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With the extreme weather the country has been experiencing, especially over the last year, wireless carriers and the federal government have teamed up and created a new system to automatically warn people of dangerous weather and other emergencies via a special type of text messaging to cell phones. http://www.examiner.com/article/cellphones-to-begin-receiving-severe-weather-alerts-first-nationwide-system

DMSP will be used for strategic and tactical weather prediction to aid the U.S. military in planning operations at sea, on land, and in the air. http://www.examiner.com/x-5181-Jackson-Weather-Examiner~y2009m10d18-New-Weather-Satellite-Launched-for-military-defense-DMSP-satellite

Microsoft's Bill Gates, one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution, has now set out on a new venture, to fight hurricanes. Bill Gates is attempting to control the weather. http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5181-Jackson-Weather-Examiner~y2009m7d17-Bill-Gates-targets-hurricanes

2 people struck and killed in the last 2 days. According to the National Climatic Data Center, there were over 750 lightning incidents/reports across the United States in 2008. So which state reported the most lightning incidents in 2008? (Lightning incidents include buildings and humans struck by lightning) Full details: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5181-Jackson-Weather-Examiner~y2009m5d30-Lightning