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   something to think about

   

   Adam Barr, Jan 24th, 2003 @ 12:14pm

   
   

   What would people say if Microsoft announced this?

   - adam

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   it's cold out here

   

   Brian, Jan 24th, 2003 @ 1:30pm

   
   

   Thanks for reminding me that I live in Tornado country Mike.

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   Does it run on batteries?

   

   Aaron, Jan 24th, 2003 @ 3:57pm

   
   

   Usually, speaking from experience, when the weather is that bad, the power goes out.

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   They've had this for years

   

   Kevin Joyce, Jan 24th, 2003 @ 4:21pm

   
   

   It sounds like they are just putting a weather radio inside a TV set. Its a pretty good way to get those into more homes but my friend had one 10 years ago and it would go off whenever there was a severe storm or tornado warning. It would make a very loud noise followed by an NWS broadcast.

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   kai, Jan 24th, 2003 @ 8:15pm

   
   

   I grew up in tornado country. They just had these loud sirens (think air-raid sirens) that sounded if a tornado was in the area--oh 20 years ago. That seems like a simpler, cheaper, and more effective method than "everyone buy TV's that turn themselves on when sent special signals, and then program them to alert you that a tornado is coming."

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   Al, Jan 25th, 2003 @ 1:08pm

   
   

   My TV turns off by itself, an occurence that freaks me out. Quite frankly, if it turned itself on as well, I would probably go grey overnight, like the Mother in "Poltergeist."

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