Earth Alerts is a software that can keep you up-to-date with the current major weather events that are taking place within US.
The user interface of the program is plain and simple. Beginners shouldn't have any problems handling this tool.
Once you have set your location, you will immediately receive weather alerts.
So, you can get a global overview on earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and tropical cyclones - activity reports, location map, reports, shake map, event original, affected region, tsunami travel time, and more.
But you can also check out news which is focused on the United States, when it comes to severe weather, volcanoes, wildland fires and landslides. In other words, you can view storm reports, severe weather watches and outlooks, webcams, active fire maps, fire weather outlooks and landslide reports.
But you can also go to Google Earth. In addition, you can view the image of the day, along with detailed information and the most important event.
The program uses a moderate amount of system resources, runs in the background, performs automatic updates and didn't freeze, crash or pop up errors during our tests.
The bottom line is that Earth Alerts is an excellent tool for monitoring the weather. Too bad it's mostly focused on the US, but we can only hope the software will extend to a global level. We certainly recommend it to all users who want to be cautious about the weather.
Earth Alerts description
re occurring anywhere around the world. Alert notifications, reports, and imagery provide the user with a convenient way to view natural phenomenon as they occur, whether close to home or some far-flung corner of the globe!
Earth Alerts uses a variety of online resources provided by organizations such as the National Weather Service, U.S. Geological Survey and Smithsonian Institution (just to name a few), to identify what sort of activities "Mother Earth" is currently dishing out on the planet.
To use Earth Alerts, you simply select the specific natural hazards -- earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, tropical cyclones, wildland fires, landslides, severe weather, local weather, etc. -- and the locations that interest you. Earth Alerts will get the latest information from various live data feeds available on the Internet and present it to you in a convenient arrangement of reports, maps and images.
Here are some key features of "Earth Alerts":
· Global activity overview: earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, and tropical cyclones (typhoons, hurricanes, tropical storms, tropical depressions and other disturbances)
· Activity for user-selected Global locations (anywhere outside the U.S.): local earthquakes, local weather including current conditions, forecasts and satellite imagery
· United States activity overview: severe weather including special tornado and severe thunderstorm watches, volcanoes, wildland fires (wildfires), and landslide related hazards
· Activity for user-selected United States locations: local earthquakes; local wildland fires; local weather including NWS weather/hazard alerts, current conditions, forecasts and radar/satellite imagery
· Google Earth™ integration provides visualizations of recent earthquake events, volcanoes, tropical cyclones, wildland fires and severe weather warnings. Google Earth™ integration also provides high resolution views of any user-selected U.S. or Global location
· Visual and sound notifications on your Windows desktop identifying active alerts
· Email notifications of active alerts
· Mobile phone text message (SMS) alert notifications of active tsunami watches / warnings, magnitude 5.0+ earthquakes, major volcanic eruptions and tornado warnings
Requirements:
· Pentium III processor or higher
· 1024x768 screen resolution or higher
· 128 MB RAM
· 20 MB hard disk space
· A broadband Internet connection (a dial-up connection is NOT recommended!)
· .NET Framework 3.5
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