weather warning applet

[Frank Cox]

On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:40:01 -0800
John Wendel <john.wendel at metnet.navy.mil> wrote:

> wget http://www.weather.gov/view/national.php?prod=WSW
> 
> grep <your city or area> 'national.php?prod=WSW'
> 
> if [ $? == 0 ]; then aplay weather_warning; fi
> 
> 
> Do it in a cron once an hour (or whatever)

That is not a bad idea at all.  Easy enough to set it up to email myself with
the information gathered.

Thanks!

Around here, knowing about weather warnings can be pretty important and since I
don't watch television and the like I don't find out about these things unless
I go and specifically look for them.


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