I love Google-enabled web serendipity (or, what I would like to call webendipity).
I was searching today for a quick weather update when Google, remembering my zip code from some previous transaction, popped up a link to Weather in a 98116 West Seattle Backyard. The site displays a variety of graphical weather indicators, linked to weather sensors in… some guy’s backyard. There’s also, apparently, a cat named Oscar who’s involved in the process.
Mighty convenient! Now I don’t even have to crack a window to see how cold it is, which way the wind is blowing, or even whether the sun’s out. A link from the site to Weather Underground will display a page of charts and data from the North Admiral weather station.
Seeing this site reminded me that Weather Underground has links to hundreds of these local weather sites all around the country. I used to check this page when I lived in North Bend a few years ago. For a weather station near you, see this list of Washington-based personal weather stations.
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