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Desktop Alert Application:
JoCo Link Desktop Alert Application
is a FREE small, simple application which you can download and
install on your Windows-based personal computer. (Currently
not available to Unix or Mac users.) In addition to a source
of immediate emergency information, it’s like having your
own, personal meteorologist right on your computer.
Once installed and connected to the Internet, you will receive
current temperature and severe weather warnings directly on
your computer screen, as well as other features such as local
and national weather. This PC based emergency alert system will
improve public notification of local, state and national emergency
warnings. It will provide rapid notification of severe weather
from the National Weather Service, state Amber Alerts for missing
children and emergencies issued through the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security or local officials.
The application can either run fully open on your desktop or
as a minimized application – showing the current temperature
– in your system tray. The system will sit idle in a personal
computer until an alert is issued. When an emergency is declared,
it will sound a warning through the PC, followed by a pop-up
screen explaining the type of emergency. The user can reduce
the screen after receiving the alert, but updated information
will scroll across the bottom of the screen.
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Desktop Alert Application Features:
• Current Temperature Display
on Your Computer
• Various Other Weather Current Conditions
• Severe Weather Alerts for Johnson County
• Notification of Local Public Safety Alerts
• Notification of Breaking News
• Notification of AMBER Alerts
• Current Homeland Security Level
• National and Local Zoomable Weather Maps
• Your Personal Weather Forecast
• It's Absolutely FREE!
Johnson County is the primary county being served. The following
contiguous counties are included with Johnson County in a national
weather alert: Douglas, Franklin, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte
in Kansas, and Clay, Cass, Jackson, and Platte in Missouri.
Desktop Alert Application Operation
To Minimize the window, just click on the X in the upper right
corner. The current temperature will be displayed in your Windows
task bar.
To Maximize the window again, double-click on the red siren icon
or the current temperature display, like those circled in red
above.
During severe weather warnings, you will receive a text crawl
directly on your computer much like those you are familiar with
seeing on television. The crawl is preceded by an audible alert
sound, to bring attention to your computer.
All you need is an Internet connection. No web browser, such as
Internet Explorer or Netscape, is required to receive the benefits
of the JoCo Link Desktop Alert.
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