointment over the alerts. I thought this would be a really useful >>> app and I don't have a problem spending the money if it would meet my >>> needs. However, I had the radio sitting here and got all matter of alerts >>> via the tones that are generated when the emergency broadcast system is >>> issuing alerts, but no alert from the app and I had everything setup >>> properly. So, if this issue is addressed, I would reconsider, but I'd >>> rather spend the $30 for a stand-alone radio that does the job and get >>> the alert, then spend $10 and never hear the alert until the house is >>> caving in on me. :) >>> Overall the app is accessible and the quality of the recordings are very >>> good. I also will say the responsiveness of the customer service folks is >>> very good as well. >>> >>> On Apr 29, 2011, at 2:49 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote: >>> >>>> Greetings y'all, >>>> >>>> >>>> I was going to write Sarai off list to express appreciation for her >>>> excellent review and thanksgiving that she got through the recent >>>> turbulence that recently reigned supreme here in the SouthEastern United >>>> States. >>>> >>>> I started asking so many follow-up questions, however that I changed my >>>> mind and decided that others might be able to contribute to and benefit >>>> from the discussion, so here goes. >>>> >>>> If IMAP WeatherRadio indeed gives a loud and timely warning I believe >>>> it's worth the cost. So far either the conditions in my area lacked >>>> sufficient importance to trigger a major alarm, or the sound emitted >>>> would never awaken me from a deep sleep. Yesterday our region got >>>> several tornado watches which were extended several times. I saw an >>>> alert from ImapWeatherRadio, but if there was any sound at all it was >>>> the two tone beep that accompanies a push notification, tipicle of what >>>> my phone emits when the FoxNews app sends a "breaking news" alert, or >>>> when AtBat11 informs me that the Cubs lost again. I usually sleep right >>>> through those! I went into settings -> Notifications and confirmed that >>>> both sounds and alerts are enabled for WeatherRadio. Perhaps there >>>> needs to be an actual warning in order to receive a loud alert? I also >>>> observed that this app inserts an entry into settings, which is now >>>> empty, so perhaps they intend add the option of configuring different >>>> sounds in a future update. >>>> >>>> When this app was first discussed, it was stated that one could read >>>> text of the conditions and forecast without having to activate >>>> ImapWeatherRadio's audio. So far I have not determined how to >>>> accomplish this. The IMap dialog seemed to be the most applicable place >>>> to look, but none of the visible buttons (play, refreshmap, unlabeled, >>>> or Map's time stamp)) appear to cause the app to convey the text portion >>>> in a vo accessible manner. >>>> I also tried double tapping an area on the screen where I presume the >>>> map is displayed, but that only presented the "Map settings" dialog. >>>> This is hardly a deal breaker for me, but the earlier discussion has me >>>> thinking I must be missing something obvious. >>>> >>>> TIA and best regards. >>>> Geoff >>>> >>>> >>>> On Apr 28, 2011, at 7:48 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all: >>>>> I've received questions about the above application, so thought I'd >>>>> write a review of the application. Unfortunately, I had use of it >>>>> yesterday. I'm running an iPhone 4, iOS 4.3. >>>>> Imap Weather Radio is an accessible weather radio application, which >>>>> can be configured to alert you to any weather event of your choosing. >>>>> It wil use your GPS to send alerts where ever you are. You can also set >>>>> the app to alert for 5 locations based on zip, city, state, airport >>>>> code, etc. Unlike other radio apps which happen to have weather radio >>>>> stations, Imap wakes up your iOS device, sounds an alarm, and will send >>>>> audio, and text alerts. From experience, it works, and will send the >>>>> alerts at the same time as a Midland NOA Weather Radio. Fortunately, >>>>> there isn't a delay in notifications, wich was one of my concerns with >>>>> push notification. It was comforting to have this application when I >>>>> lost all power due to yesterday's storms. The app does activate >>>>> location tracking, and surprisingly, it doesn't cause to much of a >>>>> battery drain. Last night, I had Imap, as well as several other apps >>>>> pushing data pretty hard to my phone. At 5 P.M, I unplugged the phone >>>>> at 100% battery power. Around 10 P.M. I was down to 49%; that was with >>>>> a constant stream of data being pushed. Today, I started at 82% at 8 >>>>> A.M. and I was at 70 >>>>> % at 6 P.M. This was on a calm day with normal phone use. Not bad, IMO. >>>>> The app is definitely worth the $9.95. >>>>> I hope this review helps. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sarai Bucciarelli >>>>> Personal to win Amazon and other free gift cards, Come join me on >>>>> www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- Vince Mistretta My Tech / Programming mailbox -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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