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The next ALERT meeting will be at the National Weather Service at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, February 10th, 2009. If you are not able to make the meeting in person try the teleconference. Every effort will be made to have teleconferencing available for each meeting, to participate: Please call: (877) 951-0997 and enter participants code 741083.The next ALERT meeting will be at the National Weather Service at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, February 10th, 2009. If you are not able to make the meeting in person try the teleconference. Every effort will be made to have teleconferencing available for each meeting, to participate: Please call: (877) 951-0997 and enter participants code 741083. Continue reading
The November Callout/Mailing List Test just went out. If you aren’t recieving the messages let us know at the next meeting.The November Callout/Mailing List Test just went out. If you aren’t recieving the messages let us know at the next meeting. Continue reading

OLD INFO! Check the Storm Spotter Chat tab at the top of this page for a newer guide!

 

Special Note: as of February 2, 2009

 

Please add bmxspotterchat@muc.appriss.com as a buddy for continued access to the chat room.

Adding chat to your buddy list.

  • Click Buddies
  • Click Add Buddy
  • Enter this in Buddy username: bmxspotterchat@muc.appriss.com
  • Click Buddies
  • Click Add Chat
  • Account be sure your XMPP acct from above shows here
  • Room: bmxspotterchat
  • Server: muc.appriss.com
  • Check to ensure that your handle is as above (e.g. brown-west_alabaster, porter-jasper, david-livingston)
  • Alias: Arbitrary. You can change this if you want to see something other than bmxspotterchat@muc.appriss.com for the name (try “bmxspotterchat”).
  • Select Add
  • Group: You might see this if the chat client lets you add room links to your list. In this case, this is the buddy group it will be listed under.
  • double-click the link your buddy list to the room. You should see iembot as one of the people in the room, and, if your chat client supports it, backlogged reports from the iembot.

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ALERT NEWSLETTER – February 2009 Vol. 2 No. 8http://www.alert-alabama.org Hi Everyone, Next month begins our spring severe weather season. Now is the time to take the time to review your emergency preparedness plans and for brushing up on your skills – including both communications & stormspotting. Now is the time to prepare, don’t wait until the sirens sound. It may be too late then. In preparing, you should ask yourselves these questions: Is my family shelter (and everyone should have one) ready? Is my equipment ready? Antennae up & radios working? Batteries charged? Are my communications channels open? Including RF, Internet & telephone resources. Can I receive weather bulletins & the ALERT callouts that will come? And, a reminder to all ALERT members, that all responses to the NWS are done on a callout basis. We want and welcome Operational members to take active roles in callouts. But, always coordinate with NWS liaison issuing the callout – Nathan or Russell before responding to the NWS. This a Continue reading

ALERT / National Weather Service Birmingham Coverage Area

  • ALERT covers the BMX county warning area. Presently, this includes: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston