Hmmmm:
That's interesting.
I'm wondering why I can't get Huntsville to stop here once Wolf Lake is
activated.
I had the same problem at work.
So, the problem is occurring on two computers.
Am using Windows 7 and Jaws on both machines.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Dave Allen
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 8:55 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: odd finding at braille.wunderground.com
Hi Tom!
It works fine. That Wolf Lake is more unique to find rather than Michigan.
Just did a find on the page for Wolf Lake, then arrowed down to the listen
link, and press enter.
Huntsville stopped, and after waiting several seconds, I was listening to
Wolf Lake.
73,
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Tom Behler
Sent: Wednesday, 6 May 2015 12:40 p.m.
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: odd finding at braille.wunderground.com
Dave:
I am about 55 miles due north of Grand Rapids, so the station I get my local
weather info from is WNG672, out of a place called Wolf Lake. They are
about 30 miles northwest of me, and cover my county, as well as adjacent
counties to my north and west.
The strange thing with the Wunderground classic web site now is that even
when I activate the listen link for the transmitter I want, the Huntsville,
Alabama broadcast never goes away. It just continues underneath the one I
really want to listen to.
And, I agree totally on the greater desirability of local voices, and
personalized broadcasts. This is the way NOAA weather radio used to be. I
suspect the standard robotic voices that are now used pretty much across the
board were implemented as a cost-saving tool, rather than paying someone
local to create the more customized broadcast feeds.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Dave Allen
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 8:09 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: odd finding at braille.wunderground.com
Hi Tom!
Must be tough to find your way in that mess.
I was just listening to the stagion, which I believe was identified as KIG63
in Grand Rapids. Is that one near you?
It's true that the Hutnsville feed comes up by default, but you can change
it by activating the listen link under the station you choose further down
the page.
Those voices aren't bad, but it's a pity they can't find people in local
areas to record stuff for those transmitters. Hearing local accents would
give those stations a bit more character, in my view.
73,
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Tom Behler
Sent: Wednesday, 6 May 2015 11:09 a.m.
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: odd finding at braille.wunderground.com
Lloyd and all:
Today, I had a very strange experience with Wunderground, and I'm wondering
if it might be related to the pending discontinuation of the wunderground
classic web site.
This afternoon, while at work, I tried accessing the streaming audio from
the NWS transmitter that is nearest to where I live, and when I clicked on
the usual URL:
http://classic.wunderground.com/wxradio/
I automatically got the streaming audio feed from the NWS office in
Huntsville, Alabama. I then scrolled down through the list of streaming
broadcasts, until I found the one from my local office here in west-central
Lower Michigan.
When I hit enter on it, the local broadcast came up, but underneath it was
still the Huntsville, Alabama audio feed.
Needless to say, this made for a rather challenging listening experience.
What is really strange is that I couldn't get rid of the Huntsville
broadcast, no matter what I did.
Has anyone seen this kind of behavior, and if so, how do you get rid of it?
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Lloyd Rasmussen
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 7:25 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: odd finding at braille.wunderground.com
I have not used braille.wunderground.com, although I knew of its existence.
That is until last Friday. Wunderground announced that they were no longer
creating a classic.wunderground.com site, which I had been enjoying. It had
multiple tables and links, as well as a link to the latest from the local
National Weather Service offfice. But they said that their classic site was
too difficult to maintain and it was time to move on and use the regular
www.wunderground.com site. My first couple of experiences with that site and
Window-Eyes 9.1 were not very encouraging. Besides, apparently
wunderground.com has been bought by The Weather Channel, so we can expect
more commercial stuff and graphics as time goes on. Braille.wunderground.com
seems to be coded with a few more words and possibly simplified language,
and no obvious controls for Fahrenheit vs. Celsius, and other preferences.
We'll see what happens next.
Perhaps this is why Lowell, W8QIY, feeds his weather station data into a
different network these days.
73,
Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Allen
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 1:59 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: odd finding at braille.wunderground.com
Hi all!
I often use this site for checking weather in other places, but saw
something there today that really surprised me.
When checking shd, which is the airport code for Shenandoah Valley regional
airport, the forecast looke mostly reasonable, but the shock is the
expectation of temperature, regardless of whether it's talking about night
or day. Jaws says 10000C for all.
The current conditions and everything else seems reasponable, but those
temperatures suggested in the forecast certainly strike me as unthinkable,
hi hi.
Just wondering if others see similar problems with other area forecasts, or
if there is perhaps a better place to look, given that particular result is
so outlandish to be useful.
The main reason I went there today was to see when sunset was in order to
calculate a time for suggesting a sked to a friend in that area, but that
temperature expectation definitely floored me!
73,
Dave
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