Re: Weather Program
- From: "Jim" <jazzpiano@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 07:34:04 -0800
Jack, you might like it better, but I am willing to give yours a look also.
can you get a free trial look and such? Why don't you write me off list so
we won't clutter it.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Lowe" <akronjack1982@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: Weather Program
> Hey, thanks for the info Jim. I've been using the Wetsock program since
> April of 2003 and I love it.
> You can set it to alert you to severe weather in your area as well as 24
> hour forecasts and weekly forecasts. But I'll give the one you mentioned
> a
> look. Jack
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim" <jazzpiano@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 9:37 AM
> Subject: Re: Weather Program
>
>
>> Jack, here is another program you can try for at least 30 days for free,
>> and
>> then if you don't like it, no harm done. it is called weather aloud and
>> you
>> can try it from www.nextup.com. try it and see what you think. I am a
>> weather junky and I really love the program. give it a whirl won't cost
>> you
>> anything.
>> Jim
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jack Lowe" <akronjack1982@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 3:28 AM
>> Subject: Weather Program
>>
>>
>>> Hi Listers,
>>> I don't know how many of you are interested in the weather. However, if
>>> you are, here's a sweet little program I bought online. The price is
>>> only
>>> 12 dollars. The program is called Weather Socket, or wetsock for short.
>>> The link to the site is:
>>> http://www.robomagic.com
>>> You can download a free trial version if you'd like to try it out before
>>> you buy it. The registration can't be done without sighted help.
>>> However, if you let them know that you are blind, they will send you
>>> your
>>> registration as an attachment as a .reg file. Just save, then open the
>>> .reg file and the program registration is done automatically. Here's
>>> some
>>> info on this program. Jack
>>>
>>>
>>> What is WetSock:
>>> WetSock shows your current weather conditions and forecasts as an icon
>>> on
>>> the tray notification area of the system taskbar.
>>>
>>> Exciting features in WetSock:
>>> List of 8 items
>>> . The most important new feature in WetSock is the extremely accurate
>>> and
>>> detailed forecasts. These aviation forecasts, previously in the domain
>>> of
>>> pilots
>>> and other aviation professionals are now brought to you in plain
>>> language.
>>> See the new 24-hour forecasts in action
>>> . Detailed cloud cover information for both current conditions and
>>> 24-hour
>>> forecasts. It not only indicates the general status as "mostly cloudy",
>>> "partly
>>> cloudy", etc., but also displays in detail, cloud height, cloud coverage
>>> at each height and the type of clouds.
>>> . WetSock supports monitoring multiple cities. You can have one or
>>> multiple tray icons indicating the weather in each city, or you can
>>> contain all your
>>> cities in a central control window, from which any and all weather
>>> information is only clicks away.
>>> . A detailed weather information window gives a snapshot of every
>>> weather
>>> detail you could want about a city.
>>> . Control over what kind of weather data you want to download for each
>>> city, lets WetSock to download relevant weather information for a city
>>> in
>>> mere seconds.
>>> . click.gif (1165 bytes)WetSock can show information on over 3750 cities
>>> worldwide.
>>> . It now supports 200 countries all over the world.
>>> . With almost 1500 cities in USA, and over 820 cities in Canada, you can
>>> choose weather information pinpointed to your location.
>>> list end
>>>
>>> WetSock will keep you updated about the weather over Internet without
>>> even
>>> needing to dial into your Internet Service Provider. If you periodically
>>> dial
>>> in for surfing, checking your mail etc., WetSock will connect to the
>>> weather server and get the weather information in the background, but
>>> can
>>> also dial
>>> in and hang-up by itself.
>>>
>>> · WetSock works by monitoring your network connections and getting the
>>> weather information once you are connected for any other purpose.
>>> · Integrated with built-in Dial-up Networking. Will use your existing
>>> Dial-up Networking and TCP/IP settings. Requires no further settings.
>>> · Silent background operation. Easy access to features via a system tray
>>> icon.
>>>
>>> Interested in receiving weather alerts when you are away from your
>>> computer, or when your computer is powered off?
>>>
>>> With a NOAA approved weather radio you can receive important weather
>>> alerts while on the move.
>>>
>>> We recommend these weather radios from amazon.com
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> WetSock
>>> won these awards:
>>>
>>> Rated 4 stars at WebAttack.com
>>> WUGNET Shareware Hall of Fame
>>> images/5rate
>>> WinFiles.com:
>>> Red81.gif (1760 bytes)
>>> images/Prest2gz
>>> images/pcc1001
>>> Editors_Pick.GIF (5224 bytes)
>>> images/award
>>> images/coolaward
>>> images/powerd_1
>>>
>>>
>>> Last edited: Sunday July 11, 2004 / Copyright 1995-2003 Robomagic
>>> Software Corporation
>>> Microsoft, Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks or
>>> trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
>>>
>>> table end
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