[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Amazing how localized Florida weather can be. Im in Silver Lake, about 3 miles from LSL and all we got was a lot of rain. There may have been some wind, but nothing extraodinary.

I unplugged my weather radio. It was going off for every little thing. It was ridiculous being wakened up at 3:00am to read that they temperature had dipped below 32. It would also go off because there were thunderstorms in the "area" of Lake, Marion and Sumter counties, that were capable of producing tornadoes.

Because we live right on the border of those three counties, it was suggested that we have it tuned for all three. The problem is that because we live in the borders of those three counties the outer edges of those three counties are many miles from here. My radio would go off when it was bright and sunny here and we never even got rain.

As far as thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes, I think that that includes pretty much every thunderstorm.

So, after this thing going of unnecessarily about twenty or so times including several times in the middle of the night, I just unplugged it.

Would I want to know if a tornado was heading into my area? Yes, of course. But, am I going to leave my home and head to a shelter at 3:00 am every time there is a thunderstorm "capable of producing tornadoes" 25 miles from here, or when the temperature dips below freezing? How many of you would?

It's a shame that these radios can't be programmed to be more local and to only go off when there is a real threat. Until then, they are just useless wastes of money promoted by alarmists.