Archives for August 25, 2011

Hurricane Tip – Miami-Dade County Storm Surge Simulator

August 25, 2011 by gisuser

With Hurricane Irene approaching the Eastern US there’s much intense interest in the threat to property and life from the storm, however, people need to keep in mind that regardless of the category assigned to the storm as it approaches and prepares to make landfall the threat from storm surge is very serious… enter this new web service from Miami-Dade County.

Storm surge is the primary reason why Miami-Dade residents are asked to evacuate prior to a hurricane event. Some details… Because more than a half a million people are within one of Miami-Dade County’s three Hurricane Evacuation Zones, Miami-Dade County, in partnership with Florida International University has created the Storm Surge Simulator which combines historical data and modern day technology to illustrate what storm surge could mean to you and your home.

See Details of the Storm Surge Simulator HERE

Nokia Rolls Out 3 New Symbian Anna Smartphones

August 25, 2011 by gisuser

There’s no questioning that Nokia has done a great job at keeping people guessing! I think the biggest complaint I’d have about the whole Nokia mobile ecosystem is that the end user really does need to have some or interest in what’s inside their device and more important, what OS is powering the device… trouble is, in North America anyway, most people really don’t care. To be a savvy Nokia smartphone user you need to have a grasp of what’s running your device, you need to stay informed about OS updates, and you need to be diligent about updating your system software, and that can be a painful process! And so, as the journey continues, Nokia has rolled out their latest series of devices, these running on the new Symbian Anna.

Presented to the World this week at an event in Hong Kong, the Nokia 700, Nokia 701 and Nokia 600 smartphones introduce latest Symbian software update while new NFC-enabled stereo Bluetooth headset takes advantage of NFC pairing and sharing functionality. Here’s the skinny on the 3 new devices: The most compact touch screen monoblock smartphone in the world (Nokia 700); a sleek and stylish smartphone with the world’s brightest mobile display for indoor or outdoor use (Nokia 701), and Nokia’s loudest entertainment smartphone (Nokia 600) all bring firsts to the Nokia product portfolio

See more details on the new devices HERE

Tracking Hurricane Irene With Weatherbug

August 25, 2011 by gisuser

The WeatherBug Meteorology team at Earth Networks℠ is actively tracking Hurricane Irene, the Category 1 hurricane that could threaten the U.S. on Thursday or early Friday. Irene will be the first, and possibly major, hurricane threat to the U.S. mainland this season. The WeatherBug Meteorology team continues to track Hurricane Irene using weather data from more than 2,000 WeatherBug Weather Stations located along the East Coast, advanced weather and lightning tracking tools, and data from the National Hurricane Center (NHC). For the latest developments, information and alerts, turn to the following:

WeatherBug Apps: The WeatherBug mobile apps and desktop application provide weather information and severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service (NWS), in addition to WeatherBug exclusive Dangerous Thunderstorm Alerts (DTAs).
WeatherBug Website: Follow the path of Hurricane Irene and stay posted on conditions along the East Coast by accessing weather and lightning data from WeatherBug’s proprietary network of Weather Stations. Live images from hundreds of cameras, including ones in Miami, Clearwater Beach, and Jacksonville, Fla., Ocean City, Md., and Margate City, N.J., are featured on the WeatherBug website.
Enterprise Solutions: Federal, state and local officials, as well as professionals in the emergency response sector, can turn to StreamerRT, an advanced web-based visualization tool that enables users to select parameters for National Hurricane Center forecast tracks, hurricane cones, wind swaths and forecast model tracks for optimal storm visualization and tracking.
WeatherBug Social Networks: WeatherBug Meteorologists will be watching the conditions closely and posting frequent updates at http://weather.weatherbug.com/hurricanes/hurricane.html, via Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/weatherbug), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/WeatherBug.Meteorologists).