[NJTechDiv] NOAA weather on alexa

[Ken Lawrence]

Hi list ken here.  The NOAA weather radio is increasingly less useful and harder to listen to for what you really want or need to know.  For one thing when there is a warning or any kind of a special statement instead of one statement they break it up into not just NY or NJ but parts of counties and the same information repeated.  Something like “for the following areas, in NJ, eastern union, western union eastern bergin, western bergin and so on when it reads statements it sounds robotic with what, when, where and so on impacts and so on.  The other major problem with NOAA radio NY is there is no more weather map summary so you don’t know why things are happening.  National weather service has discontinued the product called the new York weather story and have replaced it with an online component the NY graphical weather story.  I doubt that is very accessible Huh?  So blind and handicapped or those without computers depending on weather radio for accurate and timely information accept less.  Does anyone know how to listen to a specific NOAA weather station on an echo with alexa.  When I ask it to play NOAA radio it gives me something but not ours.  I would like to be able to listen to the howel township station which operates on 162.45 MHZ call letters WSM60.  This station’s forecast comes from the mount holly office and covers central jersey including the shore. It is better organized.  Does anyone know how to ask the A lady for a particular NOAA station.  

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