About 20-30 minutes ago there may have been an earthquake that was felt in Northern Illinois.  I woke up to the birds in the room next store startled by something, then felt the sensation of my bed moving.  After calming the birds down, i turned on the television and a Chicago station was reporting that they were recieving calls that people had felt a possible earthquake.  A few minutes ago Fox News is reporting a 5.4 earthquake with no immediate reports of damage.  More information will be added as it becomes available.

It has been awhile since our last update here at Transitweather. Well we have good reason: first off our team has been taking classes and going to NWS seminars. The other big project going on at Transitweather is some major improvements on the website. We are currently working on the new 2008 theme and finishing off our photo gallery and video archives. These new improvements will increase the interaction and features of Transitweather using some great new technologies like ASP.NET AJAX and Microsoft Silverlight. Some items on the new site will require the Microsoft Silverlight plugin to be installed. The nice part is that it's free and very quick and easy to install at less than 1 mb. Another improvement many of our team members are working towards this year is some new photography equipment so they can capture more quality photographs for Transitweather.

The only bad news i have right now is that we don't have any severe storms in the forecast yet and we don't have a confirmed date for the new theme's release. Although it will be posted as soon as we have a set date.

     A day that was supposed to be filled with happiness and joy as people shared their day with that special someone quickly changed shortly after 3pm when a gunman opened fire at Northern Illinois University.  The shooting took place in Cole Hall where many students pass through everyday.  For those who were on campus time seemed to stand still as something that seemed completely surreal was actually happening.  When it was all over 22 people were injured and a few minutes ago a 7th fatality was confirmed.

     Though this is a website dedicated to weather, a tragedy like this strikes very close to home.  One of our StormTeam members attends NIU full time and is a resident there.  Many of our members have family and friends that attend there also.  Thankfully everyone we know is safe and unharmed.  For those people who aren't as fortunate as we are, we here at TransitWeather have you in our hearts and prayers and offer our deepest condolences. Today we are all Huskies.

At the request of many emails we have received reguarding more information of the recent severe weather outbreak on January 7, 2008 our (TW-WDT) Web Development Team, our gallery is under construction which will feature photos and videos of both this recent weather event as well as past chases and photos. Further information will be available as this project is under development.

Welcome to Transitweather.com!

Welcome to Transitweather.com! Transitweather is an elite group of weather enthusiasts dedicated to tracking weather events in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. Formed in February 2001 under a former alias, TransitWeather.com quickly grew into a reliable entity. From photography to the broadcast and even the redistribution of weather information you can always count on weather as our promary focus. As always Transitweather is open to ideas and activities with other like-minded groups or individuals. Also if you have an organization and would a link on our site please feel free to email us at tw@transitweather.com 

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