Stay informed with this emergency radio that delivers weather, fire, landslide and child abduction emergency (Amber Alert) warnings. Specific Area Message Encoding (S.A.M.E.) technology with 25 programmable counties provides specialized alert reception.
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This one replaced a very similar, older model, also by Midland, which had been knocked off the shelf one too many times. There are fancier weather alert radios out there, but this does all I need it to, I chose it over cheaper models because it has S.A.M.E., with which I can specify which county alerts we'll hear, thus saving alerts for counties that aren't likely to affect us. This newer model also allows choosing which kinds of alerts will sound, e.g. fire, avalanche, amber, blizzard, etc. I only wish there were alternatives to the loud siren, which startles me in a major way in daylight hours; but doubtless it will do the job in the middle of the night.