Richard wrote:

On 3/8/2013 7:01 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Richard wrote:

On 3/8/2013 5:57 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

wrote:

There are millions of people who live in the Tornado belt. I want to
buy a Tornado warning device for my home. The National Weather service
delights in waking me up in the middle of the night if Tornado
conditions occur in the neighboring State.


Buy a better radio that only alerts for your area. Mine is a Midland
model.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/nwrsame.htm

In the "old days" one could mistune a TV set and detect tornadoes.


Sometimes. You still didn't know the intensity, or headings though.


That didn't matter. If channel 2 went all streaky it was time to get
below ground!


The backgound noise was so high in some areas that it didn't give
enough warning. Not everyone had a place to hide.