Somewhat fittingly, Governor Bob Riley has declared this week (Sunday, February 17 - Friday, February 22) to be the "Alabama Severe Weather Awareness Week 2008" (I'll call it Alabama SWAW 2008). Here's NWS Huntsville's page for Alabama SWAW 2008. On the opening day, there were (as of 2/18/08) 44 tornadoes reported between the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida and North Carolina. As I've said before, I hope the weather of the past couple of weeks isn't a harbinger of a VERY active spring storm season. But, it's probably best to be prepared.....
During the storms from a couple of weeks ago, we were awakened by our weather radio at 3AM. I know that three of the six Alabama fatalities were in an area that didn't have warning sirens. If you live in an area without sirens, I'd highly recommend getting a radio.
Not up for buying a radio? You can get warnings via e-mail, page or cell phone in some areas. For the local area, check out WAFF's WeatherWarn. NOAA's National Weather Service doesn't currently have a text message/e-mail service for weather watches/warnings. They do, however, have an RSS-based system.
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