Weather Alert Devices

Lily7

Lily7

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I have been looking around for a deaf-friendly weather radio type thing. I live in tornado alley and would like some way of knowing what is going on with my county without having to rely on TV broadcast captioning or internet.

I found some useful information on the National Weather Service's webpage: NOAA Weather Radio

From what I can tell, if I get a weather radio with SAME and capabilities for text readout, it will serve my purpose. The one I am considering is this: Midland HH54VP2 Portable Weather Radio

Does anyone know anything about these types of devices? Can anyone give me advice as to whether or not a device like this with SAME and text display would be useful to me even though I am deaf?

Thanks. :)
 
Hello Lily,

I have a Weather Alarm System include strobe light with bed vibrator. I bought at Harris Communications, it's great for alerting dwellers..
 
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Also see if your area has weather-alert texting services. Many areas allow people to register to receive textbased weather updates for severe weather etc - sent to their mobile (also emailed if requested).

This service is free.
 
Anij said:
Wirelessly posted (Blackberry Bold )

Also see if your area has weather-alert texting services. Many areas allow people to register to receive textbased weather updates for severe weather etc - sent to their mobile (also emailed if requested).

This service is free.
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My area does have this service, but it is useless since the mobile networks pretty much get bogged down and come to a stop when something happens weather-wise. It is impossible to make a phone call if you don't have a landline, and texts take hours to go through. The last time we had a tornado warning I didn't get the text until 3 hours after the fact.
 
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