The following letter appeared in our local newspaper:
There is cheap way for tornado alert
If fellow citizens will excuse my lack of proper technological terminology,
I'11 share a little known, cheap tornado alert to back up emergency warning
systems, or rural residents, travelers or power failure areas.
Any old battery-operated AM band radio will do. Tune it to 5.3 MHz. Must be AM
band. There should be no broadcasts here. Intermittent lightning strikes will
be audible, once it turns into a constant hum or constant static, there is a
tornado within a 20-mile radius. Take shelter. I tried it, it does work.
Seems like the electro-magnetic thing-a- ma-jigs within a funnel record as 5.0
MHz, or so I've read. These will be relayed across the airwaves. Pass it on!
Try it as a backup, for your own peace of mind.
Wands Knight
Gillette
One of our elementary teachers saw the thing and asked me about it. There is a
bit of confusion in it - 5.0 MHz is not on your local AM band, for example,
but, that aside, has anyone ever heard about a corelation between lightning
activity and tornados? The letter also seems to make the claim that a tornado
funnel produces a 5.0 MHz electromagnetic signal. This is also something that
I've never heard of.
Any ideas?
Glenn
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