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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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The next ALERT meeting will be at the National Weather Service in Calera at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, January 13th, 2009. Tonight is Jason’s last meeting. He will be missed, please let him know how much we have enjoyed working with him! Program on Amateur Radio Social Websites is on the Agenda as well. 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 in Calera at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, January 13th, 2009. Tonight is Jason’s last meeting. He will be missed, please let him know how much we have enjoyed working with him! Program on Amateur Radio Social Websites is on the Agenda as well. 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: 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