On: Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars

[briandear]

NOAA provides weather, but it isn’t going to tell you specific evacuation routes, or provide relevant news.

[tjohns → briandear]

Emergency alerts are automatically broadcast over NOAA weather radio.

You can get home receivers that monitor NOAA radio for emergency alerts tones and will automatically switch on in a disaster.

It's a great feature, every home should have one.

[vel0city → briandear]

I've definitely heard evacuation information broadcast over NOAA radio. Have you been in a mass evacuation before?