My weather radio works!

The weather radio I bought works. This past weekend we got hit by the storms that moved across the east coast. About 1:15AM Sunday morning it went off. Tornado Warning scrolled across the display. So I got up and listened to the weather alert that NWS was sending out, then turned on the TV. About 20 minutes later a tornado touched down in the northern part of the county we live in (or so the local TV news channel said) It went off about 4 times during Sunday as the storms rolled through the area. Overall I would say it was a very good purchase.

Went Fishing Today

I went fishing with my wife's dad today. He bought a really nice boat about a month ago. We were planning on fishing tomorrow, but the weather forecast is looking bad. So we decided to move up our plans and went today. We put the boat in the water here on Daniel Island and took it down a few inlets and the Wando River. He snagged a really nice fish, but lost it before we could get it in the boat. (The one that got away) I did not get any bites, but I was just happy to be out on the water fishing. I cannot wait to go back out. Now I want a boat, but that will have to wait.

Weather Radio

Last week a bought a Midland WR-300 weather radio. Most of you know that I am a weather freak. This is a really cool radio. The radio has the "S.A.M.E. Digital Weather/Hazard Alert" (Specific Area Message Encoding Program Service) feature, providing constant monitoring of localized NWS broadcast. I can now listen to the local weather anytime I want. Now I am just waiting for a storm to come.