HurrEvac

[StormScanWx]

There is apparently a U.S. government program for tracking hurricanes. Can someone explain to me why the public cannot access a download link for this program? Is it not public domain??

Thanks,

StormScan

[caneflyer]

see

http://www.hurrevac.com/about.htm

[StormScanWx]

see

http://www.hurrevac.com/about.htm

Yes, I've seen this site, but I didn't see anything about why it isn't public domain (I mean wasn't it built w/ government money?)

[brunota2003]

see

http://www.hurrevac.com/about.htm

Yes, I've seen this site, but I didn't see anything about why it isn't public domain (I mean wasn't it built w/ government money?)

According to the about page, no.

HURREVAC stands for HURRicane EVACuation program on a computer. The program was developed by Sea Island Software, Inc. beginning in 1988, in response to a need for computer based management of data produced by various federal Hurricane Evacuation Studies.

According to that, it was not built by the government, but a software firm.

[Downdraft]

Anybody can buy HurrEvac if you got the money.

[MississippiHurricane]

"Important Note - Please Read First: You must be an active member of the government Emergency Management community* in order to qualify to use HURREVAC2000 for Windows(tm), a restricted-use program developed by Sea Island Software, Inc for use by FEMA and the Corps of Engineers."

^^^ Enough said