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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:13 PM Original message |
If you live in tornado-country, what you watch on TV could kill you |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. With U-Verse if there any any watches or warnings issued |
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hedda_foil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Comcast has very loud audio and visual alerts on all channels |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Well, if Comcast is doing it |
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toddwv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
83. Yeah, I agree. |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. I had a local station on Sunday night. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don't know the law, but it seems there USED to be some FCC requirements on cable providers |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. The FCC? |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Damn it - no wonder I can't get any service from DISH |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
73. HAM radio and the Internet will tell you more |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. You and I know that.. |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Could be a city cable franchise requirement? |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. the only reason I turn the tv on is when the weather is bad |
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PsychGrad (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. If you have text messaging... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. that's called OPT-IN...well what if you don't OPT-IN? |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
50. I also live near KC |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. Many communities in the midwest have tornado sirens. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. Joplin has nine sirens |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. The night we had THREE tornadoes, the sirens started going off |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. that's a smart thing to do. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. pops up on my tv no matter what I watch, Verizon FIOS |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The tornado sirens for my community were RIGHT NEXT TO OUR HOUSE |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. damn, at least it's only the first Wed. of every month at noon here |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
52. First Wednesday at 10 am here. |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. We have an air raid siren that goes off exactly at 12 noon every day |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
78. When I lived in Indianapolis, |
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bainz (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Hey snooper |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. Can't recommend your thread enough. This is an important issue for me. Radio is the same. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. There is really no excuse these days to not be proactive about approaching severe weather |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. Hmm, that's weird... |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. Some cable systems will interrupt the audio for warnings, even on local channels |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. I have The Weather Channel's Notify phone service, but it wasn't functioning Sunday night. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. The local TV here |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. That's odd because my cable provider broadcasts local weather alerts... |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. Our local teevee channels will stay with developing severe weather stories |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. I live 70 some miles below Joplin. Our cable company must have broken into programming on all |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. That;s good to know.. Maybe that guy was watrching something he had recorded |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. Same here and I am 150 miles north of Joplin |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. I used to get them on Time Warner when I lived in Texas... all stations |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. everyone who lives in tornado country should have a battery-operated radio |
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postatomic (478 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. Amber Alerts are quite common on cable |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
27. Weather radios are inexpensive |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. what if i'm at somebody's house |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Not at all |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. so i have to make sure every place i'm at has them? |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
81. You are missing the point... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. I imagine you posses every known life-saving item that cost $20.00, yes? |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
82. How many life saving devices cost $20? Let's see... |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
32. We got hit with a serious storm here last night in central Ohio. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
33. I have Comcast cable and no matter what I am watching, |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
34. It's an important point but we always have local radio on |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
35. In Minnesota, Charter interrupts ALL cable channels when there's a storm warning. |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. I have Charter in Missouri |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. Something similar happened to us last weekend... |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
41. Actually, our cable systems broadcast the alerts too |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
43. I know when it gets dangerous to tune in to the local stations not the cable channels. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
44. Cable can target ads to each location it 'serves' |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
45. Time Warner cable will show the warnings no matter what channel you're watching |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
47. That's not true |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
49. EAS cuts in to my cable |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
53. We were talking about this at work today |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I take my kid and the puppy outside to the cellar |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Hubby goes outside with binoculars |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Before I had the kid |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #53 |
70. If tornado is seen in one part a county, the whole county gets a tornado warning |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #70 |
80. The TV folks are crazy |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. Time-warner cable here flashes severe weather warnings on ALL channels. |
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Mr. Jefferson (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
58. You've gotta wonder how people survived before TV. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
60. What if I'm reading a book with the tv off? What if I don't have a tv? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Well, I guess you can rub Buddha's belly & kiss a shamrock |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #60 |
71. No matter what, get a weather radio |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Indeed. My folks in upper mid-west had one, even with sirens all around, the weather radio was |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
61. doesn't the Emergency Alert System broadcast across all channels? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. according to the comments in this thread and what that guy experienced, it seems like some do |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. I know about a year ago(maybe more) |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Out here the only thing they break in for are fires & floods |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
62. Yes. Right now we switched from cable programming to local TV |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
66. It may depend on the provider. My cable did alert us no matter what channel we were on. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
68. It's not a coincidence that AM radio |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Many cities no longer even have a truly "local" station anymore |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
72. I have a local fiber optic (cable) provider so we get warnings |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
75. Cable tv in Los angeles is alway showing warnings - scrolling across show |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
77. I got caught off-guard this way a couple of weeks ago. |
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icymist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
79. A good weather radio with an alert button would cure that. |
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