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Weather Service Becoming More Tech Friendly

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-hope-your-servers-are-weatherproofed dept.

awgy writes "The National Weather Service recently began offering XML/RSS feeds of their alerts, observations, and forecasts. Now the Tulsa, OK Forecast Office is experimenting with offering forecast files for Google Earth. It looks like the National Weather Service is quickly becoming one of the most geek-friendly government agencies."

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  1. Sweet! by Bobman1235 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Now we can get false, useless information faster and easier!

    I think my horoscope is usually more accurate (and specific) than my local weather forecast.

  2. In Soviet Russia. . . by exi1ed0ne · · Score: 1, Troll

    The weather reports YOU! I just couldn't stop myself.

    --
    Pessimists.net - as if life wasn't depressing enough.
  3. Re:Basically private weather trying to shut off go by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I find him to be a misogynist, a homophobe, and a hatemonger.

    Hence why so many of the religious nuts are able to sympathize with him.