▲ 236 ▼ Automakers Want AM Radios Out of Cars. Congress Is About to Require Them (www.wired.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world [M] to c/news@lemmy.world 61 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] jordanlund@lemmy.world -18 points 2 years ago (3 children) For the 1% of people who look to AM for emergency information. ;) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago* The idea is that AM is more rugged, it'll be up when other more common forms of emergency communication is down. Internet and TV are both fragile, relatively speaking. FM covers less range. So yeah, while few people use it actively, when a true crisis hits, it's nice to have a stable fallback. ;) permalink fedilink source parent [–] njm1314@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) You live in Hurricane territory you know exactly what channel it is permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThrowawayInTheYear23@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago Sorry to busy drinking to worry about using a radio. permalink fedilink source parent [–] prole@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Live through one category 5 hurricane then get back to me about how tough you are big guy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThrowawayInTheYear23@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* Hurricane party time? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago* The idea is that AM is more rugged, it'll be up when other more common forms of emergency communication is down. Internet and TV are both fragile, relatively speaking. FM covers less range. So yeah, while few people use it actively, when a true crisis hits, it's nice to have a stable fallback. ;) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) You live in Hurricane territory you know exactly what channel it is permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThrowawayInTheYear23@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago Sorry to busy drinking to worry about using a radio. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThrowawayInTheYear23@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago Sorry to busy drinking to worry about using a radio. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Live through one category 5 hurricane then get back to me about how tough you are big guy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThrowawayInTheYear23@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* Hurricane party time? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThrowawayInTheYear23@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* Hurricane party time? permalink fedilink source parent