NOAA WEATHER RADIO: ESSENTIAL ITEM ON EVERY HOLIDAY WISH LIS
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2541.htm
Mike
Make sure they know how to set it up too! The newer models have many settings and you don't want them waking up in the middle of the night for a flash flood when they don't live near a river. It can lead to frustration, and turning the radio off completely.
Sounds exactly like what my parents did when I bought them an all hazards radio a couple christmases ago. I had the thing set up with the right SAME code and everything, but I guess they got irritated that it went off in the middle of the night for a LEGITIMATE alert. When I tried explaining to them that it was supposed to go off anytime there was an emergency (including the middle of the night) , it was like talking to a brick wall. My parents are the type that still assume the tornado sirens will wake them up, so they think the radio is useless. :?
Make sure they know how to set it up too! The newer models have many settings and you don't want them waking up in the middle of the night for a flash flood when they don't live near a river. It can lead to frustration, and turning the radio off completely.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2541.htm
Mike
Great gift idea, Mike!
Pat
On November 27 I called my mom in the afternoon and warned her that severe weather would be moving into our area (STL) that night. I told her I would call her if there were any tornado warnings for her area, to which she replied "don't call if it's in the middle of the night". Huh? :shock: I said "I will too call if you have a tornado warning". She replied "no, I'll hear the sirens and wake up". Well, there was a tornado touchdown in STL that night and sirens in several communities malfunctioned. I'm planning on getting her a wx radio for her Christmas present this year but she won't like that waking her up in the middle of the night either!
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