Reply #11: I didn't realize they were that cheap

[Firespirit]

We got two rebate coupons for the boxes, so they ended up being very cheap, and $20 for DSL is obviously not a problem... just can't justify cable in a household where no one really watches much TV in the first place.

These weather radios, do the broadcasts describe in realtime where the spots of bad hail, winds, rotation, etc., are? The local TV station puts up hi-res radar maps with these features labeled. It's incredibly useful. I know how to find these radars online as well, I'm something of a weather geek, but DSL goes out in bad weather and I don't want to be dicking around with the modem (and computer motherboard!) when there is lightning. Any notice of a warning is better than nothing, of course, but I'm just wondering how much detail they go into on the NWS broadcasts.