A regular TV set makes a pretty good Tornado detector too, even with no station broadcasting.
So if you have an old set you might still want to hang onto it.

Here is an article published by Mother Earth News in 1971 about it. http://www.motherearthnews.com/Nature-Community/1971-05-01/How-To-Track-a-Tornado.aspx

Scafool,

Now that was one heck of a good tip. Thanks!

-Blast

Thanks. A very interesting read.

Interesting... Though I may still use the Doppler Radar broadcast also me thinks.

Between TV broadcast and internet I like to watch the path and approach. That way a family of 5 plus 2GSD, 1 Husky and 2 cats aren't in a shelter when we don't need to be. Gets kinda cramped.

Thanks for the info.

I think they just moved the cross-over date on this

June 12 is the new date.

Sue

Maybe they needed some more time to dig a big enough hole to bury all the old TV sets and radios in?

Nothing works quite so well as a government implementation plan, don't you think?

As of now the date is still the same. It has not been postponed.

Here is a link to the results. The Senate agreed to move the date to June 2009 but the House did not:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10151809-38.html

Getting rid of all TV's seems like a good idea anyway!