A little over 4 weeks ago we launched southernwx.com. The response was enormous growing to almost 500 members in just 3 weeks time. With the rapid growth came a huge problem, the site crashed two days before a major weather event due to the large traffic we had. Horrible timing lol. Thanks to Shawn and his hard work we were up and running by the next morning. At the time, we lost all member accounts. However , we had over 400 members sign back up within a 36 hour period. For that we say thanks for sticking with us and as I write this we are knocking on the 700 member door, wow. The issue was, we were on a shared server with over 1000 other websites. We have corrected the issue and are now on a dedicated server. With that comes the freedom to do whatever we want with the site.
Most of us have been on weather boards for years. Weather boards are nice to chat about weather evets and with other weather enthusiasts. Truth be told, weather boards are boring. With that in mind , we started southernwx.com with the idea to make it educational and interactive . We have some amazing ideas for the site, some of which are still being worked on. But tonight we are ready to announces some of the new things moving forward.
1) the blog, SD has spearheaded the blog movement and is doing a great job. Some of you have made some great suggestions regarding the blog and those ideas are being worked on. Over the coming weeks you will see the blog change in appearance and design. We are very excited to have Larry ( GaWx ) posting on the blog as well. He is like a human weather encyclopedia and his posts will be very educational. We will be looking for more members to contribute to the blog as we move forward.
2) Educational - we want this site to be a place for all to learn regardless of career or education . With that in mind , starting next week we will launch our first skype interview that will be linked to the site and our YouTube channel. We will be interviewing meteorologists, researchers, weather personalities and more from around the country on a biweekly schedule. During those interviews, we will discuss specific weather topics with our guests. We have some HUGE interviews already sheduled over the next three weeks . This is going to be an amazing addition to the site .
3) Interactive- As mentioned before, we want this to be an interactive site with our members. Starting a week from Thursday we will have our first live weather show where we talk with you the members about anything and everything weather related. The shows will be live on FB and Periscope. This Will be a unique way for us all to interact.
4) Forecasts- We are also rolling out zone forecasts for the southeast . This will be yet another area when members can participate and be responsible for a zone forecast. If you are interested in participating in this please message someone on the admin team.
5) We will also have certain members doing live Q and As in the evening as bigger weather events approach and as 00z models roll in. This will not be something we do all the time , but from time to time .
As the site grows we are looking into adding models to the site. If you are a programmer or Web developer and would like to be part of this please message us.
We are currently working on many more exciting things for the site and will hopefully be able to announce those in the coming weeks. This site was designed for the members, if you have any ideas or suggestions please message someone on the administrative team.
Thanks again for the tremendous support over the last month. We look forward to growing the site with you and making it an amazing resource.
Dont forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter
@southern_wx -Twitter
southernwx- Facebook
Southernwx Admin Team
Most of us have been on weather boards for years. Weather boards are nice to chat about weather evets and with other weather enthusiasts. Truth be told, weather boards are boring. With that in mind , we started southernwx.com with the idea to make it educational and interactive . We have some amazing ideas for the site, some of which are still being worked on. But tonight we are ready to announces some of the new things moving forward.
1) the blog, SD has spearheaded the blog movement and is doing a great job. Some of you have made some great suggestions regarding the blog and those ideas are being worked on. Over the coming weeks you will see the blog change in appearance and design. We are very excited to have Larry ( GaWx ) posting on the blog as well. He is like a human weather encyclopedia and his posts will be very educational. We will be looking for more members to contribute to the blog as we move forward.
2) Educational - we want this site to be a place for all to learn regardless of career or education . With that in mind , starting next week we will launch our first skype interview that will be linked to the site and our YouTube channel. We will be interviewing meteorologists, researchers, weather personalities and more from around the country on a biweekly schedule. During those interviews, we will discuss specific weather topics with our guests. We have some HUGE interviews already sheduled over the next three weeks . This is going to be an amazing addition to the site .
3) Interactive- As mentioned before, we want this to be an interactive site with our members. Starting a week from Thursday we will have our first live weather show where we talk with you the members about anything and everything weather related. The shows will be live on FB and Periscope. This Will be a unique way for us all to interact.
4) Forecasts- We are also rolling out zone forecasts for the southeast . This will be yet another area when members can participate and be responsible for a zone forecast. If you are interested in participating in this please message someone on the admin team.
5) We will also have certain members doing live Q and As in the evening as bigger weather events approach and as 00z models roll in. This will not be something we do all the time , but from time to time .
As the site grows we are looking into adding models to the site. If you are a programmer or Web developer and would like to be part of this please message us.
We are currently working on many more exciting things for the site and will hopefully be able to announce those in the coming weeks. This site was designed for the members, if you have any ideas or suggestions please message someone on the administrative team.
Thanks again for the tremendous support over the last month. We look forward to growing the site with you and making it an amazing resource.
Dont forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter
@southern_wx -Twitter
southernwx- Facebook
Southernwx Admin Team
