I have a hand held vhf (as a backup along with handheld GPS), so if plan on just firing that up to get the NOAA weather before I leave the house ( in addtion to checking a bunch of sites). I am in the same boat as you, living an hour or so North.I also call my pops as he lives down in the area.
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