Hi Tom, let us know please but as I said earlier there are still a lot of
details that need to be worked out yet.





On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, T Behler wrote:

>     Jeff:
>
> I think the SAME or FIPS codes will stay the same--i.e. they will be by
> county, but the actual warning messages will be more specific so you know
> whether your particular part of the county is still in danger.
>
> I will be seeing some folks from the NWS Grand Rapids office several times
> over the next few weeks, though, and will try to get clarification.
>
> I just don't think they can change the codes in the radios now, since so
> many people already have them.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:27 PM
> Subject: changes to weather alerting in October
>
>
> > Hi everyone, I heard on Coast to Coast last night that the National
> > Weather Service is planning on making changes to the way they do severe
> > weather warnings.  Instead of doing it by county it will be done by more
> > specific regions of a county, I.E. a city.  I guess that this will start
> > on October 1, 2007.I was getting ready to consider purchasing a weather
> > radio, but I don't know what effect this will have on FIPS codes, and
> > whether or not they'll be more or changes to that.  I personally like the
> > old way it was done by county, because after all a storm or what have you
> > won't stay in one region of the county, and I'd just assume get the
> > warning even if it isn't for my part of the county.
> >
>