Jeb

I created this new forum today because I am preparing to move entries from jebwalk.com to this forum. I will retain jebwalk.com but will move all the entries here to this new forum over time.

It's no secret I'm a big fan of Eastern US Weather Forums.

I will join the pages of this forum to the Nexus Switchboard Complex later on so that the general public will enjoy easy, unfettered access to NSC goodies as well as to all the EUSWX pages on this board. I will develop a Weenie Phrase List page.

Suggestions are welcome, I can be contacted over at EUSWX, I am Jebman on that forum.

Enjoy.

February 20, 2007

New forum was added today, The EUSWX Forum, at 253pm Feb 20 2007. Public can read the forum including guests.

However to POST in this forum YOU MUST BE A REGISTERED MEMBER.

February 20, 2007

Tidbits about Pacific Blocking Highs, and their decadal trend

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126739

What, no 0Z NAM thread?, and what weekend warmup?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?sh...126750&st=0

Midwest Warming Up FAST, Impressive Turn Around Taking Place

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126713

A Week After The Storm..., Tamaqua, Hazleton, and others still not dug out...CRAZY!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126726

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February 19, 2007

NYC likely to stay under 10 inches for the season, What a dramatic to the 4 years of 40+ run

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126553

Will this cold kill the fire ants?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126630

Potential for Spring Floods Part I Upstate NY?, 2/24-2/26

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126598

snow ratio information, for those interested

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126510

Pul-as-kI comes to Wheaton

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126622

Minor Blizzard at IAD, Will probably last 3 minutes

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126605

The back of winter has been broken, deep winter ends this week

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126575

So CBS just left my house shooting a story on my snow, ABC came by yesterday

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126571

Snow shower over Pittsburgh....20 minutes ago

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126569

CLIPPER, East Coast -- Nobody Really Talking About It

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126475

Pocono's - My type of weather this weekend!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126587

Snow showers in N VA.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126609

Check out this EUSWX thread that was started back in Fall 2003.

Up and running...

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126

Snow shower over Pittsburgh....20 minutes ago

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126569

Loudoun County is a frozen Tundra

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126631

Euro Day 10, Brrr

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126636

My February Blizzard of 2006 photos., Enjoy Old Memories.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126649

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February 17, 2007

One picture of LEK's house...have lot's of pics but..., ..won't have much time to post...have to shovel roof!!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?sh...=124392&hl=

Monday morning blues, for dca, it's over and done, 1 to 2 inches most places

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?sh...=124309&hl=

CLASSIC POSTS I MADE in this thread:

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?s=...t&p=1756770

For dca this storm is no whopper.

It's a depressing slopper.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?s=...t&p=1756939

Jebman:
BlizzardNole:
So let me get this straight....DCA has a temp departure for February so far of MINUS 10.3, we have a juicy storm with a projected 1.64" qpf coming, and its nearly ALL RAIN?

And it's likely to remain cold for a while longer. OMG that is the worst I can ever remember. We are going to have one of the coldest first three weeks ever for a February, with a moisture-laden storm in there, And NO REAL SNOW!

I cannot even come up with words to describe how disgusting this winter is. Forget warm winters with no shot like 98 and 02. Shoot I did see 3" in 2002, which even beats 2006/07" total of 2.5" for me. I will mark down 2007 as THE worst winter I have ever witnessed.

At least with a screaming La Nina in 2007/08 we know we're not getting snow. I can't believe it didn't happen this winter.

It's just a bitter disappointment. This is a tough, tough part of the country for pure snows. We get our poor little hearts broken so much. There is so much ice on local ponds, lakes, that folks are out walking on 'em, makes me feel like I'm up in northern Illinois. Day after day of refreshing highs only in the 20s, low 30s with night after night after night of lows in the teens and even single numbers that made me so happy that it even brought a tear or two to my eyes, long-accustomed to seeing temps like those usually confined to northern New England for decades.

All that fine fresh Arctic air. The ground is so frozen its nearly beyond modern comprehension. Every time I go outside I feel it with my foot, I feel how hard the ground is, its like pure iron, this frozen ground condition is so damned RARE in the southern places like dca/N VA it breaks your heart. There are areas of ice in a few shaded areas where some of that precious, precious snow melted, where I happily slid and did the Michael Jackson moonwalk during the course of an elated, giddy jebwalk savored during some of the freshest coldest weather ever experienced here in years and years and years and years.

Yeah, We've got the Monday Morning Blues.

We've enjoyed a good stretch of some of the most consistent good cold Arctic weather (considering our climo) in a good many years. February is -10 for the month, we finally have incredible surface frigidization (That is, the ground is so frozen, just CRYING for some snow!!!!!!!!! Aaaarrrgghh!!!) and in the end, after a whole winter of warm weather angst and patience, after we wasted an entire WEEK chasing models and of watching the solutions wax worse and worse and worse for DCA/N VA, in the end, what we have got here, has absolutely got to be one of the worst cases of Monday Morning Blues that I have ever experienced in my entire lifetime.

This hurts. This smarts. If you remember anything, if you want to drag away any lessons from all of this sheer soul-wrenching agony, Remember that if you find yourslef in that gd damned bullseye five days out, expect an inch of slop followed by frzra and rainfall. It's the Five Day Bullseye Rule, and it's fairly reliable. Being in that damned Bullseye five days out, has surely got to be one of meteorology's worst-ever curses on snow here in DC and Northern VA. You NEVER, EVER want to be in that Bullseye five days out from the onset of the event. Becuase if you are, you ain't gettin' shyte. You might get an inch of snow and slop and torrential rain.

Sound familiar, DC and VA Crews?

Gawd this hurts so bad. So much cold weather, and we will barely eke out an inch of snow/sleet then frzra and very likely a ton of regular rain.

We will get about 3-5 days of consolational cold weather afterward. If it gets windy, we will be tortured by thoughts of what coulda been blowing snow, drifting snow. And we should have had it! We had this thing right in the palm of our hands, and then the extreme variability of the atmosphere and the models all over creation, stole it all away from us, model run after model run. It was the thousand cuts scenario all over again as we watched our best dreams slip helplessly away in a fog of rain, warm 850 levels and a gd damned North Trend. We got the slop and the rainfall. We didn't even manage a climo snowfall of about 4 inches followed by slop and rain. We couldn't have BOUGHT a 4 inch climo snowfall with all of Bill Gates' money! We got the damn SCRAPS! Like we're some kind of scrawny junkyard dog eken' it out in the inner city urban corridor.

Damn, damn damn, damn it all to heck!!

None of those models is worth a damn. Throw 'em ALL out!!

What is Your Favorite Winter Storm of Your Life Time..., Ones that You Have Experienced...

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126427

Meteorology Books Recommended by EUSWX Meteorologists

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=74599

DC/MD/VA Flizzard Thread

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126481

Winter is over

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126452

March 1993 - Sleet Storm in NYC?, Wasn't it as bad as the 2/13-14 storm?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126478

Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds, seen in Manhattan today

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=90083

I still have only 1.5 inches of snow this winter, I dont count sleet as snowfall

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126490

How many guys think we will have one more storm to track this winter?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126482

CLIPPER, East Coast -- Nobody Really Talking About It

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126475

Spring river flooding seems rather high in the midwest, IL, Wabash and Ohio rivers

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126489

Combined Indices Table

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=124913

Valentines Day Historic Snowstorm Recap and Pics of Aftermath, 26" in Burlington, VT

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126441

CLASSIC POST (I am so arrogant, I KNOW I am GOD'S GIFT to winter and snow removal, and NO ONE on this earth, can walk on solid ICE Like The Jebman Can, Dammit!!!)

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?s=...t&p=1783012

Jebman:
Incredible pics! I am so jealous, it isn't even funny.

You got cars buried under feet of snow, When I, Jeb, set out to dig'em out, I won't play the fook around. No tunnels for the Jebman. I'll have those cars shoveled out inside of a DAY. I got a metal square-edged construction shovel with a fiberglass handle that means serious business! I don't d^ck around with tunnels. Plastic shovels are for seven-year-old children!! Get a REAL shovel folks!! You got a lot of snow, you need to dig those cars out with earnestness and strong urgency! I may be terminally obsessed with snow, Extinction-Level Event Vodka Cold, thermohaline shutdowns that last a million years and Ice Ages but I do know how to remove serious, serious snow with a shovel and I'm not afraid to use it! I don't use snowblowers like an old invalid! I can deal with ANY blizzard with my shovel, even those legendary Atlantic Canadian Newfoundland snowpacks!

When you're sick and tired of digging snow and your plows give up the ghost, You know who to call!!!

Jeb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wub.gif

How many guys think we will have one more storm to track this winter?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126482

Easternuswx.com is getting Upgraded!!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126465

These are Off Topic threads; You must be logged in to EUSWX to read them...

#@%$ **** Verizon!, I've reached the end of my patience!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125947

You douche bags are afraid of cold, grow some nuts and the start posting about cold

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126434

My work day from hell, all 18.5 hours worth

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126442

Registration List So far, UPDATED AS OF 2/09/07 Up to 19

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=123472

So here is the deal with regards to what we are looking at., Easternuswx.com is a BIG BOARD now.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125715

This is just honestly unbelievable...wow. WOW., I have never hated anything more than I hate living here...OMFG

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126511

DC/MD/VA Flizzard Thread

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126481

Conference planning thread/roommates and transportation, reply here

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=122853

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February 16, 2007

Live Blog From The Storm Conference..., not mine but someone else Tony Laubach's Storm Chase Blog

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126363

0z Euro., OUCH.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126308

"Can't believe there isn't more hype yet.", newbies can learn: 10" for WV and nuttin' for Philly

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126327

BLIZZARD 2007 PHOTO THREAD - OHIO VALLEY TO EASTERN U.S, post em if you have em

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125803

Active 2 weeks for the Great Lakes ahead

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126315

New Weather Text Utility, With WINTER WEATHER data! Check this out!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125520

Which pre-weather-board winter storm would you have most liked to have tracked?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?sh...26360&st=20

WEEKEND WINTER STORM - Ohio/Tennessee Valley -, Near Blizzard Conditions Forecast for MO and IL.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125925

12z Euro's intriguing solution

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126358

Next week cold shot

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?sh...23297&st=20

Storm whips paraglider to heights of 32,000 ft

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...16/wpara116.xml

Adirondack and Green Mountains, Beware of avalanches!!!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126413

Lets see if this verifies

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=110544

JMA shows 12z Euro Solution As Well..., *Edit (2/15 run) Rain To Snow For I-95... 2/16 supressed

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126374

A violent tornado in downtown Chicago..., a study of what could happen

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126388

Central NY Snow pics, Tri state weenies would kill for this

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126409

How about the heavy sleet warning?, I didn't even know it existed

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126425

What is Your Favorite Winter Storm of Your Life Time..., Ones that You Have Experienced...

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126427

Second parking deck collapses from heavy sleet/snow

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126426

Second parking deck collapses

Sloatsburg – For the second time in two days, the upper level of a parking deck has collapsed. This time it was at the Sloatsburg Travel Plaza on the Thruway northbound.

Workers watch as debris is removed.

The cave in about a 50 foot by 50 foot section, came down onto the lower level. A Thruway Authority spokeswoman told MidHudsonNews.com there was no property damage and no injuries. The collapse occurred around 6:30 a.m.

Just as with yesterday’s parking deck cave in at the Poughkeepsie Galleria, piled up snow was the culprit, officials said.

The travel plaza is north of Interchange 15A – Sloatsburg and Suffern.

The Authority's Department of Engineering, as well as members of the Authority's Bridge Safety and Inspection Unit, has been inspecting the entire parking garage. Workers using backhoes were on the scene this afternoon, removing rubble from the structure.

The Authority has asked Wilbur Smith & Associates, a full-service transportation and infrastructure consulting firm, to begin inspecting the parking garage today before the partial closure is lifted.

A portion of the lower level of the parking garage at the Sloatsburg Travel Plaza remains open to customers.

The Authority will reopen the upper level and remaining portion of the lower level of the parking garage at the Sloatsburg Travel Plaza as soon as the inspections have been complete and conditions permit.

On Thursday, part of the upper parking deck at the Poughkeepsie Galleria caved in from the weight of piled snow. Crewed were on the scene today, removing rubble there.

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/Tway_collapse-16Feb07.htm

Lots of Blocking...Here comes JB and ChrisL march Bomb?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126383

Eastern US Snow Cover captured on MODIS Satellite, WOW! Must see!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126403

when will I81 in PA re-open?, anyone in PA hear anything?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126382

I will NEVER Forget This Year's Cold

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126402

This is the most disruputive Winter Storm for me since PDII

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126333

The Siberian Beast leaving the station and -24C, heading toward west/central Euorope at T+120hrs?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126394

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February 15, 2007

This Ice is a Real Effin' Hassle.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126240

12Z Euro, Has Snowstorm for Interior Northeast Day 7...

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126239

2/13-14/2007 Storm: My Snowfall Estimates

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125561

Civil Emergency declared in Berks & Lebanon Counties in PA, I-78 closed for 50 miles w/ stranded motorists

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126224

Amazing site hidden on CDC

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126235

My First Major Storm on The Board..., Everything I Though it Would be and More, by 40/70 Benchmark

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126232

1st Guess for March 2-4 SECS

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126225

If I would have told you that a 4 inch sleetpack, was going to last longer than a 26 inch snowfall

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126228

BUSTED! Record snowstorm for Burlington VT..

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126204

Stowe issues avalanche warning, 36"-48" of snow last 24 hours

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126223

Stowe Mountain Resort, Stowe, Vermont

http://www.stowe.com/

Photo Of The Day - Stowe Mountain Resort

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126249

ECMWF vs GFS: No contest

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126246

Where do we go from here..., ....in our postpartum depression and ennui?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126236

Civil Emergency declared in Berks & Lebanon Counties in PA, I-78 closed for 50 miles w/ stranded motorists

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126224

Stranded for 15+ Hours, I-78 in Berks/Lehigh County!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126208

Richmond's elevation ice storm. from nothing to total glaze in 3/4 of a mile, on 1 neighborhood street ice storm vs rainstorm. 100 feet of elev. ma

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126188

What on Earth Fell in NYC??, It looks like a 10" snowstorm!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126205

Locked in and going nowhere

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126207

The 2/22-26 Warm Period: Ohio Valley/Great Lakes/Ontario

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126220

The 'take' of a guy 2,300 miles away...

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125259

Record-breaking freeze for Deep South possible Sat., S Georgia - Central Florida

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125987

Snow blows out to sea, now the big dig

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070215/ap_on_.../winter_weather

phillyweather.net

http://philadelphiaweather.blogspot.com/20...-in-lehigh.html

Gainesville Snow, This one can have its own topic

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126254

Digging out in Deep Creek MD

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126209

DCLakeBlog

http://www.dclakeblog.com/

Digging Out

http://deepcreeklakeblog.blogspot.com/2007...igging-out.html

Hoosierwxdude's sig (circa Feb 15 2007)

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showuser=117

Long live the Blizzard of 2007!

Very Cold 4 Weeks, More consistently cold than January '04

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126255

Poughkeepsie Galleria Mall, Parking Garage Collapse

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126270

One Year Ago., February Blizzard of 2006.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125596

THE BLIZZARD OF 2006 (495 photos)

http://www.flickr.com/groups/49278908@N00/pool/page2/

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?47424

So what happened with the plowing ?, or lack thereof

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126268

ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING NOT SUSPENDED, IN NYC.MOVE YOUR CARS TO AVOID TICKETS!!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126267

WEATHERAmerica Special Statement, Thursday Evening, February 15, 2007

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126269

My March 2007 Sfc-T Anomaly Outlook

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126259

1st call for Saturday clipper

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126305

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February 15, 2007

mdclimo took a sigline from one of my comments during this storm. (circa Feb 14 2007)

mdclimo

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showuser=1022

Someone is bound to get destroyed with severe heavy snows, and other folks will hurt something TERRIBLE as their very soul gets scoured out by a dry slot or a devastating pcpn gradient. There could even be p-type issues.---Jebman

BOATLOAD of EUSWX Topics today - There was a lot of posting associated with this storm, and about 300 new people joined up, just in the past two days!!!! We have 6,005 members as of Feb 14 2007 at 10pm!!

Official NYC/NJ/EPA/SWCT Discussion/OBS Thread, February 13-15 Storm System

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125697

Sudbury, MA 6 inches (A few pics), 23 miles west of Boston, wow what a difference

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126146

MY FINAL CALL: 2/13-2/14 Snow & Ice Storm, Discussion and Maps: For Del. Valley, M/A and NE MAP

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125588

The Backlash Over CNY, how far south and east will it go

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126127

Phillyweather.net Postmortem on Storm

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126128

Monmouth County Photos, Ice Storm

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126060

Help a newbie (to snow clearing), What do I do with 4 inches of sleet/snow/ice/gunk?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126116

Central Jersey may get it 's best snow now

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126160

This has really been a mid-Atlantic winter!!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126133

Western PA, Eastern Ohio, Maryland, WV Storm Predictions and Obs, Winter Storm Watch is now up

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125243

Which model stunk it up the most in the 2/13-14 event

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126119

Lake Superior's water near record low level

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126156

CRAIG ALLEN FROM WCBS 880 AM MENTIONS WEATHER MESSAGE BOARDS, during one of his early forecasts this morning

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126163

Sunset after one heck of a storm, Some pictures from 4:30PM

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126131

Central Pa. reported Amounts, vs. my forecasted amounts from 2/11

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126164

12z ECMWF brings a slow moving storm into MA region..., towards next weekend

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126121

GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY SNOWSTORM/BLIZZARD... OBSERVATIONS & DISC...Feb. 12-14, 2007, appetizer was 1-3" (MI/WI/IL/IN)...MAIN STORM TODAY/TONIGHT

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125255

BLIZZARD 2007 PHOTO THREAD - OHIO VALLEY TO EASTERN U.S, post em if you have em

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125803

BLIZZARD 2007 - OHIO VALLEY BLIZZARD RAGING AT THIS HOUR, Blizzard Underway - IL/IN/OH - Winds over

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126001

Official PA/NJ/DE/Philly Obs (merged superthread) Part 2

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126122

4 inches of sleet is more difficult to deal with than, 26 inches of snow..

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126137

Very localized effects with this storm, freezing rain to sleet in just a few blocks as I headed south

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126165

National Guard for Wilkes Barre / Scranton

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126167

Upstate NY and Northern New England Obs Thread, You need to document history when it's being made....

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125908

SNE Obs - CT, RI, Mass

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125935

Official VA/DC/MD 2/12-15 2007 Winter Event Obs, Major School systems closing for TOMORROW

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126002

Mathematical Formula to Determine what your final Seasonal Snowfall will be

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126159

Snow/Ice amounts, for verification, and also for fun

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126048

The issue of compaction and sleet measurements

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126068

The February 13-14 2007 Winter Storm: What went right and what went wrong..., Lessons learned? Post 'em here!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126063

Sunset after one heck of a storm, Some pictures from 4:30PM

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126131

Temperature plummeting in central NJ

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126013

New Weather Text Utility, With WINTER WEATHER data! Check this out!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125520

If this is SLEET, It's gotta be MURDER, Pure and simple.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126083

CPC Forecasts For Feb. 16-27, After This Storm Is Over - Put On Your Long-Johns

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126096

Frustration and Confusing is setting in... What am I looking at for the next 36 hours??!?!?!, NE RI/MA border

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125822

Burlington VT Pics

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126101

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65872559@N00/

Cold tomorrow/Friday, Northeast

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126099

Back to snow in Harrisburg, PA

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126059

Anybody have ETA and GFS runs of the PDII Storm, Inside 84 HRS.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126077

Ready to do it Again?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126031

SNE Forecast Thoughts, Midweek Storm Potential

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125021

Talk about a rapid temp rise, or maybe elevation has something to do with it

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126047

Impressive Temp Rise in Boston

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126110

The GFS is about as useful as a rusted nail lately

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126012

Forecast and Thoughts for Upcoming Storm, ** 1 PM UPDATE on last post** The Models have been wrong a, Started by OKCWeatherman

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126003

What a botched storm by most forcasters.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126050

Official PA/NJ/DE/Philly Obs (merged superthread)

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125509

48 hour radar loop of storm, Up til this afternoon...

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126125

Scranton,PA getting buried !

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126036

Sat loop of EC cyclone...with my crude overlay of, the warm and cold conveyor belts

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126112

Storm chase NEPA, have settled on New Milford

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125986

SUNY mm5 Confirms NAM, ALL FROZEN IN NYC

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125958

Incredible crash video., Cincinnati, Ohio

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126132

February DCA Departure Thread

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=123321

Video of 2 inch per hour snows, Pennsylvania - Poconos

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126075

Long term forecast through March, rapidly developing La Nina resurrects the SE ridge

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125291

Pocono's Reports Please, Higher Elevations above 1500

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126040

PHL Winter Storm Outlook: Flashback 1994?/DEFCON 1, Ice Would Be Biggest Issue: Great Discussion Guys: Thanks!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125513

Caroline county in Central VA-bad, freezing rain disaster-shelter up tonight for those w/o electricity

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126149

Quick contest

Predict the high temp at DCA post 9am Thursday And the number of degrees the temp rises to the high from, and including, the 9am ob.

Even with the snow pack it is mid Feb, were it mid Jan the temp would likely rise only 2/3 degrees. I will say that the high tomorrow is 23 and that from, and including, the 9am temp that it will rise 4 degrees.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126134

Record-breaking freeze for Deep South possible Sat., S Georgia - Central Florida

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125987

how much snow did you get?, by Pittsburgh's Weather Watch

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126123

Albany Area- Really did get destroyed!, Amazing Totals!!! JB wasn't off!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126152

Missouri and Ohio Valley - Snow Threat, February 17-18th

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125925

questions for Mt Holly NWS or anyone else, snowfall totals

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126136

Whats the record for sleet here in NYC, Hopefully someone knows

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126150

Tracking Storm(s) - 2007, Real-Time Images/loops- radars, WV, IR; Sat Vis; etc

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=121338

Has anyone had thundersnow from this storm?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126138

Official NYC/NJ/EPA/SWCT Discussion/OBS Thread, February 13-15 Storm System

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125697

CNY to get absolutely crushed!!!!!!!, Including the areas that just picked up 100+"!!!!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125781

Wikipedia's Explanation of Freezing Rain, Weiner Schnitzel? WTF

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125976

Its offical: A HECIS, Historical East Coast Ice Storm

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125968

Orange County Total Storm Accumulations.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125962

Rain/snow/ice radars are lame

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125946

Great Lakes/Upper OV. Thread, Needing a Miracle! DENIED AGAIN!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=122833

Mesoscale Band NE PA/E NY Wednesday afternoon, 00z NAMs take; 1.50-1.75" in 6hrs...but is it real?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125982

Coldest temperatures for freezing rain?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125988

Virginia (South of NOVa), NC Folks, want to talk weekend?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125780

How to forecast rain to snow ratios?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125898

Are the snow reports in VA/MD right, Several obs reporting snow in....

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125983

Is anyone in the ENJ/NYC/LI area getting heavy precip, hmmm

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126014

Mt Pocono still reporting snow?, Is this true? Its sleeting in places much further north right now

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125993

The first sleet observation at Trenton in 10 years, Thanks ATC!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126016

So I'm tying a string around my finger..

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126017

Easily the most Ice I've ever seen.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126009

2007 SOI Update, The 2007 Daily SOI Data

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=118905

Very interesting feature on the SUNY MM5

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125997

Well, wouldnt this just be a huge kick in the nuts?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125996

A theory, This might sound crazy..but it has happened

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125995

EYE WALL?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125999

Forecast and Thoughts for Upcoming Storm, ** 1 PM UPDATE on last post** The Models have been wrong and here i

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125667

My snowfall forecast for eastern Pennsylvania, Total snowfall 2/13-2/14

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125771

Official VA/DC/MD 2/12-15 2007 Winter Event Obs

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125145

Wes, i'm scared and I need your help

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125894

Heavy Sleet- 22.4 degrees, Farmingdale, NY - 8 miles north of the Atlantic

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126000

Albany issues BLIZZARD WARNING, through 6am thu

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126025

6z nam Epa N MD, BURST OF SNOW?????????

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126004

Temperatures rising rapidly DC up to Harrisburg, This pattern may continue northeastward, but most precip will be over

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126029

BUFKIT Snow Ratio Question

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125921

CBS News Reporter falls on his ass, in Middletown NY Last Night

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126035

Winter storm outlook from Sarwx and VAwxman, Map included

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125483

NYC Public Schools Open - Irresponsible?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126026

please delete this mods,thanks, im under attack by trolls

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126041

Coastal low is developing

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125827

Does a blizzard have to be all snow?, Just recorded a gust of 37mph. 2nd hour straight. 1/4mi vis.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126037

What could stall this system out?, Capturing of the low

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126018

Back to Snow in State College, About damn time after 4 hours of sleet.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125998

Sleet - how is it recorded and what are liquid equivs?, Staring at several inches of sleet outside

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126057

Light Snow in the South this morning!, Souther Style..

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126045

My non-met forecast, Worst Ice Storm in NYC of my life (25 years)

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125821

OKX ice storm warning

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126005

Are extremely warm ocean temps killing snow chances?, Toungue of warm water south of LI bringing in the warmth?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125984

8 inches an hour?!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126065

"Freezing Rain Storm" Pictures From Central Jersey

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126055

Some Ice Pics

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126066

Latest thoughts, Final update, by WEATHER53

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125576

Some pics from north shore Queens, Bayside, NY area- more to be added later.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126058

pictures of the sleetstorm, lower bucks county levittown,pa

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126071

Bombogenesis... Cool feature to watch., Forecast for PHL area inside

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125868

Accumulated sleet?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126051

A few quick shots of the heavy snow in Tamaqua

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126082

All those sleepless nights., For poster south of NY state.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126064

I want a Severe Ice storm

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125458

So, Come and Bury Me... (Guster '97), Upstate NY: Too Much Snow, Major Problems Possible

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125245

WEATHERAmerica Special Statement, Monday Evening, February 12, 2007

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125585

I've Seen Enough, Time to pull the trigger

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125721

Concord, NH has a shot at its biggest snow storm on record

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125619

Ingredients to a winter storm: old time recipes.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125748

850 Low, 700 Low, Vort Max, Surface Low, Hard to Beleive But They are Back on the Field

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125710

Why the warm temps in DC area this AM?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125742

Polar Vortex, Makes Such a Difference

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125773

WEATHERAmerica Special Statement, Tuesday Morning, February 13, 2007

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125734

CENTRAL US OBSERVATIONS, For the 2/12-2/15 storm

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125693

My First and Final call Map - Central Mid-Atlantic/SNE, Here it is...

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125816

Time for my call

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125296

Analysis of Feb 13 System and Model Discussion, POST #81 - STORM FORECAST

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125321

Is the DC area in for a dangerous icing event?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125837

30 Miles NW Of Dayton Ohio Dig Us Out., I'm 12 miles NW of Troy Oh.,Darke Co./BradfordOh.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125758

Gotta love public misinformation during a storm

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125814

Snow Storm Has 3 Possible Routes

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125295

This will make any I95er Cry!!, Albany's AFD- They are comparing this storm to 1888

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125866

Pro mets, any suggestions, Should I go to Mt. Pocono PA or Binghamton NY

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125817

Albany AFD, compares to blizzard of 1888

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125870

Snowfall Impact Pictures from Streetsboro, OH, Northeastern Ohio Snowfall

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125871

FINAL CALL, the Valentines Day Blizzard, Thats right, I said Blizzard

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125575

2/13-14/2007 Storm: My Snowfall Estimates

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125561

Deetee....Final Call

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125846

18z GFS much drier over VT and the dacks.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125880

WRF model temperature cross-sections, CHO DCA PHL EWR CVG PIT UNV

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125884

HOLY QPF BATMAN

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125740

I met Jorma Duran of The Weather Channel!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125864

The NAM and GFS ARE Indicating CAD, 78 hr +

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125012

BGM's temp sensor

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125930

Is this the last winter storm we will track this year for the Mid Atlantic?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125910

Baby When The Lights Go Out -- For Days!, Links to Electric Company Outage Maps -- Add Yours!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125917

Who is the Michael Jordan of Meteorology?, or weather forecasting in your opinion

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125923

Upstate NY, Western MA, Vermont Observations, Post observations and pictures here for ........ground zero!!

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125955

SNE Obs for VD storm, All the TV met talk, obs, whinging, moaning, etc in here

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125859

Help Please...Im in Hazleton PA now, What do the mets expect for Mt Pocono?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125918

Major Ice Storm, Be prepared for the worst.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125451

The last time I saw the dry air fight back against approaching snow this hard....

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125777

Philadelphia Mets Late Night, Ice...Ice...more Ice

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125966

Ice Storm Warnings for NYC Metro?, Do the latest trends and 0Z NAM make anyone nervous?

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=125945

BLIZZARD 2007 - OHIO VALLEY BLIZZARD RAGING AT THIS HOUR, Blizzard Underway - IL/IN/OH - Winds over 55 mph - Severe Blowing and

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=124233

WOW, 144 PAGES LONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Old News Clip from blizzard of '96

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=126186

Lake Effect King's sig (circa Feb 14 2007)

"You want 7 inches honey?...Oh I can give you that in one hr. and still keep going all night WEEK long!" -Lake Ontario

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February 9, 2007

Beau Dodson just unveiled his Weather Photography site over at EUSWX!!!

New Weather Photography Chase Site...snow snow and more snow, Boston, Ohio Valley, Peoria, Boulder - finally finished my site

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=124436

Check out Beau's wonderfully spectacular photography website!! It loads very fast!!

Excellent pictures!!! Something for everyone!!

http://www.weatherphotography.net/

ENJOY!!!!

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February 8, 2007

Ginx snewx's sig, circa Feb 7 2007...............

Winter will start with a yawn JI's suicide note will be drawn. The bottom will fall out at the end of December to begin a period we all will remember. Snow will blow from Carolina to Maine reaping Dfuzz much pain. The ghosts of 1855 will howl in delight as snow piles high in record height. New England will freeze big as the DC weenies dig. A week to ten days will feature suppression while Fella suffers a bout of depression. Mid Feb to mid March get ready for BECS MECS HECS and SECS making us write to oil big checks. Alas the winter will end quite late unless Chuck has better insight to our fate

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February 2, 2007

Check out Larry Cosgrove's WEATHER America Google Group. It features a weekly meteorological analysis of North America every Sunday morning.

WEATHERAmerica Google Group

http://groups.google.com/group/WEATHERAmerica?hl=en

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January 31, 2007

Check it out for the latest forecast!!!!

http://wxrisk.com/meteopage.html

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January 24, 2007

This URL is included at Geek University's Basic Training list for new trainees:

Online Help Forums

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/forums.php

Found this story over at Tech Monkeys:

Got Spyware? Fancy 40 years in Jail?

http://www.techmonkeys.co.uk/forums/viewto...48ac8262b4e4d2d

Related news story:

Questionable Conviction of Connecticut Teacher in Pop-up Porn Case

http://www.alternet.org/rights/46925/?comm...=456277#c456280

When lax cybersecurity meets anti-porn hysteria, an innocent computer infection can land you in jail. Just ask Julie Amero, a 40-year old substitute teacher who maintains she's a victim of a malicious software infestation that caused her computer to spawn porn uncontrollably.

Julie Amero, a 40-year-old substitute teacher from Connecticut is facing up to 40 years in prison for exposing her seventh grade class to a cascade of pornographic imagery. Amero maintains that she is a victim of a malicious software infestation that caused her computer to spawn porn uncontrollably.

Adware, spyware and other infectious software are known hazards to security and privacy -- and when lax cybersecurity meets anti-porn hysteria, a mailware infection can even land you in jail. Malicious coders are getting more sophisticated all the time, but law enforcement and the criminal justice system aren't keeping up. A criminal conviction can hang on the difference between a deliberate mouse click and an involuntary redirect on an infested computer. Too often, even so-called experts can't tell the difference.

On the morning of Oct. 19, 2004, Julie Amero's life changed forever when pornographic ads flooded her web browser during a class. According to the prosecuting attorney, David Smith, Amero's computer began displaying images of naked men and women, couples performing sexual acts, and "bodily fluids."

Chances are, these kids had seen porn pop-ups before. Family Safe Media estimates that boys 12 to 17 consume more internet porn than any other group. The adults at Kelly Middle School, however, were shocked and scandalized. The next week, the school sent home a notice telling parents why Amero would never teach in the district again. She was arrested shortly thereafter and charged with multiple felonies.

At trial, six of Amero's former students testified that they saw pornographic images on her monitor, either from their seats, or when they came up to her desk. One student told the court that Amero pushed his face away from the screen when she saw him looking at the racy ads.

Millions of PCs worldwide are infected with some form of malicious software. An internal Microsoft report found that four million Windows machines were infected with some form of malicious software ("malware") in mid-2006.

Spyware, adware, worms and viruses are parasitic programs that can hijack web browsers, launch unsolicited pornographic ads, and even report the inner workings of a computer to a remote observer. Users routinely download these programs without realizing they've been infected.

Amero's attorney, John F. Cocheo, argued that malware was responsible for the pornographic images, not his client.

Detective Mark Lounsbury, a computer crimes officer at the Norwich Police Department testified as an expert witness for the prosecution. He maintained that Amero was intentionally surfing for pornography while her seventh grade class busied itself with language arts.

Lounsbury told the court that Amero musts have "physically clicked" on pornographic links during class time in order to unleash the pornographic pictures. However, he admitted under cross-examination that the prosecution never even checked the computer for malware.

Why didn't the police check for malicious software? According to prosecutor David Smith, the police didn't check for malware because the defense didn't raise the possibility of a malware attack during the pretrial phase, as required by law. Defense attorney Cocheo could not be reached for comment as of press time.

Herb Horner, the proprietor of the consulting firm Contemporary Computing Consultants, testified as an expert witness for the defense. His exhaustive independent forensic analysis of Amero's hard drive showed that the machine had been infected with multiple pieces of malicious software before she arrived at the school, and that these hidden programs were responsible for the pornographic deluge.

Horner arrived in court with two laptops filled with the voluminous records of his investigation. However, the judge only let him present two slides. Prosecutor Smith objected because his team hadn't been previously informed about the malware defense.

On Jan. 5, 2007, a Norwich jury found Amero guilty of four felony counts of "injury or risk of injury to, or impairing morals of, children." Each count carries a maximum sentence of 10 years and while it is unlikely that Amero will receive the maximum penalty, incarceration remains a very real possibility. Even if Amero avoids jail, she will be stripped of her teaching credentials unless the convictions are reversed.

News of the guilty verdict sparked widespread outrage, particularly in the IT community. How could a 40-year-old woman with no prior criminal record be facing such serious charges over a few pop-up ads?

"The fact that the machine was never scanned for spyware by the investigating authorities is outrageous. In fact, this alone should have resulted in the case being dismissed, as the defense found a major spyware infection by their expert forensic evidence," wrote Alex Eckelberry, the president of Sunbelt Software, a Florida-based firm that makes anti-spyware products.

In fairness, nobody involved with the case seems happy about the outcome, either.

Since the verdict, the Norwich Police Department has been bombarded with irate calls and emails from readers who accusing them of railroading an innocent person.

"We're getting pretty much everything short of death threats," detective Lounsbury said. "I'm getting thrashed," People read a news article, and they think they know what's going on, but they're missing 99 percent of it."

According to Lounsbury, some of parents whose children were exposed to the porn demanded an aggressive police response.

"You know what people need to understand?" Lounsbury continued. "These were 12-year-olds. They reported [the porn]to their teachers, the teachers went to the administrators who brought the complaints to the network administrators. Of course, the kids told their parents. Complaints were lodged with the police. This isn't China. This isn't North Korea ... we're not Big Brother."

In the end, Amero's fate hinged on the dueling opinions of the two expert witnesses. Unfortunately, the legal system was ill-equipped to weigh their respective opinions.

The witness for the prosecution is a police officer who has to follow a very simple investigative algorithm. By all accounts, he executed his duties faithfully. Unfortunately, those responsible for evaluating his reports weren't sufficiently tech-savvy to place his findings in the proper context. ComputerCOP Pro, the software the police used to audit Amero's computer, is an automated user-friendly tool search tool designed for routine monitoring. It is not designed to definitively distinguish between user-generated clicks and the effects of malware.

Furthermore, the defense's expert witness was not allowed to share with the jury more of the evidence he had amassed. Herb Horner has 40 years of experience as a software engineer and an IT consultant. Over the past few decades, Horner has traveled the world to investigate computer glitches. His clients include a Swiss bank, a major airline and a national chain of hardware stores.

"I like to get to the bottom of things," Horner told AlterNet. "If there's a plane crash, I say don't just bury the bodies and take the trash to the dump. Find out what happened."

If the defense had told the prosecution about Horner's findings earlier, the prosecution might have been able to forestall problems by choosing an expert witness who was qualified to address Horner's testimony. Instead, the prosecution moved to suppress evidence that it wasn't prepared to handle.

Compared to Horner, the prosecution's expert witness has little formal IT training. Detective Lounsbury has completed two two-week FBI training seminars on computer security and other continuing education programs. He is also a certified user of the computer monitoring software ComputerCOP Pro.

Allison Whitney, ComputerCOP's director of communications, explained how her company certifies police officers to use the software:

"They get a full hour of training, and then they're tested," Whitney said. "A lot of these people don't have any kind of training. Their [superior] officers may give them some kind of low-level training. Most of the time we do the training over the phone."

ComputerCOP scans the hard drive and reports on when each file was created or modified. Lounsbury says he is satisfied that Amero intentionally viewed porn in class because the logs show that her computer accessed various inappropriate sites while she was sitting at the computer.

"I take that at face value," Lounsbury told Alternet. "It's evidence. It speaks for itself. The pop-up defense is a Twinkie defense."

Lounsbury said that Amero must have navigated to pornographic sites in order to have infected her computer with obscene popups. "You've got to get that ball rolling," he said.

Horner's analysis of Amero's hard drive cast doubt on Lounsbury's conclusions. Horner found that the computer had been infected with malware before she arrived.

"She was set up days or weeks before she ever sat down," Horner said.

Here are just a few of the red flags Horner discovered in course of his laborious forensic reconstruction: Anti-virus software triggered security alerts as soon as he started copying the hard disk for testing. The computer's Norton activity log showed that by the time Amero came to Kelly, her computer was already infected with spyware from notorious websites including marketscore.com and new.net.

One piece of spyware had been already been tracking the computer for about a month.

Horner also discovered that someone, presumably the computer's regular user, had been accessing eHarmony.com before Amero's visit. As he noted, dating sites are notorious for spreading porn-related adware.

Another program called Pasco showed that malware had automatically redirected Amero's browser. Horner stressed that this particular form of hijacking is invisible to ComputerCOP Pro.

On Oct. 19, someone did an online job search shortly after 8:00 a.m., activating several different malware apps. At approximately 8:15 a.m., someone accessed www.hair-styles.org, Horner suspects student involvement, in part because the next visit was to Crayola's homepage. Over the next several minutes, still more malware came alive, most likely triggered by the hair site.

The user kept surfing, and by this point, "crap was pouring into the computer at the speed of electricity," Horner said. The real point of no return was when the computer received a huge porn-filled Java file. From that point on, the machine was locked in an endless porn loop.

Note that Amero's class started around 9 a.m. Neither the prosecutor nor detective Lounsbury was able to tell AlterNet whether the room had been locked before class, or exactly what time Amero sat down at her desk.

At trial, it emerged that the school IT department offered no protection against obscene content or invasive software. The Kelly Middle School's firewall license had expired, leaving the whole system unguarded. To make matters worse, Amero was working on a very old Gateway PC running Windows 98, an extremely vulnerable setup.

"Anyone could send anything they wanted to any computer on the site," Horner said.

In the course of his investigation, Horner became convinced of Amero's innocence. After she was convicted, he sent a letter to her attorney offering his services pro bono for her upcoming appeal.

"This whole trial was so unfair," Horner said. "When Julie was convicted, I went home that night. I was eating dinner, and I started crying. I just cried my eyes out. This was a total travesty of justice."

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January 22, 2007

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January 18, 2007

Hardware Essentials For Windows Vista

Windows Vista works based on the capabilities of the hardware installed. Windows Vista Capable PCs and Windows Vista Premium Ready PCs both are geared for running Windows Vista but the experience varies with the "premium" delivering more advanced user experience.

Even if you are just considering installing Windows Vista in the far or near future when buying a new laptop or PC you must check the hardware configuration so that the computer is in actuality capable of running Windows Vista in all its glory.

According to Microsoft:

* A Windows Capable PC must have: o An 800MZ modern processor.

- System memory of 512 MZ.

- A graphics card that is DirectX 9 capable.

* A Premium Ready PC must have: o 1 GHz with a x86 or x64 bits.

- 1GB memory card.

- 128 MB graphics memory which supports DirectX 9 graphics.

- 40GB hard drive with 15 GB free space.

- DVD rom drive.

- Audio output.

- Internet access capability.

- TV tuner card specific for Windows Vista. o A TPM 1.2 chip or USB 2.0 key.

- Electromagnetic digitizer pen.

To completely experience Windows Vista features a computer must be state of art and have at least a 40GB harddrive and 15GB of free space. Most Pcs in use today have neither the memory or graphic processors that will run Windows Vista without a major overhaul. And according to Robert McLaws a Windows Vista tester, "Windows Aero is a great eye candy feature, but most families should not drop what they've got and get a fast new machine for it,"

Before you rush and spend money on upgrades you must consider what is important to you. In Vista useable features are enhanced security and easy of use. Features like Windows Aero are "wow" but do not add to everyday use unless you area computer connoisseur.

Tips:

* Don't invest in PCs or laptops with integrated graphics cards. These use up a considerable amount of a PCs memory.

* Desktops can be upgraded while notebooks cannot.

* If your use of a computer is for gaming, editing or watching movies, or CAD then you must invest in a high powered graphics card as ell as additional memory.

* Notebook owners must aim for a 2GB Ram and discrete graphics chip.

Microsoft is dedicated to preparing the world of PC users for Windows Vista and to this end they have set up a "Get Ready Site" at Windowsvista.com which provided in depth information to users about the OS. They also have an application for download on Windows XP PCs that will informer the owner what is required to become "Vista" ready.

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ndowsVista.html

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January 18, 2007

Announcement: SCORCHED EARTH POLICY: PLEASE READ, by Mr Bob

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Weather Channel Climate Expert Calls for Decertifying Global Warming Skeptics, chenkel

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TWC Climate "Expert" gets into it, by nutmegfriar

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Weather Channel Climate Expert Calls for Decertifying Global Warming Skeptics

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fus...0a-88824bb8e528

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