There is no state in the country where the major transmission power lines are buried. They are always above ground. You can't bury them as they generate an excessive amount heat that needs to be dissipated. Once the power is stepped down to lower voltages as it is in local distribution power lines then yes you can bury those.
I was going to ask - if you are worried about the weather, or even curious about the weather - why would you want to wait for a specific time each day to see a broadcast? What value is that. I want to know what temp it is outside when I'm walking out in 2 minutes, or if the storm that's 15 minutes away is going to miss or hit me. I can't imagine scheduling my day around when a local station decided to show the weather. I'd be more likely (slim to none but it has happened a few times in the last 20 years) to accidentally hear a 30 second update on the radio. I'm not even that young. But even my mom, who's 65, looks at the app on her phone for the current conditions or alerts that come whenever it's relevant.
In tornado country, when there are severe storms, they break into programming at any time.
I kind of like the weather person I watched in Mexico. I couldn't really understand what she was saying but she was very easy on the eyes.
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I don't think I said there was anything *wrong* with the Nat'l Weather Service. That said . . . when there is severe weather, I personally believe it is far better to have local people analyzing and reporting on the weather in their area, affecting their communities. Many of the tools used are developed by the NWS, but that is just one piece of the equation.
Which is the reason she was on the news.
That is still a wide blast notification, usually for an entire county. That is dandy to let you know SOMETHING is happening.
THIS! Weather happens locally and affects people locally!
On Android you can pretty easily filter what apps can send you notifications just by longpressing on an offending notification and choosing settings. TBH I'm also forgetting that I don't have TV where I live, I refuse to pay for Cable (and would that get me local content anyway?) and can't get broadcast since 15 years ago when they went digital. So any TV thing is irrelevant. But even where you can get TV, there's many many people who it's a special occasion for them to specifically choose to turn on a broadcast / live channel. Their TVs are on Netflix, Youtube, just turned off... Whereas they always have their phones and they're on.
Only if you opt in or they get a warrant. The government can't "legally" just track your phone to send you messages - that would get into court and likely thrown out in weeks to months. And if you do want to opt in, you don't need the government to do this, again free or cheap apps like Shadow Weather DO THIS RIGHT NOW.
True. But it would save lives. As you posted.... Using the TV to alert people of impending severe weather events in 2025 doesn't work. I dropped Cable TV 20 years ago and have no access to local TV news. I don't miss it because it was complete garbage and non-stop commercials. With the streaming services and internet you can block most of the commercials. Cable TV subscriptions are collapsing and very few younger people subscribe anymore. Most people getting Cable are older and that doesn't not bode well for its survival.
Nice. Even in Seattle this month it has been one sunny day after another. Very dry too. Almost like I'm in Yakima.
Two of our local stations have their own Doppler radar that are very accurate. If we have severe weather warnings, I can watch their radar to see if/when it is likely to hit in our neighborhood. I've learned to recognize the hook echo signature of a tornado, so I have a better idea when I really need to herd our dogs and cat into our small basement.
I’m not sure this is true any longer Or, maybe, it depends on where you live. We’re in St Augustin, FL and the alerts we get from the Weather Channel app and Apple Weather apps are very specific. We had a tornado warning last spring that pinpointed exactly where the tornado was and the path.
Maybe the wind was blowing at different speeds? In a tornado you will see some houses just leveled while a couple of houses away suffer no damage.