Can we talk about the abandoned weather site that still updates via dial-up from a guy in rural Montana

Everyone says those old personal weather sites are worthless, but I watched that guy's barometric pressure readings save a farmer's hay crop back in 2019 because he caught a microburst forming 3 hours before any official alert went out, has anyone else found a useful relic like that?

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richard_mason22d ago

I remember reading about some ham radio guys in the Midwest who still rely on an old dial-up weather feed like that because the NOAA towers go down during bad storms, it's wild how sometimes the scrappiest setup is the most reliable.

tyler36822d ago

@richard_mason did those guys ever say which dial-up service they were using? I've heard of people patching into old Weather Wire feeds from the 90s that still run on analog lines. The NOAA towers going down during storms is a real problem, especially in places like the Plains where tornadoes pop up fast. A dial-up feed might be slow but it at least keeps working when cell towers get knocked out. Did they mention anything about the data being delayed or having issues with line noise during lightning storms? Seems like the kind of thing worth knowing if you're setting up a backup weather station.