[BC] EAS Question

[Powell E. Way III]

NNNN  
POP email is powell at backroads  DOT     net

--- On Sun, 3/8/09, Larry Fuss <lfuss2 at cox.net> wrote:

> But NOAA WX radio is run by government dumbasses. 

Not in my area.  Only in your area designed to irritate you on purpose...  :)

> "Perfect Paul" is not
> perfect when it comes to pronouncing city and county names.

The old Mr.Roboto was nothing more than DECtalk. I don't know what they use now with the new voice.  I used to do Methane Prediction Center warnings with the computer.  <AHEM!>  One done on a Amiga with the old voice had them fooled for about a second and then they were on the floor laughing..

Repeat after me. The voice is Mr.Roboto, not Perfect Paul. I started that name and the NWS  HATES it. 

>  Beyond the
> initial warning, there is often no follow-up for things
> such as tornados.

YOU DON'T DO FOLLOW UPS.  If the tornado dissipates, that's the end of it, but if it continues onward, another warning will be issued. 

> And the NOAA people don't seem to care about EAS.  I
> got 15 RWTs within
> about 5-minutes one day because the NOAA people don't
> know what they are doing.

They do, they just want to irritate you and make you whine on [BC] about them. 

A couple times they let NNNN get past their editing. I have NEVER let them live it down.  I even have a Skywarn coffee cup that says SkywarNNNN. I used to take it to the weather bureau when I was running Skywarn nets, and lived close to the weather bureau. I also have a NNNN T-shirt, and had a large magnetic sticker, in addition to skywarn said NNNN.

Pedanic and not Perfect Powell