NB: what is it about small and local news sites, usually TV stations, but also newspapers and such, which cannot * CLEARLY * indicate where in the world they are?
"Ocean Beach" is a pleasantly anonymous place name (I can think of several neighborhoods matching this, the U.S. Gazetteer of Places identifies it as Ocean Beach, NY), affording very little by way of actual location.
In an age before widespread Internet use, I experienced similar frustrations while listening to clear channel AM radio broadcasts in the back country. It wasn't uncommon to pull in strong signals from hundreds to a thousand miles away. And while there's something delightfully surreal in listening to the mundania of local traffic and news reports, if you happen to be in a wilderness location trying to find a reliable weather forecast, "area conditions" doesn't do much for you.
"Ocean Beach" is a pleasantly anonymous place name (I can think of several neighborhoods matching this, the U.S. Gazetteer of Places identifies it as Ocean Beach, NY), affording very little by way of actual location.
In an age before widespread Internet use, I experienced similar frustrations while listening to clear channel AM radio broadcasts in the back country. It wasn't uncommon to pull in strong signals from hundreds to a thousand miles away. And while there's something delightfully surreal in listening to the mundania of local traffic and news reports, if you happen to be in a wilderness location trying to find a reliable weather forecast, "area conditions" doesn't do much for you.