Reeves, Debbie (Debbie) wrote: > I fondly recall past trips up off the Maine coast, waiting out a gale force > storm on the islands. There was nothing more comforting than the guys > broadcasting as "The voice of NOAA weather radio". If this change was due > to cost-cutting, I would happily contribute to a salary fund to get the guys > (& gals) back. Does anyone know why the change was made? I too have been at solo paddle campsites where the only human voices, other than me talking to myself, were those weather people on the radio. I don't think that the change was made to cut costs. The voices were just those of people at the weather office. None were professional speakers and that is what made it so pleasing to hear them. I suppose the reasoning was that the synthetic voice is easier to understand since it is so consistent. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Mar 10 2000 - 05:18:55 PST
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