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WEATHER RADIOS SAVE LIVES!

  • Damage done to Charles F. Johnson Elementary School in Endicott, N.Y., by high winds during a severe thunderstorm. Photo by Press and Sun Bulletin, N.Y., used with permission.Charles F. Johnson Elementary School in Endicott, N.Y., reaped the benefits of NOAA Weather Radio on June 6, 2005.  Thunderstorm winds of up to 70 mph tore the roof off of the kindergarten wing and devastated the building.  The National Weather Service office in Binghamton, N.Y., issued a severe thunderstorm warning 22 minutes before the storm struck the school. The warning activated the alarm on the school’s All Hazards receiver and gave school officials enough time to evacuate 340 students, faculty, and staff to designated “storm-safe” areas.  “Over 20 minutes of advanced warning allowed us to execute our severe weather safety plan, which in turn saved lives and prevented injuries,” said William Tomic, principal of Charles F. Johnson Elementary School.

     

  • Parsons Manufacturing near Roanoke, Ill., after an F-4 tornado obliterated the plant, but injured none of the employees.A tornado warning heard over NOAA Weather Radio activated the severe weather plan of the Parsons Manufacturing plant near Roanoke, Ill., on July 13, 2004.  Timely warning of an approaching severe thunderstorm and the tornado it produced and the foresight of the plant owner in developing and implementing a severe weather plan gave workers extra minutes to take shelter before an F-4 tornado demolished the 250,000 square-foot plant.  Not a single injury was suffered by any of the more than 140 employees.

     

  • May 10, 1999 — A family is awakened in the middle of the night by an alarm on its weather radio. The special receiver carries a tornado warning advising listeners to seek cover. The family retreats from its mobile home to a nearby shelter moments before a twister tears through the community, scattering lives and mangled aluminum in its wake.

     

  • A recreational vehicle owner in a campground picks up a flash flood alert on his weather radio and moves his RV to higher ground. Minutes later a wall of water sweeps through his former campsite.

     

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  • "I used to start worrying as soon as I heard bad weather was coming even if it was days before.  I would sit up glued to the t.v. scared to death wondering when it was our turn for disaster.  I finally purchased this weather radio and when I first got it I would still sit and worry not knowing if this thing actually worked right and if it would work everytime.  I have to say this radio has NEVER failed me.  I have had mine over a year and now I can actually get some sleep. It was easy to program and I have no issues with it.  Actually I am going to purchase 3 more for gifts!  You can't give a better gift than something that can save lives!" - Pamela Carp

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    "Easy to program once you go online to the website to get the county codes.  Multi-functional unit is a plus.  I would recommend this product to my family and friends.  Midland weather radio's are suggested by our EOC manager as being good, reliable products." - J.L. Spry

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