[BARC-List] Severe weather via non-voice modes?

[Scott Ehrlich]

I have a little UNIX script which goes out to a wx service web site and
periodically checks the Taunton warnings for changes.  If the text does
change, I get a page of the new alert.  Sometimes, though, routers or web
sites break, meaning I may lose out on updated info.

Is there an amateur service, maybe packet-oriented, where I could capture
updated warnings via a radio link at home?  I'll find a way to get myself
paged from there.

I know weather radios exist, but I'd rather not carry around a wx alert on
my belt (I have enough stuff on my belt as-is!)

As an FYI, I live in an apartment and cannot put anything outside the
windows :-(

Thanks for any leads.

Scott, WY1Z