Tornadoes in North MS

[glatt]

Sarge, I'm sorry your location got hit so hard.

I hate weather like this. I cleaned out the corner of the basement under the stairs where I imagine we'll go if it gets bad enough. The tornadoes here were much smaller and fortunately passed about 10 miles to the south of me.

It bothers me the most when the storms are forecast for after midnight. I wonder if I should stay awake so I can follow their path, or if i should just go to bed, knowing the odds are that they will pass either to the north or south of me. Times like this, I envy friends of mine that have guest bedrooms in the basement. It would be great to just go sleep down there and not worry.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by glatt

Sarge, I'm sorry your location got hit so hard.

I hate weather like this. I cleaned out the corner of the basement under the stairs where I imagine we'll go if it gets bad enough. The tornadoes here were much smaller and fortunately passed about 10 miles to the south of me.

It bothers me the most when the storms are forecast for after midnight. I wonder if I should stay awake so I can follow their path, or if i should just go to bed, knowing the odds are that they will pass either to the north or south of me. Times like this, I envy friends of mine that have guest bedrooms in the basement. It would be great to just go sleep down there and not worry.

glatt:


You need to get yourself (and your family) a weather radio with an alarm.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=3506941

This one is AC powered, but I have at least two that are battery powered and will "wake up" if an alert is broadcast on one of the channels. I use them for regular NOAA weather reports when I'm out camping. It sounds like this device could help you sleep while the sleepin's good.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by BigV

glatt:


You need to get yourself (and your family) a weather radio with an alarm.

We had one. It was useless. It was going off all the time. It was too sensitive. It would be broadcasting all these alerts that didn't apply to my location, or that I didn't think were important. If a storm is passing 60 miles south of me, I don't need to know about it.

[monster]

Originally Posted by glatt

We had one. It was useless. It was going off all the time. It was too sensitive. It would be broadcasting all these alerts that didn't apply to my location, or that I didn't think were important. If a storm is passing 60 miles south of me, I don't need to know about it.

Our experience too. We live near the Great Lakes and kept getting woken by shipping alerts...