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Weight and Safety Tip
All-hazards
Weather Radio
By Jim Koca #86367, Escapees RVers’ Boot Camp Instructor
Per haps you have heard Paul, Tom,
Donna or Javier on the weather radio.
These are the voices that provide us
with weather conditions, watches
and, most importantly, warnings for
the areas that we travel.
A weather radio should be as com-
mon in the RV as the factory-installed
smoke detector. This service is provided
24 hours, seven days a week by the National
Weather Service, and, as of January 2014, this service cov-
ered approximately 97 percent of the United States.
There are over 960 transmitters across the 50 states.
They provide routine forecasts, hourly observations and the
hazardous weather outlook for the coverage area. Before
a watch or a warning is
issued, a tone will be
transmitted to wake up
the radio and alert you of
an important message.
This radio not only
warns us about weather
events, it is also used for
Amber alerts and post-event
information on natural or environmental haz-
ards. These weather radios can be powered by batteries
or 120VAC and are available through Amazon.com or
most hardware stores throughout the country. With today’s
technology, CB radios, as well as some AM/FM radios,
come equipped with weather radios. If you don’t have an
all-hazards weather radio in your RV, as a safety precau-
tion, purchase one today.
“This radio not only warns us about weather
events, it is also used for Amber alerts…”
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