Subj : Re: Emerg. Broadcast Stations To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu Apr 30 2020 20:29:40 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 23-Apr-2020 10:33 <=- NB>>> Well, actually, I don't generally do any Google searches, so I've not NB>>> learned any of the tricks that are supposed to work... the options, NB>>> the Boolean searches, etc.... I've heard tell of them, and watched NB>>> other people use them... but don't do them myself.... ;) BM>> Those mysterious magic spells! NB>> Exactly. :) BM> All goes back to what is needed. Here I (try to!) look up stuff to BM> figure out why something isn't working. Sometimes I don't know the BM> correct term, sometimes I do but other might not so Google (and BM> probably the other search engines) try to help by guessing and BM> including those. And if it guesses intelligently, yes, it might end up helpful... ;) Richard uses Duck, Duck, GO usually.... has better results with that.... NB>>>>> So now you know for the next emergency (weather or otherwise).... BM>>>> And the 'good news' is the transmitter is at the antenna farm only a BM>>>> few miles from here so should be able to receive the signal without too BM>>>> much problem. NB>>>> Very good.... :) BM>>> Make sure have working batteries..... NB>>> You've already been working on that... :) BM>> Now if the Sun would shine.... Overcast today with a 50-50 chance of BM>> rain, maybe a thunderstorm tomorrow is Easter Sunday and 80% chance of BM>> rain. Monday might snow but probably not acumulate..... NB>> We've had similar weather off and on... this morning there was snow NB>> on the ground, and it's still quite chilly (high to be around 40)... NB>> but at least the sun is shining brightly in through my window at the NB>> moment... :) BM> Most of yesterday was coolish in the 50's and low 60's and then early BM> evening was 76ø! They're talking about upper 80's and maybe low 90's BM> the middle of next week. A little too early for that but I'll enjoy BM> it! Thankfully we've not been getting 80s or 90s... high 70s is fine enough for me.... ;) BM>>>> And of course a bunch scattered throughout the country. ...Who'da BM>>>> thought the need for more than WAA through WZZ! NB>>>> Surprise, surprise.... ;) Once there were any stations, every NB>>>> locality would want their own.... and then there would be more than NB>>>> one, competing with different formats.... BM>>> Yup, or even same/similar formats: "I can do it better!". NB>>> Probably a slight variation on the original formats, though... NB>>> One is Top 40, another is Top 40 plus the 10 below them.... BM>> "All Brahms, all the time! This is WZZZ!" NB>> That's not quite fair...! Most of Brahms's music is lively... :) NB>> Take for instance his Hungarian Rhapsodies... or the Academic Overture, NB>> or, for that matter, the fast movements of his symphonies... :) And NB>> so forth... ;) BM> Those are played on WEEE!! Yeah, right... ;) ttyl neb .... Why be difficult, when with a bit of effort, you can be impossible. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .