#storm2k on twitter!

[southerngale]

lurkey, thanks so much for all your help with our storm2k Twitter account!

[Stephanie]

Yes, thank you lurkey for your help and to x-y-no for getting it done.

I don't Twitter, but I think this is another great avenue form S2K.

[vbhoutex]

Much thanks to lurkey for grabbing the account for us!!!! Much thanks to x-y-no and senorpepr for working everything out for us. Now I have to figure out how to twitter too!!!!

[lurkey]

you're welcome and hope it works out.. . .

I want to give out this list of Weather tweeters from WeFollow.com

http://wefollow.com/twitter/weather

[lester]

http://www.twitter.com/wxraleigh Weather conditions for Raleigh NC
http://www.twitter.com/wxdurham weather conditions for Durham NC

and thnx to lester88 fo the rss feed for weather alerts/warnings

http://www.twitter.com/wx_dcmdva warnings,watches,advisories for the DMV

http://www.twitter.com/capitalweathergang

http://www.twitter.com/hurricanetrack

[wyq614]

well now twitter is temporarily blocked in China, but I think it will be unblocked soon after, I'll keep an eye on it.

[southerngale]

Ok, Twitter is a lot cooler than I first thought. Mainly, because I never paid it any attention. Anyway, while helping set up the storm2k twitter, I opened an acct. to be a follower and test it. I hadn't sent out any updates... not really sure what I want to say to "all" of my followers. So I just added my cell phone under devices. You can tweet updates from your cell phone via text messaging! You don't even have to be online with your phone... any phone that can send and receive text messages can do this. It's free through Twitter, just uses whatever text plan you have. You can also receive tweets from those you follow. Like for instance, I can receive storm2k tweets while I'm out running around and get instant updates on a hurricane, or I can choose to receive tweets from everyone I follow. You can pick just a few, or all of them. I'm sure some of you already know all this, but I thought I'd pass it along anyway.

I just sent my first update, from my cell phone. And it worked! I've heard people saying that it would be handy during a storm or something. I could text one tweet and all my followers (all 5 of them. lol) could get an update from me at once. And you don't have to pick each person you want to text or even have them on your contact list in your phone. Handy, indeed.

[lurkey]

So I just added my cell phone under devices. You can tweet updates from your cell phone via text messaging! You don't even have to be online with your phone... any phone that can send and receive text messages can do this. It's free through Twitter, just uses whatever text plan you have.

not on T-mobile, unfortunately. . . hence twitterberry, Twitter app for the Blackberry. .

[senorpepr]

Bumping this thread...

If you're on Twitter, make sure you hit us up at http://twitter.com/storm2k_org


We've have the reputation of being one of--if not the--fastest reporting venue on tropical cyclones on Twitter.

Matter of fact, Storm2k was the first to break the news of Invest 97L on Twitter... beating some meteorologists and large weather boards by nearly an hour!

[vbhoutex]

Bumping this thread...

If you're on Twitter, make sure you hit us up at http://twitter.com/storm2k_org


We've have the reputation of being one of--if not the--fastest reporting venue on tropical cyclones on Twitter.

Matter of fact, Storm2k was the first to break the news of Invest 97L on Twitter... beating some meteorologists and large weather boards by nearly an hour!

Make sure that if you twitter you hook up with us and tell all your friends to do the same. We are quickly developing a good reputation and will also be pushing severe reports on Twitter.

[senorpepr]

Not only you can get updates at http://twitter.com/storm2k_org for hot tropical news, but also check us out at http://twitter.com/storm2k_recon for recon information as it happens

[senorpepr]

Not only you can get updates at http://twitter.com/storm2k_org for hot tropical news, but also check us out at http://twitter.com/storm2k_recon for recon information as it happens

Another reminder to tune us in on Twitter.

Storm2k has the reputation of being the quickest to break tropical-related news. Be the first to know--tweet with Storm2k.org!

[wx247]

I added you guys a few weeks back. You were extremely fast getting the news out about 97L.

[southerngale]

I added you guys a few weeks back. You were extremely fast getting the news out about 97L.

Yeah, one of these days, we'll be tested with something other than an Invest.



Maybe.

[senorpepr]

I added you guys a few weeks back. You were extremely fast getting the news out about 97L.

Yeah, one of these days, we'll be tested with something other than an Invest.



Maybe.

Now you jinxed the whole Atlantic basin. You should be proud of yourself.

[lurkey]

http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter- ... ack-2009-8

Twitter Still Hurting From Attack
Dan Frommer|Aug. 7, 2009, 2:15 PM|1
PrintTags: Startups, Online, Twitter, Media, Social Networking, Facebook

Twitter is still recovering from yesterday's denial of service attack that also affected Facebook and other large sites.

On Twitter's status blog, the company says that due to "defensive measures" it's taken against the ongoing attack, some Twitter apps still aren't able to work with its API, and many users can't tweet via text message.

"We are working as quickly as possible to restore our full service," the company said.

Facebook, reached for comment, says almost all of its users are no longer affected by the attack.

"Yesterday’s attack appears to be directed at an individual who has a presence on a number of sites, rather than the sites themselves. Specifically, the person is an activist blogger and a botnet was directed to request his pages at such a rate that it impacted service for other users. We’ve isolated the issue and almost all of our users are able to enjoy the normal Facebook experience."

The latest from Twitter cofounder Biz Stone:

The Adventure Continues
In the past 24 hours, we've been contending with a variety of attacks that continue to change in nature and intensity. We're working to restore access to apps built on the Twitter platform that were affected by defensive measures—there was some overcompensation on our part as we tune our system to deal with this scale of attack.

The ongoing, massively coordinated attacks on Twitter this week appear to have been geopolitical in motivation. However, we don't feel it's appropriate to engage in speculative discussion about these motivations. The open exchange of information can have a positive impact globally and our job is to keep Twitter services running reliably to the best of our ability.

As a reminder, no data or personal information of any kind has been compromised. Denial of Service attacks are a known quantity on the web and they are not going away any time soon. Nevertheless, we can and will improve system response to these assaults such that they don't interfere with our normal, everyday Twittering.

The attack was targeting one Georgian -- think Caucasus, not Atlanta -- blogger, according to a CNET report.

The blogger, who uses the account name "Cyxymu," (the name of a town in the Republic of Georgia) had accounts on all of the different sites that were attacked at the same time, Max Kelly, chief security officer at Facebook, told CNET News.

"It was a simultaneous attack across a number of properties targeting him to keep his voice from being heard," Kelly said. "We're actively investigating the source of the attacks, and we hope to be able to find out the individuals involved in the back end and to take action against them, if we can."