Nemeski@lemm.ee to Automotive Industry@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 2 months agoHouse committee approves bill requiring new cars to have AM radiowww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down10
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minus-squareesc27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoHas anyone here actually used AM radio during an emergency? I’ve used FM to keep track of a tornado once and weatherband a few times, but never AM.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoOnce. As a kid. Just because I had an AM pocket radio and the power was out due to a storm. Turned out to be a tornado warning one county over. Scared the bejesus outta me and I kept looking outside to see if there was any funnel clouds forming.
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Has anyone here actually used AM radio during an emergency? I’ve used FM to keep track of a tornado once and weatherband a few times, but never AM.
Once. As a kid. Just because I had an AM pocket radio and the power was out due to a storm. Turned out to be a tornado warning one county over. Scared the bejesus outta me and I kept looking outside to see if there was any funnel clouds forming.