Funny you should mention NOAA weather radio. I actually just bought one
of these. I have this one:
https://midlandusa.com/collections/weather/products/er50-e-ready%C2%AE-emergency-weather-alert-crank-radio
I picked it up on a Clearance sale at a Walmart. It has a NOAA alert
function - and I can confirm it's loud. It also strobes the flashlight
- you definitely know when it goes off. I accidentally turned the alert
on - and it went off at dinnertime one day. The whole family freaked out.
Now - the bigger question - was the NOAA alert system activated in
Texas? NBC says it was:
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/questions-and-calls-for-accountability-grow-in-texas-after-deadly-floods-242815557904
According to this video - the National Weather System sent alerts to
cell phone and radios. Jump to about 1:30.
But - you have to set the radio into "alert mode" to get notified. It
doesn't automatically enter that mode.
Cheers,
Paul
On 7/8/25 12:52 PM, 'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List 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])
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