Experimental Evaluation of Lightning and Weather Alert Methods in Rural India using LoRa and IoT Technology with Nanosensors

Table 2

Comparison of among various lightning/weather alert methods.

Alert method	Method/technology	Software package/service(s)	Remarks
Announcement	Linear predictive coding	Talkie library and TMRpcm library	Simple way to alert and create awareness about weather and lightning
Bluetooth	Bluetooth classic	Software serial library and Bluetooth mobile app	Good choice to monitor healthy status of alert system and alert in short distance communication
Email	HTTP and SMTP	Webhooks, IFTTT, and email	Email is the official way to sends the alert
VOIP	WiFi, HTTP, and IP	Webhooks, IFTTT, and VOIP	IFTTT app converts weather alert message into voice
WhatsApp	WiFi and HTTP	Text me BoT platform	Effective/fastest way of reaching alert message to people
Siren	Digital IO	DigitalWrite()	Issues weather and lightning alert by siren
SMS	WiFi and HTTP	Webhooks, IFTTT, and android SMS	Alert and awareness message to authorized persons in Telugu and English languages
Mobile app	WiFi	ThingSpeak, ThingView, and thingTweet	It represents the sensors readings in a graphical way and send alerts through Twitter