[HCRA] do you have a WX radio?

[eric w Tuller]

>From a Yahoo group I belong to.

Mike Milstead, the sheriff of Minnehaha County, South
Dakota, came up with a new task for the radio system
traditionally used by the National Weather Service to warn
cities and counties of severe weather. Post Sept. 11,

Milstead decided it was a good idea to utilize the radio
system for any type of threats to public safety, including
terrorist attacks and accidents. The idea caught on and
South Dakota Governor Bill Janklow, the National Weather
Service, other sheriff departments, and the media jumped on
the bandwagon in what has now become a statewide campaign
.
They mean to see that every home has a weather radio. To
implement the plan, the governor negotiated a deal with the
president of RadioShack Corporation for the purchase of
10,000 weather radios at half price; 5,000 or more will be
donated to schools, hospitals, nursing homes, day-care
centers, and other organizations and institutions, and the
balance will be sold to private citizens for a discounted
price.
 The infrastructure needed to operate this warning
system throughout the state was initiated by the National
Weather Service in 1998, after a tornado nearly obliterated
the entire town of Spencer. Prior to that, only five
transmitters existed in the entire state. Milstead's idea
has sparked national interest since a National Public Radio
broadcast about the South Dakota program aired earlier this
year, resulting in a flood of inquiries to the governor's
office and the state Division of Emergency Management
office. http://www.sheriffs.org/ 

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