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Post by cajunlady87 on Nov 8, 2012 17:16:56 GMT -7
Just something I was thinking about. Does anyone keep a radio/t.v. on for 24/7 should the Emergency Broadcast System send out an emergency alert. An example would be possible nuke attack or would there even be time to warn anyone. As for as I know, Hiroshima residents had no warning, of course that was the plan. Just maybe you have other high-tech equipment for this purpose. An even better advantage would be having a relative or friend working in the right department to give you a heads-up to batten down the hatches.
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Post by Lawdog2705 on Nov 8, 2012 17:34:04 GMT -7
I actually thought about that many times. I still don't have any warning system running 24/7 though!
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Post by thywar on Nov 8, 2012 18:29:39 GMT -7
I think if you have a weather radio that comes on to announce bad weather I'm sure they would use that as an emergency broadcast system too
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Post by olebama on Nov 8, 2012 18:38:31 GMT -7
I have a weather radio on at work (downtown). We also have the city siren system. However, I do NOT have anything on at home (usually).
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Post by Cwi555 on Nov 8, 2012 18:39:40 GMT -7
Out of our group, at least six of us are awake at any given time of the day. Two of those six are dedicated to scanning shortwave through high bands, news channels, and the internet. We all take turns at this. If there is a real potential threat, we up that to six people scanning and broaden the search. There are other things we are wired to watch for as well, but some things are better left unsaid.
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Post by Redneckidokie on Nov 9, 2012 3:19:50 GMT -7
If it's a nuke attack, I'd much rather sleep through it.
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Post by cowgirlup on Nov 9, 2012 5:40:54 GMT -7
I know you can sign up to get weather alerts sent to your phone. I suppose if you live in a city that has tornado alert sirens they might use that to let people know something is wrong.
I guess if something happens between 9/10pm to 6/7am EST I'll find out about it if and when I wake up.
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Post by missasip on Nov 9, 2012 7:11:51 GMT -7
I know you can sign up to get weather alerts sent to your phone. I suppose if you live in a city that has tornado alert sirens they might use that to let people know something is wrong. I guess if something happens between 9/10pm to 6/7am EST I'll find out about it if and when I wake up. I have news alerts come to my phone. It's free. At least as early as the news agency lets it loose... Jimmy
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Post by solargeek1 on Nov 9, 2012 10:27:59 GMT -7
SOOOO CWI could you post here if something is coming to blow us up?
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Post by Cwi555 on Nov 9, 2012 13:17:30 GMT -7
SOOOO CWI could you post here if something is coming to blow us up? There have been two times since being a member of this forum that our group went to stage 2, (conditions set, potentially imminent action, stage 1 can still be avoided depending on progression of events) once on ST, one here. In both I’ve posted. Stage 1 is when the event is actively in play, 2 you already know, 3 is heightened awareness, and 4 status quo. That is how we grade it. It is also how I report it. We/I don't like waiting around for stage 1 or 2. Either can potentially be cause for shutting down communications. Thats how we look at it.
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Post by cajunlady87 on Nov 13, 2012 7:26:05 GMT -7
Thanks for all the replies. Just a food for thought idea for everybody to consider and acquire some input at the same time.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2012 7:49:26 GMT -7
Keep a storm radio in the bed room in alert mode 24/7, one of those new types that give out the local emergency alerts and the weather stuff. AM/FM in the shop and Tractor barn.
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Post by angelhelp on Nov 13, 2012 9:00:33 GMT -7
I've had storm/closings alerts sent to my phone for several years now. It seems the local news stations send out the texts before they get around to putting the school/church closings on tv. Now that we no longer have tv connected to any outside feed, we rely on texts. I subscribe not just to closings for my own town but the surrounding towns; inevitably a snowstorm will cause one or more of them to close first, our town being among the last to decide. I subscribe to the local college's closings as well even though they are always the very last to decide to close.
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Post by kutkota on Nov 13, 2012 9:35:02 GMT -7
I have nothing other than my phone, but I am about to pull the trigger on one of those midland base radios that WC did a write up on. $60 I think is a little price to pay for peace of mind as well as alerts, coupled with everything else it is capable of. Good post, good wake up call.
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Post by cajunlady87 on Nov 13, 2012 12:24:58 GMT -7
I have nothing other than my phone, but I am about to pull the trigger on one of those midland base radios that WC did a write up on. $60 I think is a little price to pay for peace of mind as well as alerts, coupled with everything else it is capable of. Good post, good wake up call. Thanks for the kind words. You will NOT be disappointed with the purchase of the Midland radio. I have one and it kicked butt during Isaac. Broadcasting during the storm was loud and clear, just another great feature which impressed me about it.
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