old man emu

It is a fact, and one that it should be possible to obtain documentary proof thereof, that the German military in the time of Hitler were required to swear loyalty to Hitler rather than to Germany. Trump is demanding the same thing of the US Civil Service. But why are you amazed about Trump's gutting of the Civil Service? He openly stated it in his election speeches.

I suppose that I should know by now that for all my bitching, the site is going to be what it is from now on. With a bit of playing about with it, I'll get used to it. I just found how to display all the information I want, including the radar image, and I've replaced the old bookmark link with the one that takes me to Gilgandra's info.

I agree that the BOM site must update automatically, as opposed to a business site that has a longer update period. That is not what is wrong with the new BOM site. It is the both the site navigation and display that are poor, leading to inconvenience. I've moved. This is my local data: https://www.bom.gov.au/location/australia/new-south-wales/central-west-slopes-%26-plains/o245094990-gilgandra I grant that an improvement is that the weather station providing the data is now Dubbo, not Brewarrina, 250 kms away, which it was previously.

I would like to have a qualified (competent, and experienced) webdsigner provide a critique of the site in much the same terms as an art expert, or a film expert would critique a work of art or film. I'm no expert, but I have seen much better sites. The BOM site looks like it was put together usting HTML4. At the risk of being accused of narcissm, here is the website my son created for a business that started from scratch recently. There are a lot of "coming soon" bits because as of today, the business has not commenced those services, but at least one can see that the services are proposed. However, I think that the site design makes it easy to access the information a potential customer would like to see. https://www.bravenx.com.au/about-us/

That's because you are half a world away. Ovenight at my place, tthe wind was blowing very strongly. That's unusual. This morning, and as I write this, it is raining. Only light rain (but welcome). The tempearture is about 10 degress below normal. So I went to the new BOM site. Lots of pretty, coloured diagrams, but no accurate information on wind direction and rainfall areas. The grain harvest is happening here. Farmers will want to know how long the rain event is likely to be, and how much rain is likely to fall. These farmers are not morons. They are highly knowledgible people concerning their occupation. This new site format fails to deliver the sort of data they need for decision-making. All this site can tell them is the same diluted information that is presented in those short weatehr reports on TV, which are so generalised as to be useless. We are coming into the summer storm season. The display of radar data in the new format does not allow a person to track the development and movement of storms as was possible in the previous version. All in all, the new format is a useless expenditure of $4 million.

Last Friday a severe hailstorm passed over near my place. Hailstones the size of golf balls. The storm cut a narrow pathway over crop land. However, it also passed over a farmhouse. The hailstones smashed all teh poor bugger's rooftop solar panels.

What they don't tell you when you move from the city to the country is that the first thing you need to install is a rain guage. "Good bit of rain last night" doesn't provide sufficiant data for comparison. You need actual figures.

Tghat flags the use of AI in creting the website.

Website developed using AI ?

I miss out again!

It gets worse!

On the 28th February 2027, residential rental availability in Victoria will plummet.

Trump will be known as America's Nero, except Trump played golf while the whole world burned.

Yep. Current wind, temp, humidity etc that was available on the old version.

No, not a red herring. Your reference confirms its presence. The inferrence was that, while construction ws going on, the bunker might not be in service. Obviously a temporary facility would be available.

Wind and temperature at BOM weather stations. Can't say anything about rainfall as it's not present today.

Its presence was referenced in a reporter's question to Levitt. She said it would be made better.

12:15 24/10 just had a play with it. Bloody hopeless lack of information compared to the old format. And the old page has been replaced with the new one.

so how do I get the radar images I am used to seeing? How do I get to the radar images on the new site?

Remember this?

Trump has displayed artists' impressions of the interior of the ballroom. I wonder if there are any actual plan drawings for the construction of the building. I mean the sort of plans that show how coponents fit together to make the building and for the routing of power and water. Given the size of the building, is it possible for it to be constructed within the next three years remaining of Trump's presidency? What happens if he should die, which is something that comes to all of us? Once commenced, the job would have to be carried on to completion, otherwise the national symbolism of the White House will be lost. If the next President is a Democrat, the ballroom will be a millstone around the neck of the next Administration. Did you know that there was a security bunker under the East Wing, sort of a war room. Has that been demolished?

I just want to be able to view the radar image from the surrounding sites so that I can estimate what is likely to happen in the next few hours. Previously I have rarely looked at any other information in the old site because I usually only want present information. I will look at the 4 day forecast maps to gain an impression of future weather.

Just had a look using Octave's link and getting to my area. Where's the radar? I can't see the progress of rain events without the radar. Nor can I see the 4-day weather maps.

It is reported in several places that the demolishing of the East Wing is contrary to a number of regulations etc., including those relating to the preservation of historic structures. Trump has attacked the White House in the same way that Netinyahu hs destroyed Gaza. There have been calls for Trump to stop the demolision, but what's the point? The damage has been done. If someone put a bullet into Trump, the person coudld reasonably argue that it was not murder, but the application of the spitir of the 2nd Amendment.

Whatever Albo and Trump signed in the way of AUKUS and minerals agreements are not actually binding. More like "feel good" press releases. The new Prime Minister of Japan has just torn up an agreement her predecessor signed with Trump because the terms of the agreement robbed Japan of sovereignty over the money Japan was supposed to invest in the USA. That's a big blow to US/Japan relations and some see it as Japan backing away from the USA.