Is there one that you can set to only go off for a particular alert. For example, if I wanted it to sound an alert for a tornado warning only. I've known people who have had them here in Texas that can't use them because tornado watches and severe thunderstorm watches/warnings are so common that the thing would drive them crazy sounding an alarm. I want one that is not going to wake me up during the night every time it might thunder & lightning or come a heavy rain.
2007-02-13 08:07:00 · 4 answers · asked by Deborah 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
Oh, by the way...turning it off at night is not an option as I would prefer to not end up like the poor people in Florida or New Orleans that get hit by the tornado while they are sleeping during the night...what a dumb answer Cingular
2007-02-13 08:31:53 · update #1
Yes. Get a programmable SAME weather radio. SAME weather radios can decode that digital "braap" that comes before the warning tone. In that digital signal is the counties that are affected, and the type of watch or warning. You can then program your radio for every type of watch and warning, whether you want the alarm to sound or not for them, and you can also put in the counties you are interested in. Most people put in their own county, plus all adjacent counties. This model from RadioShack will do just what you're looking for:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2170274
2007-02-13 08:22:36 · answer #1 · answered by Geoff S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently it might be possible.
This is from the NOAA site ...
SAME technology: SAME, or Specific Alert Message Encoding allows you to specify the particular area for which you wish to receive alerts. Most warnings and watches broadcast over NOAA Weather Radio are county- or independent city-based (parish-based in Louisiana), although in a few areas of the country the alerts are issued for portions of counties. Since most NWR transmitters are broadcasting for a number of counties, SAME receivers will respond only to alerts issued for the area (or areas) you have selected. This minimizes the number of “false alarms” for events which might be a few counties away from where you live.
Selectable alerting of events: While SAME allows you to specify a particular area of interest, some receivers allow you to turn off the alarm for certain events which might not be important to you. For example, if you live in a coastal county, but not right at the beach, you might not care about Coastal Flood Warnings.
You will probably have to research which radios have this feature.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/nwrrcvr.htm#residential
2007-02-13 08:29:12 · answer #2 · answered by gkk_72 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-17 15:49:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just turn it off when you go to sleep and turn it on when you wake up
2007-02-13 08:15:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋