For several summers in a row four decades ago, I went to a summer sleepaway camp in the mountains of North Carolina that banned electronics (of course, back then it was boom boxes or the Sony Walkman that they were preventing campers from using).
> On Jul 8, 2025, at 12:52 PM, 'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I appreciated CNN's digging to get the prohibition against cellphones and > other > electronics for Camp Mystic (given the way they've become attention-sinks, > this is understandable). > And apparently cell phone coverage was spotty in the area, in any case. > > But I haven't seen anyone mentioning NOAA Weather Radio yet. Is it still > around? > Last time I looked into it, they had ways to configure them to alert you to > pretty > sophisticated conditions (location, threat level, etc.) > > -Doug Elrod ([email protected]) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "World News Now Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wnndl/237155775.803090.1752004364685%40mail.yahoo.com. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wnndl/65DB538E-5272-4AB4-AE23-5FE6DA5F4D34%40ellwanger.tv.
