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Facebook Severe Weather Page

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May 22, 2013
by Gor in , , ,
My personal Facebook page gets overrun with severe weather updates in the spring and autumn.  This is probably fine if you can use the information, and you’re  living in Oklahoma. What if you’re not though? I have lots of friends back in my homeland of the UK and some in Australia and other places [...]
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Weather Apps & Social Media

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February 11, 2013
by Gor in ,
Note: A lot of my links focus on Oklahoma, because that’s where I am. Many severe weather enthusiasts, spotters and chasers use smartphones and tablets for live (or almost live) weather information from Radar, alerts, advisories, etc. Here are my favourite Apple iOS apps for such things. Going from [...]
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Official Skywarn Forum

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April 11, 2012
by Gor in ,
I’ve joined up at the official Skywarn forum online.  This is a very relaxed and relatively new forum for the network of Skywarn Spotters. Since it’s relatively new, there are around 100 members so far, and it’s pretty cosy.  The admins are very friendly and I’ve been made to feel completely [...]
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Spotting & Chasing in 2012

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April 6, 2012
by Gor in ,
2011 was a good year as far as storms go. I got to get out and about a bit and there were some really crazy parts to it, like calling in reports of damage and casualties up near Guthrie on May 24th. This year might be a bit different for me. Going out chasing is fun, exciting and full of [...]
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Spotter Network Map

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April 4, 2012
by Gor in ,
It appears that the spotter network map isn’t working properly.  I’ve been looking into this and I’ve tried two different methods - still with no luck.  The original method used was from StormChase.com which uses Microsoft Virtual Earth – which seemed the easiest way – but the problem is that [...]
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