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Winter Storm Fern Tips
With winter storm Fern approaching, I wanted to wish everyone a safe weekend and provide several links to winter storm and cold weather tips…
- Don’t Let the Winter Storms Kill Your Phone. How to Protect It From Cold Weather [CNET]
- Tips for staying safe amid road closures and power outages [Daily Press]
- Virginia Department of Health Provides Tips to Stay Warm, Healthy During Power Outage [VDH]
- Severe Weather Alerting Apps for Android [Widomaker Weblog]
- @NWSWakefieldVA [YouTube]
- 511 Virginia [VDOT]
Home Office / Small Business Hurricane Prep
With what is (or was by now?) hurricane Idalia crossing past my house today, I decided to write a quick summary of what I usually do in cases like this to prepare. This is for a home office or a small business, assuming you have the resources for a typical home.
Source: SANS Internet Storm Center
Weather.gov on Your Mobile Phone
Visit the link below to learn how to quickly access Weather.gov on your mobile phone or tablet…
Source: Weather.gov on Your Mobile Phone
Severe Weather Alerting Apps for Android
Have you ever wanted to get severe weather alerts on your Android phone or tablet? Me too! If you’re anything like me, a little bit of a technology geek and a little bit of a weather geek, you may want the tiny supercomputer in your pocket to tell you about any weather warnings issued by the National Weather Service (NWS).
Hurricane Michael Info
DSL Outages
Storms that cause power outages or flooding have the potential to cause Verizon phone and DSL Internet outages. If your DSL Internet service is affected by the storm, please wait until power has been restored, THEN, if your DSL service is not working, perform these steps:

