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Was at a rest stop and heard talking coming from a box on a pole. It was reading out the weather in TTS voice, guessing it was the transmitter for one of these
by isiahl 2y ago
Was at a rest stop and heard talking coming from a box on a pole. It was reading out the weather in TTS voice, guessing it was the transmitter for one of these stations.
- LeoPanthera 2y agoIt was probably NOAA Weather Radio. https://www.weather.gov/nwr/ https://www.weather.gov/nwr/
- krupan 2y agoWhich is not AM
- vel0city 2y agoWhich is why I think this whole thing is really dumb. You know what would be actually useful for requiring in cars that wouldn't otherwise be included? A NOAA weather radio mode in the car, along with the option to have it automatically alert me when it detects an alert. In a disaster I'll be listening to that, not trying to hunt down an AM radio station I haven't willingly listened to in decades.
- grogenaut 2y agocool we should add that to the mandate and lets toss in some of the emergency bands while we're at it. chips are cheap these days.
- briandear 2y agoNOAA provides weather, but it isn’t going to tell you specific evacuation routes, or provide relevant news.
- tjohns 2y agoEmergency alerts are automatically broadcast over NOAA weather radio. You can get home receivers that monitor NOAA radio for emergency alerts tones and will automatically switch on in a disaster. It's a great feature, every home should have one.
- vel0city 2y agoI've definitely heard evacuation information broadcast over NOAA radio. Have you been in a mass evacuation before?