The local paper had an article about the upcoming tornado and severe weather season. There were some local statistics, etc. and an interview by the regional NWS office meteorologist.
They had a couple of paragraphs about the weather radio (NOAA All-Hazards). One thing that caught my eye is that the article said that the radios can be programmed by "zip code".
I have never heard of this. NWS publishes the S.A.M.E. codes which as far as I know is what you enter into your radio for programming the alerts. I also know about "FIPS" codes, but even those don't seem to be typically used for much in terms of programming the radios. I wonder if the reporter confused FIPS and "Zip"...
Before I go off correcting the local reporter on this, has anyone heard of a weather radio that allows the entering of zip code? Actually it wouldn't be a bad idea, the S.A.M.E. codes are a little arcane for the average person. I just wasn't aware of any having this capability, but it would be just a matter of having some lookup tables and not technically impossible to do.
Greg H.