[sbe-eas] WP: review of tornado warnings after Rolling Fork Mississippi

[Dennis Higgins]

A small rural community here in North Iowa decided about 10 years ago that
rather than invest in a new outdoor warning siren, to instead use the money
to purchase a weather radio for every residence and commercial structure.
The stipulation was that the weather radio would stay with the residence
after the the occupants moved on so it would be there for the next family.
If I recall, the town maintained the existing siren for coverage of outdoor
activities.

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 1:54 PM Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:

>
> WEA is only free if you can afford a mobile phone.  Weather apps are only
> free if you can afford a more expensive smartphone.
>
> Weather radios are a one-time cost (usually about $50).  Mobile phones are
> a monthly cost. Lifeline Assistance may be available for some qualifying
> low-income families.  The lowest-cost "dumb" mobile phones don't support
> WEA 3.0 (polygon warnings) yet.  People unplug weather radios (or don't
> replace batteries) or turn off warnings in their mobile phones.
>
> It sucks being poor in America (and sometimes deadly).
>
>
> On Wed, 29 Mar 2023, Rob Dale wrote:
> > WEA is free and covers all phones automatically, and many free weather
> apps
> > would have alerted too. #LayersSaveLives
> >
> > While the Indiana law is neat, there’s no evidence that it has saved
> lives
> > There is no requirement to keep the radio plugged in and operational, and
> > even in 2023 (16 years after polygon warnings begin) they still don’t use
> > the polygon. They alert based on the whole county, and it doesn’t take
> too
> > many false alarms plus “wrong area” wakeups to get those unplugged.
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