Earth Alerts 2011.1.156

4.5 out of 5 stars 4.5 (11 votes)

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Windows 7/2000/Vista/XP / Freeware / 1,693 downloads

Earth Alerts allows you to monitor in near real-time a variety of natural hazard events that are 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.

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  1. 1 out of 5 stars
    Plumber

    Reviewing 2011.1.0 (Jan 23, 2011)

    This application is fantastic. What I like best is how the main window isn't resizable. Almost as cool as that is how the list of alert types extends beyond its range, yet no scroll bar is presented. Another nice touch is how it uses 100% CPU on my system when it updates, which seems to take forever. But perhaps my favorite feature is how much of the interface text is mangled because gosh, no one uses anything other than 96 DPI, right? Finally, I think it's positively awesome how much crap gets left behind after deinstallation, including the application's Run value and Application Data subdirectory.

  2. 3 out of 5 stars
    taxis

    Reviewing 2011.1.0 (Jan 21, 2011)

    PRO:
    - no adware included
    - nice graphics
    - relays interesting reports

    CONTRA:
    - cryptic starting message about US locations
    - many locations cannot be chosen, but no assistance for choosing an available locations is given
    - cluttered and unintuitive interface
    - erratic behaviour once networc access is denied
    - relatively slow response
    - requires .NET
    - no link for uninstalling

    The idea of the project is promising, but it seems to be in a very early stage of development. With less erratic behaviour and more obvious usability improvements (many events like clicking on a map or a symbol could trigger an obvious response, choosing the location could be combined with a map or at least a list of possible choices), it could become a recommendable piece of software.

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    pureosmosis

    Reviewing 2011.1.0 (Jan 20, 2011)

    Excellent program. It's not just a tasktray weather program, but something much more comprehensive. I found this program over a year ago and the updates get better and bettter. You need to pay attention when adding locations as the way to add them always starts with a new location entry. Not only is it good to get your local weather, but it is a great workd geography tool to educate kids. I have it loaded on my niece's computer (she is very interested in science) and she really enjoys reading the natural events that occur all over the world. I like the ability to have multiple areas watched simultaniously and can monitor severe weather everywhere my family lives at once.

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