{"id":58881,"date":"2024-02-09T11:37:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T15:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58881"},"modified":"2024-02-09T11:37:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T15:37:55","slug":"yet-another-reason-why-you-need-a-weather-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/yet-another-reason-why-you-need-a-weather-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Yet another reason why you need a weather radio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Raychel Sanner via Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\n

by Jock Elliott<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Today is the 154th birthday of the National Weather Service. The NWS covers from American Samoa to the Virgin Islands and from Hawaii to the Arctic Circle of Alaska, and it does so with fewer than 4,000 employees nationwide.<\/p>\n

It is, according to Mike Smith’s blog: “one of the few federal agencies that is essential to the welfare of the Nation.” https:\/\/www.mikesmithenterprisesblog.com\/2024\/02\/154th-birthday-of-he-national-weather.html<\/a><\/p>\n

And in my view, NOAA Weather Radio is essential for every household. If live in the US you don’t have a radio capable of receiving the Weather Radio channels, you need one.<\/p>\n

For more info, check here: https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/jock-shares-a-bit-more-about-noaa-weather-radio\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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