[Xastir] I must be missing something....

[Tom Russo]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 07:44:49PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <archer at eskimo.com> flavor, containing:
> On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Bill Ramsey wrote:
> 
> > I have the county maps and the maps from the get-NWSdata script in
> > the Counties directory. Shapelib library is installed. The
> > configuration is to allow weather alerts. I am connected to an
> > APRS server with no distance limits set and with the port filters
> > set as t/n and t/w.
> 
> Map->Disable All Map should _not_ be checked
> Map->Enable Area Color Fills may need to be checked (don't remember)
> Map->Enable Weather Alerts must be checked
> 
> 
> >  Looking at the NWS/SPC Watch, Warning, Advisory Display I can see all
> > sorts of watches and warnings from the mid-west to the east coast. Sometimes
> > a warning will show up, but only stays on the screen until the next
> > "refresh" cycle when it goes away never to return even though the alert or
> > warning is still active.
> 
> It's possible that WXSVR isn't up, or isn't functioning on those
> particular alerts properly for some reason.
> 
> FWIW:  I'm not seeing any currently in my View->Weather Alerts
> window or on my map display either.  I'd suspect that WXSVR might be
> down or that somebody changed the format.

There's a flash flood warning right here at the moment.  Came through
through first.arps.net from ABQFFA.

http://www.swcp.com/~russo/imgs/snapshot.png
(updated every 5 mins, alert might be gone by the time you look)

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