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Automated Notification Systems in Bad Weather
DON'T STAKE YOUR LIFE ON IT
There have been lots of companies launch automated calling systems to notify people in bad weather, especially for during severe weather, including tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and flash flooding. WeatherCall Services wants you to be aware of some of the downfalls of many of these systems, as they apply to entire community alert systems as they apply to telephone notifications. WeatherCall always performs far better in the timing of these notification than the systems purchased by counties and cities to alert all the residents at the same time. Below is the explanation of why having WeatherCall Services notifications may affect your life. A LATE TORNADO WARNING can cost you everything you have.
WeatherCall and the NSBA
National School Board Association Conference, WeatherCall Services, and School Safety
April 4-7, 2014 school board members from districts around the country will gather in New Orleans for the annual conference of the National School Board Association. WeatherCall Services, a “trusted core partner” of the National Weather Service (NWS), and “Weather Ready Nation Ambassador” organization is taking a leading role at the conference by teaching a course about weather risk planning at one of the Study Hall Sessions on Sunday afternoon, April 6th and sponsoring a site visit to the local NWS office in Slidell, LA. An advanced notification technology, WeatherCall for Schools will be introduced at the conference.
WeatherCall @Home 2014 Improvements
WeatherCall @Home: The Nation's Best just got BETTER!
"A picture is worth a thousand words". Now any WeatherCall @Home registered phones that are SMS-text enabled cell phones can ADD an optional text message in addition to the phone call, containing a web link to SHOW you where the warning was issued. Below that map is the entire text of the National Weather Service (NWS) issued warning responsible for launching the phone call and sending the text message.
Layers Save Lives™
Take Your Personal Safety Seriously Enough to PLAN
WeatherCall Services, LLC, knows that the secret to surviving any life threatening situation is to provide layers of protection. When it is cold outside, you've always known to "dress in layers". The reason is to keep the cold weather from impacting your skin. The more layers, the better chance you have of remaining warm. In parts of the country where sub-freezing temperatures occur frequently, this concept has literally saved millions of lives over the years simply by people putting this simple concept to use. When it comes to sheltering from a tornado, the concept is the same. Most deaths and injuries occur from being impacted by flying debris. The goal in finding shelter is to place as many layers of protection between you and the debris as possible (brick wall, inner wall, hallway wall, hallway door, bath tub). Each time a piece of debris hits a layer it slows, giving you a better chance of survival. The goal is to have that debris be stopped completely so you are not impacted. This same concept applies to how you are notified of a National Weather Service issued tornado warning. If you are counting on one form of communication, between you and the National Weather Service, and that one form fails, you are left 100% vulnerable with no layers of notification. It is similar as going outside into the freezing cold in a swimsuit. Here are suggestions for layers of notification in order of their reliability. Because Layers Save Lives™
Difference Between WeatherCall and Wireless Emergency Alerts (Gov't 'WEA')
WeatherCall will NEVER Overwarn
The federal government launched a notification service that includes certain types of severe weather events issued by the National Weather Service, Amber Alerts and Presidential Alerts. While it is a 'bell-ringer' for potential areal danger, it is NOT a storm specific warning for all dangerous severe weather. Here are the differences between WEA and WeatherCall.
- When the National Weather Service (NWS) issues a tornado, severe thunderstorm or flash flood warning, they issue a storm-specific box.
- WeatherCall's precise notifications are based on the geographic threat area defined by the NWS.
- Whether you are being warned of the threat to a registered lat/long, or your GPS enabled cell phone is tracked, the notification is based specifically on your location compared to that warning 'box'.
- WeatherCall only notifies those inside the NWS defined warning area. See Figure 1
- When you get a WeatherCall notification, chances are, the weather WILL get bad.
- WeatherCall never delivers any false alarms.
Read more: Difference Between WeatherCall and Wireless Emergency Alerts (Gov't 'WEA')
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