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Multi-layered Solutions to Help Prevent Further Disaster

Multi-layered warning notification solutions WeatherCall is proud to introduce IntelliWarn; A multilayered approach to community and business notification. During some of the recent large outbreaks of severe weather, we have all learned that numerous warning systems can fail when the weather is at its worst. Weather radio networks can fail. Outdoor warning sirens can fail if the electric grid is damaged. Land-line phones can fail if they are connected with cordless phones which may lose power. Usually, initial sets of warnings are effective across all notification platforms, but as storm after storm pummels an area, various forms of severe weather notification can individually go by the wayside, leaving you in the dark. But if you have layered your community or business with ‘off the grid’ solutions, and have provided multiple forms or technology in and around homes and businesses, those layers could very likely save lives while delivering the WeatherCall storm-specific notifications our customers have come to rely upon. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Learn more about IntelliWarn right now. Click here for product descriptions in PDF format: Intelliwarn for Communities, IntelliWarn for Business, IntelliSiren Solutions

Severe Weather Awareness

NOAA -severe-weather Every year, the National Weather Service sets aside a National Severe Weather Preparedness Week, and in cooperation with local and state emergency management agencies (EMA), often called Offices of Emergency Management (OEM), set aside weeks every year in each state to bring greater public awareness to the threat of severe weather. Days are set aside to highlight the dangers of tornadoes, lightning, hail, damaging winds and flash flooding. WeatherCall thanks you for your business, first and foremost! We also want to encourage you to share your service with friends, neighbors and family. Send them THIS LINK in an email. Help THEM prepare for the dangers of severe weather and make sure they are warned in the same manner you are through WeatherCall, the nation's most accurate, timely, reliable and tested severe weather phone calling service. Proven millions and millions (and millions) of times. What can you do to Prepare? One way is to have or make a personal safety plan, practice that plan with all members of your family, and make sure your WeatherCall subscriptions are up to date. If you have out of town children, buy them WeatherCall as a gift.

Dangerous Weather Likely

SPC Day 1 012913 When the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issues a "Moderate Risk" area, it is because the weather is to be taken seriously. And for today, January 29, 2013, it is an area centered around the Mid-South, including much of Arkansas, the Boot Heel of Missouri, western TN, NW MS, and northern LA. Specifically for this date, there is a high likelihood of thunderstorms producing damaging winds, a risk of thunderstorms containing tornadoes and a risk of damaging hail. If you have not renewed your WeatherCall subscription, I would suggest you check your subscription by logging in here.

After the Storm, Lessons Learned

Another significant outbreak of severe weather for the United States has passed through the nation, and WeatherCall responded with hundreds of thousands of phone notifications again. As happens frequently, those users of our products versus those who use numerous 'virtual' competitors have again spoken back to us, and reminded us why they have chosen WeatherCall over products of numerous 'virtual' competitors. This map shows a list of the storm reports collected from various National Weather Service Offices across the nation. It shows an outbreak of damaging tornadoes in NW Georgia, which left behind destruction, injury and a fatality. There were 7 reports of damaging tornadoes, and 333 reports of damaging winds. Remember, this was an area consideredas being under a 'Slight Risk' by the Storm Prediction Center. This means what the scientific community might consider a descriptive word for statistical purposes, might not be what the public perceives as a word to describe risk to THEM.

Record Number of Days without a Tornado Death

PDS Watch Example An important record has been eclipsed, and continues to be each day until our fortune runs out. We passed the record number of days in the United States last week where there have been no tornado related deaths. After a near record low number of actual tornadoes, this shouldn't be a big surprise, but we have as of January 17, 2012, gone 207 days without a tornado-related fatality. The last fatality from a tornado was June 24, 2012, according to statistics compiled by the National Severe Storms Laboratory and blogged about by ClimateCentral.org's Andrew Freedman. What I would hope to be able to say is that it is a combination of fewer tornadoes and more people taking protective action, but of that I am not convinced.