When the NOAA Weather Radio robot voice pronounces the names of local communities in the Puget Sound area correctly, it’s because human hands and ears are at work “behind the sounds.”
You might remember a big storm a few weekends ago. On Saturday, Aug. 17, the Puget Sound area experienced gusty winds, thunder and lightning, and a lot of rain. It was relatively unusual for mid-August.
Anyone who tuned in and listened that night to NOAA Weather Radio – an automated, 24-hour-a-day service broadcast on a special radio band – heard the NOAA robot voice giving current conditions and the forecast. But, because of that odd August storm, the
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