What a geeky little device to own. A geeky device that can save your life. A very cheap insurance policy that’s as useful as seat belts or smoke alarms. NOAA Weather Radios are cheap and effective ways to stay in touch with the weather. They no longer have to go off for storms 50 miles away, you can program them easily to respond to alerts for your area and areas where bad weather likely comes from. Not only can these frequencies be used for severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, and other extreme weather, they can even tell you about amber alerts, hazardous material spills, and other emergencies impacting your area. You’ll find weather radios at a variety of stores like Best Buy, Radio Shack, And other major retailers. Here’s a bunch at Amazon. If your TV meteorologist shows you severe storms coming your way on the nightly news, who’s going to wake you up if they get to your area? Your weather radio’s alert system…that’s who!