[BC] Weather format

[towers at mre.com]

We'll agree to disagree John. TOR's normally have durations of 30-45
minutes. So, you wouldn't be cutting into a song with a just issued
warning that has only 3 minutes left. Tell that to the surviving members
of a family who didn't know it was coming while American Pie ran out and
the alert was issued during the song.

MM


> In practice, you need that 30 to 90 seconds from the time you get the
> alert
> to get your copy ready and your head together... Then you're repeating it
> several times over the warning period - something an automated EAS box
> won't
> do.
>
> We're also told to use our best judgement. I'm not going to get fired if I
> choose to dump out of American Pie to read a TOR that expires in 3
> minutes.
>
> It's probably been 6 or 7 years since we've had a tornado warning in these
> parts.  99% of the time, when the SAME radio is waking me up at 1AM, it's
> an
> Amber Alert due to a custody dispute.
>
> --jjd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike McCarthy
>
> With super short fuse items like tornadoes and flash floods, simply
> waiting
> until the end of the song could mean a whole town is flattened or washed
> away without any notice.
>
> That's a TERRIBLE policy.
>
> MM
>
>  > At one of the stations I jock at, the rule is as follows:
>  >
>  > 1. Weather Watch: mention at next scheduled forecast 2.
>  > Thunderstorm/Flood Warning: mention at next scheduled talk break 3.
>  > Tornado Warning: announce after every song 4. Amber alert: mention at
>  > next scheduled talk break
>
> SNIPPED...
>
>
>
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