What is an emergency alert weather radio?
Emergency weather alert radios provide advance warning about dangerous storms approaching your local area. The alerts are transmitted by NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration part of the Department of Commerce) and can be a life-saving tool in the event of pending hurricanes, tornadoes, heavy rainstorms, snow and ice, or other possible disasters.
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What is SAME technology?
Many emergency weather alert radios now utilize S.A.M.E. digital technology that allows you to localize emergency broadcasts. Weather radios featuring S.A.M.E. (Specific Area Message Encoding) receive the same warnings and broadcasts as regular NOAA radios but also allow you to program it with a six-digit code to adjust reception to monitor only specific counties rather than an entire regional broadcast area.
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How do I prepare for a hurricane?
An emergency weather alert radio and a LifeLine survivor kit are invaluable tools if a hurricane threatens your local area. Evacuation instructions, important emergency announcements and other critical information will be broadcast along with updated storm locations.
Check with your local emergency management office for additional instructions about how to prepare for a hurricane.
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What are atomic clocks?
Atomic clocks and watches aren't really atomic despite what their name suggests. The clocks are actually radio-controlled timepieces that are reset daily via radio signal from Fort Collins, Colorado.
The term "atomic" is coined from the fact that the time transmitted by the government radio signal comes from the official U.S. atomic clock.
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What is a weather station?
Weather stations are high-tech (and also fun) weather instruments used by both amateur and professional meteorologists. Available in either wireless or cabled versions, weather stations provide a host of information about inside and outside temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, rainfall amounts and barometric pressure.
Many weather stations also feature accessories such as self-emptying rain buckets, UV sensors, atomic clock and calendar, dew point and additional sensors to measure leaf or soil wetness, solar radiation and much more.
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Atomic time for your wrist.
Keeping time has never been so easy - and stylish - with Casio's line of Wave Ceptor and G Shock Atomic Watches. Combining state-of-the-art technology with a sleek, modern appearance, the attractive and affordable timepieces automatically reset daily via radio signal to within one second of official U.S. government time. The radio signal is sent from Fort Collins, Colorado, and has an effective range of approximately 2,000 miles.
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What is a projection clock?
Projection clocks actually do as advertised - they project!
The popular clocks from Oregon Scientific and La Crosse Technology beam an image onto ceilings or walls, displaying the correct time and (on some models) indoor or outdoor temperature! Projection atomic clocks are fun conversation pieces, too!
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What can I do to prepare for a tornado?
Preparing in advance is a key to surviving dangerous storms such as tornadoes.
According to FEMA, identify a place to take shelter in such as a basement, another underground area, or an appropriate interior room. Stay away from windows (flying glass is a major hazard during tornadoes) and make sure the room is outfitted with an emergency weather alert radio, a first aid kit and other supplies such as water, batteries, blankets, etc.
Contact your local American Red Cross or government emergency management office for additional information.
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Should I own an emergency alert weather radio?
If you live or are traveling in tornado country, then the answer is a resounding "Yes!" to owning a weather alert radio. Emergency weather alert radios can be lifesavers! The weather radios come in portable or tabletop models, operate on batteries or an AC adapter, and even can be powered with a cigarette lighter adapter. External antennas are available to boost reception range and many modern weather alert radios also incorporate strobe or emergency warning lights.
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It's windy outside, or is it?
Here's a nifty little weather gismo that's fun and inexpensive. The Wind Wizard wind speed indicator from Davis Instruments is a lightweight, compact unit that measures wind speed up to 60 mph. No batteries are required and it comes in a stylish case made of high-impact plastic.
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281 Wind Wizard Wind Speed Indicator
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