Metal? Finally someone with some taste. π
You definitely can on PC.
You may also possibly find some apps for satellite using a rtl-sdr dongle, but that won't be much good for finding overseas weather, just your region.
Which is pretty easy now unless you start bombing them, then they might get ideas. π
The "local lords" still have to keep the peasants happy enough or distracted enough not to get the idea of going for their throat.
And what is done to another country isn't relevant.
I was just pointing out that they couldn't win if most humans still acted like humans... which they don't...
Moderns are a whole lot more docile than ancient people, or even those 200 years ago. π
Meh, it's all irrelevant because the system will collapse before anyone gets antsy enough anyway. π€£
There is also NAVTEX, which might be useful for coastal.
Found the one for weather maps, HF Weather Fax.
There should be an app to use the soundcard as the modem for weather maps, there are for other modes.
More for marine environments than land based.
Or you could always download the weather maps over radio.
Yeah it's called the weather broadcast, it's one way. π
How do you think the central banks & military industrial complex cowed the puppets that didn't respond to bribes... π