This is a big mistake!!
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This is a big mistake!!
"Starting March 16, 2026, Weatheradio and Hello Weather services will be permanently disconnected.
You can get radio marine forecasts via the Canadian Coast Guard. For your local weather forecasts and alerts, visit the interactive weather map or download the WeatherCAN app.”
How are people supposed to get weather information if all they have is a battery operated things?
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weatheradio.html
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This is a big mistake!!
"Starting March 16, 2026, Weatheradio and Hello Weather services will be permanently disconnected.
You can get radio marine forecasts via the Canadian Coast Guard. For your local weather forecasts and alerts, visit the interactive weather map or download the WeatherCAN app.”
How are people supposed to get weather information if all they have is a battery operated things?
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weatheradio.html
@alberniweather For the 1998 ice storm, those without power used their analogue battery operated radios only for the 14:00 daily briefing from Hydro Québec.
Not knowing how long we'd be out of power, I kept my then cell phone turned off in case I needed to make emergency call.
It is assumed now that people will have charged phones all the time and that cell towers will work all the time to provide such info. Wrong assumption. (as was seen in Maritimes after hurricane).
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This is a big mistake!!
"Starting March 16, 2026, Weatheradio and Hello Weather services will be permanently disconnected.
You can get radio marine forecasts via the Canadian Coast Guard. For your local weather forecasts and alerts, visit the interactive weather map or download the WeatherCAN app.”
How are people supposed to get weather information if all they have is a battery operated things?
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weatheradio.html
@alberniweather so if you have a boat and you are out of cell range you need to buy a starlink mini now? elbows up indeed.
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This is a big mistake!!
"Starting March 16, 2026, Weatheradio and Hello Weather services will be permanently disconnected.
You can get radio marine forecasts via the Canadian Coast Guard. For your local weather forecasts and alerts, visit the interactive weather map or download the WeatherCAN app.”
How are people supposed to get weather information if all they have is a battery operated things?
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weatheradio.html
@alberniweather Radio station: 1 generator for 1 transmitter atop a mountain to cover wide area.
Cellular: small antennas all over the place running on batteries with limited autonomy and roving generator to recharge at regular intevals. Some have they own generators. (number of moveable generators is based on small local outages, not widespread outage where all towers are out).
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@alberniweather so if you have a boat and you are out of cell range you need to buy a starlink mini now? elbows up indeed.
@mark this does not impact marine forecasts/broadcasts apparently. Only the terrestrial broadcasts that repeat the local terrestrial weather.
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@alberniweather For the 1998 ice storm, those without power used their analogue battery operated radios only for the 14:00 daily briefing from Hydro Québec.
Not knowing how long we'd be out of power, I kept my then cell phone turned off in case I needed to make emergency call.
It is assumed now that people will have charged phones all the time and that cell towers will work all the time to provide such info. Wrong assumption. (as was seen in Maritimes after hurricane).
@jfmezei agreed, very misguided assumption. Especially in a country that is much *much* more vast than cell coverage currently allows and where satellite use is not affordable.
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