A few months ago, here in Bloomington, Indiana, everyone’s cell phones blasted an emergency warning sound, along with the alert I screen-grabbed above. At the same time civil emergency sirens wailed all over town.
A TORNADO WARNING means a tornado has been spotted or close enough. (A WATCH means there is a risk of a tornado.) Note the last two words: Check media .
That we did, here in the basement where I’m sitting right now (in my office). First I went to our only local AM station, WGCL/1370 (also 89.7 on FM). On the air was an interview with a guy talking about his tattoos. Then I checked all the local and regional radio stations listed here (on the LocalWiki where I dutifully put them):