On Monday’s podcast I mentioned some trusted sources I use to get accurate weather and emergency info for our region. Here’s that list, with a few additions. You may have your own sources for trusted info. Use them and stay informed. Be your own fact-checker!
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National Weather Service: go to the National Weather Service Portland page on the web or on Facebook for timely weather and beach info.
Nixle: Nixle is a communication system that public safety agencies use to send alerts to residents via text message, email, and a mobile app. It provides real-time, neighborhood-level notifications about critical events like severe weather, public safety hazards, and missing persons, as well as community information and events. To sign up, you can text your zip code to 888-777 or register on the Nixle website.
Local emergency response agencies: Look for those in your area. Locally here, Pacific County Emergency Management’s Facebook page provides updated accurate information that is often relevant to the entire region, not just Pacific County.
Clatsop County’s Facebook page also provides local weather and emergency updates.
Chinook Observer – this Pacific County based newspaper offers great updates on their Facebook page about evolving weather and other emergency information.
Local Radio stations like KMUN and others: you can stream KMUN at kmun.org, or get the KMUN app.
NOAA weather radio: You can buy a NOAA weather radio that will automatically find local NOAA weather radio stations that broadcast current weather info. They also broadcast alerts.
Weather apps: there are many weather apps out there. Find one that offers an easy to read satellite map of weather activity over the Pacific. My current favorite is Storm Radar, which derives its data from the Weather Channel..
Road Conditions: Tripcheck: Tripcheck.com is an ODOT site that offers real time updates on road condition in Oregon. In Washington, see https://wsdot.com/travel/real-time/ for Real-time Travel Data for Washington roads.
Coastal bar conditions: Find out what the USCG says about conditions on coastal bars in Oregon and Washington here: https://www.weather.gov/pqr/allbars
Other good sources of info that are reliable and provide updates on local conditions in local areas are Facebook police department pages such as: Seaside Police Department, Astoria Police Department, etc.
The bottom line is that there is plenty of reputable accurate information available to us, we just have to know where to look.
