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Old 01-22-2010, 10:05 AM
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TH..... there were severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado watches for Marion and Lake County. Nothing for Sumter county. I (and many others) have our SAME-enabled weather radios set to provide alerts for all 3 counties. IMO, the radios SHOULD have alerted on Thursday and I do plan to followup to determine if there was a problem with the transmitter tower.

What if there had been severe weather coming through in the middle of the night? Groundhog day all over again. Not needless worrying. Hard rain woke me up at 4:30, but, thankfully, no rumbles.

OP...the radios are sold in a number of places. Radio Shack, Walmart, even Publix I believe. Just make sure it is SAME capable...this lets you set which counties for which you wish to receive alerts.

One has to wonder if there is any liability on the part of NWS (National weather service)? If there is severe weather with resulting injury or damage, and they didn't or couldn't sound the alert, are they liable? They have a hidden statement that their forecasts are "advice" only. So they probably dodge the bullet.