Tornado watch issued until 9 p.m. for D.C. area; widespread damaging winds possible

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. So what was last Saturday (i.e., July 28)? Chopped liver?

I haven't turned any of my weather radios on, but I think I know what they're going to be doing.

Rerun from a few days ago:

Fri Jul 28, 2023: The hazard alerts just went off on my Eton FR370 weather radio.

As hard of hearing as I am, I had no problem hearing them go off.

Thunderstorms are a-comin'.

It's a discontinued model.

This is a Russian link:

L.L.Bean ETON American Red Cross Radio Emergency Camping Solarlink FR370 Prepper

This is a link to a dealer in the United States:

Eton FR370 AM/FM/WX Emergency Radio

It looks like this, but it's silver-gray, and it doesn't have the American Red Cross logo:



In other words, like the one on the Russian site:

https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/OGgAAOSwLDVhP~p2/$_12.JPG

https://manualzz.com/doc/en/2441083/eton-fr370

Remember Mark Trail:



Source: Mark Trail champions the NOAA Weather Radio, at NOAA Weather Radio All-Hazards

Extra super bonus: even if you don't have a weather radio or a scanner app on your phone, there was a DU post a while back that linked to this site where ...

Tue Mar 29, 2022: For Anyone Interested.

You can get into radio listening without spending a penny by taking advantage of WebSDR sites. WebSDR allows you to access public SDRs (Software-Defined Radio) from around the world. It's a smidge technical but once you get the basics down you can operate any of the radios with ease.

websdr.org

Next, if you want to get your own radio receiver on the cheap; you can purchase an SDR kit for under $50. Though $70 would be better spent. ...and the software is free. This is a fair bit more technical, mostly on initial setup, but there are guides available.

I'd post some links but I don't want to get this posted removed for commercial SPAM. Just search for "sdr dongle kit" with your favorite search engine.

Be warned, this rabbit hole is very, very, deep. You'll be looking into building your own antennas in no time.

So go to that site, and look for

NA5B WebSDR in Washington DC area USA. VHF-UHF; 6m, Air Band, 2m and 70cm
http://websdr.us:8902/
FM18KS; 8 users

who is, today, member number 107. It varies from day to day.

The audio should open up to Manassas NOAA weather station KHB36. Or you can hear it here:

https://www.weatherusa.net/radio