You Need an Information Plan
A friend pointed out that “information can be like a fire hose.” Work toward shutting down the volume of info to a manageable amount and time.
Per my Good Friend
I hope this helps. Ask yourself how often you need to know about each topic. Your interest in GDP or Inflation may occur once per quarter or yearly. Weather, perhaps everyday. If lousy news puts you in a bad mood, tune in to positives (or take a break) and music more often. Remember, you can limit the fire hose.
With so much noise in the system, Lack of reporting, Regional Isolation, Social media / AI selecting only more of what you have consumed, and just lousy editorial oversight trying to sell an issue or work within the advertising spaces. We can get buried in the minutia or never even get the information we may want or need.
But do we know what we need? You decide what’s important to you. I suggest you start with your top five.
I also suggest you keep an atlas (Book), Globe, or framed map handy to understand better the
world you live in.
Is the news or report balanced? I like to get information from the Right, Left, and Middle (good luck finding the middle).
How old is the information, and who seems to have information first? Keep track of who is flat wrong most of the time.
I’m updating this part a little at a time. I’ll give you three locations if possible.
I’ll try to give you a device or frequency.
List of info:
Weather
Weather to look at:
YouTube: Mitch West Weather@MitchWestWeather
YouTube: Ryan Hall, Y’all XTRA@RyanHallYallXTRA
NOAA National Hurricane Center
Weather – National Weather Service
All NOAA Weather Radio stations broadcast on one of
seven frequencies in the VHF Public Service:
A weather alert radio will show 1-7, not the MHz.
162.400 megahertz (MHz),
162.425 MHz,
162.450 MHz,
162.475 MHz,
162.500 MHz,
162.525 MHz,
162.550 MHz.
The WX on a radio with a weather alert will activate the Auto Alert Function (WX)
You must press this to automate the attention on “YOUR RADIO.”
Wildfires and Smoke – Map of Fire-Smoke and Smog, Forest Fires Map
National Hazard – Risk Index Map
Electric grid disruptions – Power Outage Map: Your Local Utility May also have an online map.
Supply chain disruptions – Maritime Shipping
Economic news – Market Watch, Yahoo Finance
Water level/drought – Water Maps online, NOAA Stations, Local NPR Radio
Crops outlook – Ag Web News, USDA Crops and Info
Hazard spills – Super Fund Sites in your Area, Waste Cleanups
Civil unrest – Endowment for Peace Tracker, Travel Advisory Dept. State, Homeland Security gov
Crime – Spot Crime Web Site, Device – a Radio Police/Emergency Scanner, Local AM radio News
Politics National / World – BBC News, Politico News, CNN Politics, NPR News On F.M. Radio
Real estate – Prices and More, Homes Com, Wet Land Map
Stock trends – News Just the Numbers,
Commodity trends – Lots of Info on this site
Metals trends – Go to Woodfolks. Com Home page, Bloomberg
GNP / GDP – GDP Shadow,
Unemployment – Labor & Statistics,
Disease Vectors – CDC Outbreaks List, Health Alert Network (HAN)
Natural disasters – Disasters World Wide, Volcanic / Earthquakes, Data From FEMA, Data Tools
News – AP News, Reuters News, BBC News, Fox News, NPR News, Aljazeera News, CBC News
South / Central America News- US Report, Latin Am 1, Latin America 2
Temperature Trends – Ocean Trends, World Temps Now
Global Weather Trends – NASA Trends, World Wide NASA
Inflation World / National – Shadow Stats (Lots of Info), FRED
Earth Cams – See Real-Time Streets
US Debt Clock –Don’t Look Too Long
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I will add links to news in each region soon.
This is how I divide the US by area.
Local – 200 Miles From Home in all directions.
Northeast:
New England – MA News, VT News, ME News
Mid-Atlantic – NY News 1, NY News 2, NY News 3, PA News, NJ News
South:
South-Atlantic – Miami News, Tampa News
East South Central – KY News, TN News, AL News
West South Central – Texas News, OK News, LA News, AK News
Midwest:
East North Central – MI News, IL News, WI News
West North Central – MN News, KS News, SD News
West:
Mountain – NV News, UT News, MT News, AZ News, NM News
Pacific – CA News 1, CA News 2, WA News, AK News, HI News
Territories US – PR News, VI News, Guam News, Samoa News
| State Name | Region |
| Alabama | East South Central |
| Alaska | West |
| Arizona | Southwest |
| Arkansas | West South Central |
| California | West |
| Colorado | West |
| Connecticut | New England |
| Delaware | South Atlantic |
| Florida | South Atlantic |
| Georgia | South Atlantic |
| Hawaii | West |
| Idaho | West |
| Illinois | Midwest |
| Indiana | Midwest |
| Iowa | Midwest |
| Kansas | Midwest |
| Kentucky | East South Central |
| Louisiana | West South Central |
| Maine | Northeast |
| Maryland | South Atlantic |
| Massachusetts | New England |
| Michigan | Midwest |
| Minnesota | Midwest |
| Mississippi | East South Central |
| Missouri | Midwest |
| Montana | West |
| Nebraska | Midwest |
| Nevada | West |
| New Hampshire | New England |
| New Jersey | Mid-Atlantic |
| New Mexico | Southwest |
| New York | Mid-Atlantic |
| North Carolina | South Atlantic |
| North Dakota | Midwest |
| Ohio | Midwest |
| Oklahoma | West South Central |
| Oregon | West |
| Pennsylvania | Mid-Atlantic |
| Rhode Island | New England |
| South Carolina | South Atlantic |
| South Dakota | Midwest |
| Tennessee | East South Central |
| Texas | West South Central |
| Utah | West |
| Vermont | New England |
| Virginia | South Atlantic |
| Washington | West |
| West Virginia | South Atlantic |
| Wisconsin | Midwest |
| Wyoming | West |
Scales and Charts to Know
Tornado Classification and Safety
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale