Weather Alerts
Falling down a coding rabbit hole once again
With all the recent severe weather we’ve been having here in Oklahoma, I thought it would be an interesting side project to get Oklahoma weather alerts to publish to Blog Oklahoma’s Mastodon. The National Weather Service (NWA) provides free API access to their weather alerts. These are the same alerts you’ll hear over your weather radio.
Oh, by the way, you do have a weather radio, don’t you? If you live in Oklahoma, it almost should be a requirement. You can pick one up at your local Walmart or other general, sporting goods, or hardware store, or you can order one online here. They are inexpensive and will keep you weather aware.
Anyway. Using JavaScript with the aid of the JQuery library I was able to code a simple display of the latest Oklahoma weather alerts on Blog Oklahoma’s Weather page. The next part of the project is to format the alerts to fit within a 500 character limit and post them to Mastodon.
If you would like to see my code, I’ve shared it on Github as a Rabbit Hole project.
This Week
I’m doing some research for my next podcast episode, but I haven’t advanced very far yet. Hoping to get more done on it this week. I’ll share more on that once I get it all hammered down. Other than that it continue with my rabbit hole project and work out in the backyard when it’s not raining.
More later. Time to code.
In The News
Ryan Walters calls for Ten Commandments in every Oklahoma classroom | The Oklahoman
Federal court blocks transgender youth healthcare ban: What it means for Oklahoma's law | KOKH
Nationwide LGBTQ+ State of Emergency felt in rural Oklahoma | KSWO
Here's what Oklahomans who lost food following storms, power outages need to know | KOSU
Neo-Nazi Arrested for Firebombing LGBTQ-Friendly Donut Shop | The Advocate
Pro Tem Treat signs executive order within hour of finding out he's acting governor | KOKH
Over 10,000 ladybugs released in Duncan to work as ‘natural pesticide’ | KWSO
Recent rainfall provides significant drought relief in Oklahoma, particularly in panhandle | KGOU
Listening In
I'm still just listening to Radio Paradise. Their Main Mix is an eclectic mix of modern and classic rock, electronic, and world music. I tend to listen to it most of the day, but they also have a couple of different channels that equally good to listen to, a Mellow Mix, a Rock Mix, and a Global Mix.
I'm just a few chapters from being done with Demon by John Varley on Audible. It's been good to revisit the Gaea trilogy, but I think it's time for something new.
Something To Watch
Eagles - Hotel California (Live 1977)
How the U.S. Stole ̶O̶k̶l̶a̶h̶o̶m̶a̶ Sequoya | Johnny Harris
How Loud Can Sound Physically Get? | Benn Jordan
How NASA Visualized Voyager, and Helped Revolutionize Cinema | Scott Manley
Why The Undiscovered Country Is Actually Star Trek's Best Series Finale | Steve Shives
Donald in the John With Boxes - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody | Randy Rainbow
Feedback Welcome
If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to leave a comment on Substrack, email me at blogoklahoma@blogoklahoma.net, or connect with me at Mastodon at @blogoklahoma@social.tulsa.ok.us.
Have a great week.
– K.
