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[Dave Kline]

Back in the day...
I remember a tornado warning areas being described as:
"An area 60 miles either side of a line from town A to town B."

At least now warnings name counties, and sometimes nearby towns, or towns in the path of. I've even heard Highway numbers and mile markers used in warnings.

I think it's going to take another whole level of technology to geo-locate where you are in relation to the storm and put it in a usable form for viewing and nearly instant understanding, especially in automobiles.
We probably aren't too far away from being able to do that.

I don't think a bit of pocket change in the form of missed tax revenues will convince those who must pay for such a system that someone turning around and missing their shopping trip because they don't know where they are, justifies the expense.

Folks on the road should take reasonable steps to know where they are. We do have technology that can help with that now.

On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 5:21 PM Adrienne Abbott <nevadaeas at charter.net> wrote:
>Mike--
>Not all WFO's are sending these longer messages. A friend of mine just
>returned from a work trip to Mississippi. A tornado warning was issued while
>she was driving back to her hotel and she was very alarmed because she
>didn't know which county she was in and only the county was mentioned in the
>warning. The radio station staff did not provide any additional information,
>so she went straight back to her hotel, only to find out at work the next
>day that the warning was not for the town where she was.

>I wonder how often this happens, that people who are visiting and aren't
>familiar with the area, go back to their hotels when they hear these weather
>warnings and don't know if their area is affected. My friend wanted to do
>some shopping before she went to the hotel, so the community missed out on a
>little tax revenue. How many other visitors pass up shopping, dining or
>special events because they don't know if they're in the warning area?
>Adrienne

>Adrienne Abbott, W6BCY
>Nevada EAS Chair

>-----Original Message-----
>From: EAS <eas-bounces at radiolists.net> On Behalf Of Mike McCarthy

>Have you heard the WX messages this year?  Not only do they advise of the

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