TNET Weather WXBots and others

TNET Weather uses several methods to obtain data from other sites to then manipulate and use on its own site. ALL data obtained is either from public sources or from sites which have granted permission to TNET Weather, WX-Host or TNET Services to access.

Most of the new collection methods, now identify themselves by the UserAgent setting that they are coming from us.

Examples

oden.tnet.com - - [15/Dec/2007:11:04:33 -0700] "GET /clientraw.txt HTTP/1.0" 200 688 "-" "TNET_WXbot/1.0 (+http://TNETWeather.com/tws-bots.php)"

Unwanted Access

Should you find that your site is being accessed by a TNETWeather WXBot, and you decide that you don't want it to, please contact us via email at weather@TNETWeather.com.

robots.txt

Our bot uses Wget which can also be blocked by proper inclusion of exclusion info into your robots.txt file. Please see: Robots.txt - The Web Robots Pages *EXT* for more info.

Arizona Random Weather Facts

SEVERE WEATHER
Most of the severe weather is seen in Arizona, especially in the Phoenix Metro area, is caused by micro bursts--not tornadoes. A "micro burst" is a small area of rapidly descending air beneath a thunderstorm. When the descending air hits the ground, it quickly spreads out in all directions, causing very strong, straight-line winds. These winds are commonly as strong as 40-60 mph but can exceed 100 mph at times. Micro bursts occur over a rather small space-scale, typically the area affected is less than 2.5 miles in diameter.