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04-12-2016, 01:40 AM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO STOP YELLING IN ALL CAPS IN FORECASTS
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Weather nerds, rejoice.
The National Weather Service an**unced on Monday that it will soon stop using all-caps style in its weather broadcasts, ending a long-standing but frequently mocked holdover that stems to the days of typewriters.*
"LISTEN UP!" **AA spokesperson*Susan Buchanan writes in an email,*"BEGINNING ON MAY 11, **AA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS WILL STOP YELLING AT YOU."
The weather agency says the changes come as a result of upgrades to its computer system, and that a 30-day **tification period is officially underway.
The all-caps style is reportedly a result of an antiquated system that was built to move weather reports over a "wire" made up of teleprinters. Those, the agency explains, resembled "typewriters hooked up to telephone lines."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/11/nws-all-caps/)
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Weather nerds, rejoice.
The National Weather Service an**unced on Monday that it will soon stop using all-caps style in its weather broadcasts, ending a long-standing but frequently mocked holdover that stems to the days of typewriters.*
"LISTEN UP!" **AA spokesperson*Susan Buchanan writes in an email,*"BEGINNING ON MAY 11, **AA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS WILL STOP YELLING AT YOU."
The weather agency says the changes come as a result of upgrades to its computer system, and that a 30-day **tification period is officially underway.
The all-caps style is reportedly a result of an antiquated system that was built to move weather reports over a "wire" made up of teleprinters. Those, the agency explains, resembled "typewriters hooked up to telephone lines."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/11/nws-all-caps/)
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