Upcoming TV changes and Hurricanes (Jacksonville, Miami: houses, work, college)

[mrskim_32901]

It is my understanding that as of 2009 TV's that are antenna only will not be usuable anymore; has anyone else heard of this?

[GENO-777]

Originally Posted by mrskim_32901

It is my understanding that as of 2009 TV's that are antenna only will not be usuable anymore; has anyone else heard of this?

That will only happen if a hurricane knocks out all the stations in the country that aren't, on a cable or satellite system.

[FlatCat]

As of 2009, all over the air broadcasts will be in High Definition; stations will no longer broadcast in Standard Definition. If you receive your local television channels on an over the air antenna, you will either need to buy a new TV with an HDTV tuner, or buy a converter box for your existing TV. If you receive your TV channels through a satellite dish or cable, you don't have to do anything. The U.S. Government is giving away $40 coupons for converter boxes, you can get them at https://www.dtv2009.gov/ApplyCoupon.aspx, they will give up to two coupons per household.

[floridasandy]

Originally Posted by FlatCat

As of 2009, all over the air broadcasts will be in High Definition; stations will no longer broadcast in Standard Definition. If you receive your local television channels on an over the air antenna, you will either need to buy a new TV with an HDTV tuner, or buy a converter box for your existing TV. If you receive your TV channels through a satellite dish or cable, you don't have to do anything. The U.S. Government is giving away $40 coupons for converter boxes, you can get them at https://www.dtv2009.gov/ApplyCoupon.aspx, they will give up to two coupons per household.

thanks for that helpful information!

[doggiebus]

So when this happens my "emergency during the hurricane" tiny 4 inch antenna tv will not work. Does anyone make a tiny emergency tv that will work yet? I like watching the weather guys during the storm vs. just listening to the radio, as it calms me.

[peralta151]

In 2009, over the air broadcast will be digital (not necessarily HD). Analog signal broadcast will stop. The analog spectrum is actually up for auction. You will need a box that converts the signal from digital to analog if you have an older TV. The coupons are available, but they have an expiration date. I would hold off of getting them since it will be a while before you can actually use them.

[Revellanotvanella]

My boyfriend wants to move from Delaware and we were originally looking at North Carolina I was fine with that but now hw wants to move to Florida for the Palm Trees and nice weather and he liked Jacksonville the last time he drove through on his way to West Palm Beach, where he attended college, this has been over 7 years ago though. I am not oblivious to the climate changes and hurricanes, 'super storms' are no joke. I told him Im out of there the first notice of a hurricane over 3 and he said fine, but rarely do people (not from DE anyway) heed a warning but wait til last minute.

If we move to Florida that most likely means we'll be settling in and eventually buy a home there, we have 2 baby girls. Are the houses built to withstand disasters or are they only just now making changes. I love what their doing in Orleans, their cementing the foundations with metal rods.

I do have friends in Florida but the sea level is rising pretty quick (no offense, you guys) and I don't know if thats enough to put my children in jeopardy. My bf says WE live on the east coast too, but Im thinking more along the lines of something I can avoid, not something that will change our whole country.

[doggiebus]

First Jacksonville is traditionally one of the area of Florida that gets hit with hurricanes the least. That said, the state doesn't have one rule of building code, it comes down to each county. So I am not sure what Jacksonvilles building code is. South Florida Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach have the stricktist codes in the COUNTRY, as they get hit probably the most often.

I am not sure what they are doing in New Orleans, but make sure the walls on the entire first and second floor, along with the foundation are all CBS, no wood walls. When you do go to buy a home make sure it is built with Concrete Block Stone (CBS) the roof will be wood most likely unless you can find one made with cement, which is hard to find. Whatever you do, do not buy a wood/stick built home in an area that is Hurricane prone (which includes NC, SC, LA, AL, TX). There will be people that will tell you are are fine, but don't listen to them. Make sure to have an inspection done by someone you trust that can tell you if the house is prepared for a cat 5 storm.

Hurricanes are scary yes, but if you plan on evacuating, take with you when you evacuated all those important things you can't replace like photos, and have your house properly insured you should be fine. BTW, NC, SC and GA all have Palm Trees too.

[mrskim_32901]

So in the event of a hurricane when the cable is down or the satellite dish is blowing in the winds then we will not have a way to VIEW all the weather watches?! Is this not an absurd thing?

[GENO-777]

Originally Posted by mrskim_32901

So in the event of a hurricane when the cable is down or the satellite dish is blowing in the winds then we will not have a way to VIEW all the weather watches?! Is this not an absurd thing?

This site will take care of this problem
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