On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Sean Dunwoody <sean_dunwo...@yahoo.com>wrote:

> "What kind of weather conditions would it be critically important to be
> notified about, in your case?  (not as devil's advocate but actually
> in your case please)"
>
> I know this is the most extreme case (that is likely quite rare) but I can
> imagine the weather being critically important in places where hurricanes
> etc. are fairly frequent
>
>
I live on a hill in Portland, Oregon.  If it snows it means then it means
that I need to get out of work and run home and possibly by some supplies as
I will need to get there before a) it might not be possible to get there
because snow on a hill is somewhat challenging for my cars b) I make it
there but I'll be stuck there for a couple of days.

I'm not always going to have access to the weather man either.  (although I
do have access to a picture window because I work near a window)   Case in
point, last year, I was sitting htere working and I looked up and there was
snow flurries.  *panic*  Worse, weather forecasters did not predict snow
that day.  Yikes.. needless to way that lead to a very scary drive up hill
(or mountain) watching 4x4s in a ditch on both sides and having to weight
before that for several hours because the police closed all the roads home.

So yeah, knowing the weather can be critically important especially if it
changes suddenly.

sri

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> *From:* William Jon McCann <william.jon.mcc...@gmail.com>
> *To:* Allan E. Registos <allan.regis...@smpc.steniel.com.ph>
> *Cc:* gnome-shell-list@gnome.org; Johannes Schmid <j...@jsschmid.de>; Erick
> Pérez Castellanos <erick....@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thu, 9 December, 2010 0:43:29
> *Subject:* Re: Gnome Applets
>
> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Allan E. Registos
> <allan.regis...@smpc.steniel.com.ph> wrote:
> > Weather updates must be visible all the time in the desktop, it is up to
> the
> > designers of where to put the thing.
> > Because for some users, it is _critically_ important to be updated of the
> > weather condition in their respective areas.
> > Cheers,
> > Allan E. Registos
>
> What kind of weather conditions would it be critically important to be
> notified about, in your case?  (not as devil's advocate but actually
> in your case please)
>
> I agree with you, but I don't really think if something is critically
> important it can or should be passively monitored.
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
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