Weather watchers mourn the end of national Weatheradio service (Canada)

Joe Waldner remembers the night last August when a radio in his home near Saskatoon began blaring an alert message.

“Of course I come to my desktop, I pull open my radar. I’m looking at this system going, ‘Oh yeah, this is going to be devastating,'” Waldner said.

It was warning him of an intense storm system that went on to produce large hail, strong winds and even a tornado over central Saskatchewan.

But Waldner is now without a way to get alerts like the way he did that August night. 

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has shuttered its national Weatheradio service. The network of more than 200 stations — 11 of which were in Saskatchewan — provided 24-hour current conditions and forecasts on a continuous loop in English and French. 

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