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[Sandy G]

Yeah, but, dammittall, it SHOULDN'T be like that, Jeff...We had a tornado hit here a year or 2 ago, & it SURE WOULDA BEEN NICE to know WTH was going on...

[Kingfisher]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Yeah, but, dammittall, it SHOULDN'T be like that, Jeff...We had a tornado hit here a year or 2 ago, & it SURE WOULDA BEEN NICE to know WTH was going on...

Don't you guys down there in Tenn. have sirens? There isn't any here where I live, but we're an exception. Virtually every county surrounding mine has a siren system in place. In Battle Creek, they even got HAM radio people watching them for malfunctions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W_w0...feature=relmfu

(check yer volume...rockin' and rollin' starts around 4:00)

[ctc17]

In most major natural disasters amateur radio is going to be the only real form of communication. The problem is there are so few hams operators these days, in fact people general preparedness is an fing joke.

During that major power outage in sandeigo last year most people were sitting outside in their cars listening to their car radios trying to get information.
All the local am/fm and tv stations tied to one feed, one of the local am stations talk show hosts. He did a great job of keeping people informed and the way the commercial stations all worked together was amazing. I can get some of those stations up here.

I just cant imagine not having a working battery operated radio in the house.

[Sandy G]

Originally Posted by Kingfisher

Don't you guys down there in Tenn. have sirens? There isn't any here where I live, but we're an exception. Virtually every county surrounding mine has a siren system in place. In Battle Creek, they even got HAM radio people watching them for malfunctions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W_w0...feature=relmfu

(check yer volume...rockin' and rollin' starts around 4:00)

Why, shit, no...We USED to have a Fire Siren, but, come to think of it, I haven't heard THAT in a long time...