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#1 Postby MWatkins » Sun May 15, 2005 10:39 am

Just happened to wander across this...read down to the end of the article....of course the journalist gets the name of the site wrong in one place...but...

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll ... 50538/1053

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#2 Postby gatorcane » Sun May 15, 2005 10:43 am

nice :D
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#3 Postby vbhoutex » Sun May 15, 2005 10:44 am

AWESOME!!!!!! Storm2k is getting some well deserved recognition!! Way to go guys!!!!
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#4 Postby dixiebreeze » Sun May 15, 2005 10:46 am

MWatkins wrote:Just happened to wander across this...read down to the end of the article....of course the journalist gets the name of the site wrong in one place...but...

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll ... 50538/1053

MW


Mike, I also gave S2K a good plug in my hurricane season story for our June issue of our magazine (about 40,000 published).
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#5 Postby southerngale » Sun May 15, 2005 10:46 am

That's awesome! But weather2k.org? lol - dang!

He did get it right in the top of the article though.
At least 10 meteorologists posted long-range hurricane predictions on the Web site storm2k.org last season.


Marshall, you're famous! ;)
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#6 Postby x-y-no » Sun May 15, 2005 10:48 am

Yeah, except it says "weather2k.org" - which doesn't appear to work. Is that supposed to redirect to storm2k?

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#7 Postby x-y-no » Sun May 15, 2005 10:51 am

southerngale wrote:That's awesome! But weather2k.org? lol - dang!

He did get it right in the top of the article though.
At least 10 meteorologists posted long-range hurricane predictions on the Web site storm2k.org last season.


Marshall, you're famous! ;)


Oops ... must have skimmed past the first reference. Getting it right near the top of the article is most important in terms of maybe generating some traffic - too bad they didn't get it right at the bottom, though.
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#8 Postby vbhoutex » Sun May 15, 2005 10:51 am

x-y-no wrote:Yeah, except it says "weather2k.org" - which doesn't appear to work. Is that supposed to redirect to storm2k?

Jan


I believe that is a misprint. Should of course have said Storm2k.org like it did earlier in the article.
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#9 Postby x-y-no » Sun May 15, 2005 11:04 am

vbhoutex wrote:
x-y-no wrote:Yeah, except it says "weather2k.org" - which doesn't appear to work. Is that supposed to redirect to storm2k?

Jan


I believe that is a misprint. Should of course have said Storm2k.org like it did earlier in the article.


OK, yeah ... weather2k.org isn't registered.

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#10 Postby Ixolib » Sun May 15, 2005 12:38 pm

Very Cool... Credibility goes a long way, and the staff at S2K just keeps doing the right thing to not only maintain the credibility, but to keep on making it better. Good on 'ya guys!!

...After that, Frank removed a spot on the Web site where people posted forecasts and put them all in a message board.

Those who lack experience in weather forecasting must use a disclaimer on the forecast, he said.
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Wrong name

#11 Postby hurricanetrack » Sun May 15, 2005 12:43 pm

You should have seen what happened to me last year during Ivan. The Tribune Broadcasting people did an interview with me to air/be printed in 25 major U.S. markets last September. Millions of people saw/read the article about me and my efforts with the Hurricane Landfall Project. The only problem was- they called my site hurricanetracker.com. I received very little traffic as most people never found the right site: hurricanetrack.com. It happens. I also get my named mis-pronounced a lot. At least Marshall Frank is idiot proof! Who could screw that up?

Well done storm2k.org. You all have really made a name out there.
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#12 Postby Aquawind » Sun May 15, 2005 1:26 pm

I initially was Thanking The News Press for their excellent continued coverage of the 2004 Hurricane season and the associated issues that has arose. We have discussed many of their articles in here and on Radio NHCWX...and look what happens.. :)


Thanks Again Grant Boxleitner!!!

I will be calling tomorrow to setup that round of Golf you brought up. :)

Paul

It was a Great week.. :)
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#13 Postby cycloneye » Sun May 15, 2005 1:27 pm

One word to describe this is Fantastic
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#14 Postby MWatkins » Sun May 15, 2005 1:36 pm

dixiebreeze wrote:
MWatkins wrote:Just happened to wander across this...read down to the end of the article....of course the journalist gets the name of the site wrong in one place...but...

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll ... 50538/1053

MW


Mike, I also gave S2K a good plug in my hurricane season story for our June issue of our magazine (about 40,000 published).


Thanks Dixie! How are you doing it's been a while since we've chatted.

Slightly off this specific top for a sec...hard to believe we are only a bit over 2 weeks before the season starts up again...already looking at models and an invest etc. Didn't the season just end?

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#15 Postby Aquawind » Sun May 15, 2005 1:38 pm

Dohh.. Geesh your fast Luis..lol I just hit the edit button like 15 seconds later and added the Great Week part and your already over it.. yeow...lol :)

Emailing him right now!
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#16 Postby Rainband » Sun May 15, 2005 1:39 pm

Cool and cooler 8-) 8-) Thanks Dixie for the plug :P
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#17 Postby southerngale » Sun May 15, 2005 1:51 pm

MWatkins wrote: Didn't the season just end?

MW


Yes!! Boy does time fly!



Thanks Dixie!
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#18 Postby Aquawind » Sun May 15, 2005 2:04 pm

Excellent Dixie!! :D

Thank You! :D

Paul
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#19 Postby cyclonaut » Sun May 15, 2005 2:43 pm

Good job everyone!!!This is a great site that does alot of good for alot of people...It deserves all the good publicity you can get! :wink:
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#20 Postby P.K. » Sun May 15, 2005 2:46 pm

:D

The media always make mistakes with names though. (Well this appears to be the case whenever someone from TORRO gets into the news)
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