Weather Radio Voices...Human or Computer?
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Weather Radio Voices...Human or Computer?
I like the newer voices (Donna and Craig). Once the NWS got the speech to sound more smotther, it sounds more realistic.
And the fact that I can be warned in 20 seconds or less of a severe weather warning, and not a minute or more ( with the manual broadcast, I saw the thing first alert on the TV, and 10 minutes later it triggered NWR.)
And the fact that I can be warned in 20 seconds or less of a severe weather warning, and not a minute or more ( with the manual broadcast, I saw the thing first alert on the TV, and 10 minutes later it triggered NWR.)
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"Omaha was clear, and 40. Lincoln was Clear, and 43. Grand Island was Clear, and 50. Norfolk was clear, and 39. ..."
Thanfully, they at least added new instructions to Igor (yes, our NWS office named the voice) to group conditions together, so it is easier on the ears and brain.
Also, I think last spring or summer, we had severe weather, and the computer got stuck issuing the same severe thunderstorm warning over and over and over again (complete with SAME codes)!

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I am torn between the computer and the human.
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azskyman wrote:I remember the early days of weather radio. I liked the human element. You could tell from the inflection just how serious a watch or warning was.
I know we'll never go back, but those were the good old days.
I agree with you there, but there are some inflections in Craig and Donna's voice.
I am listening to the National Weather Service in Ruskin, FL (Tampa Bay, FL) right now. Donna just gave the Marine Forecasts and now Craig gave the Weather Synopsis and at this very moment the Short Term Forecast (with a location heading longer than the actual data in the statement).

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stormraiser wrote::lol: When Donna first came out in Albany, NY she would be going through the forecast and the hi's and lows. Imagine Lindaloo greeting you at your front door with a nice Southern "hi". That's how she said it. It was shocking at first, but my children were going around the house mimicking her for the rest of the week.
LOL!!
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