[mdlug] Weather-info options

[merc]

On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Michael Rudas <audiotech50 at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is mostly for our North American-based list members.
>
>  Severe weather is a concern this time of year.  For years, I have been
>  using the advertising-supported WeatherBug and an ad-free alternative,
>  Weather Pulse under Microsoft Windows -- but was not aware of
>  alternatives under Linux, so I decided to take a look at The Weather
>  Channel and AccuWeather.
>
>  Of course, you can always go to their respective websites to view
>  current conditions:
>  <http://www.weatherbug.com>
>  <http://www.accuweather.com>
>  <http://www.weather.com>
>  but that's a bit of a hassle.
>
>  Fortunately, The Weather Channel and AccuWeather both provide free
>  downloads and services.  For those of us that run Linux or Mac OS X,
>  both services provide Firefox extensions.  Since Firefox extensions
>  are OS-agnostic, they run fine in any environment that supports
>  Firefox. Both also offer a variety of toolbars and widgets for a
>  variety of environments.
>  <http://www.accuweather.com/downloadcenter.asp>
>  <http://www.weather.com/services/downloads/index.html>
>
>  ~~ Mikey
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I've been using an extension called forecast fox for as long as i can
remember, does a bunch of things(radar,severe weather alerts etc..)
and is super configurable.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/398