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Backseat Driver

(4,635 posts)
Mon Sep 5, 2022, 10:10 PM Sep 2022

I knew this somehow ran on older pager technology, but I just wanted to tell anyone/everyone

that my Bushnell wireless indoor weather center w/ 7-day Accuweather forcasting through the Ambientweather system finally stopped working yesterday. When I called, an Accuweather CSR told me they had stopped supporting this service/device back in 2014 or Bushnell ended making their last variety of weather stations in October, 2019, but ours ran on and on each day, each week, each year until yesterday. It really was magic! Such a great device served our family faithfully for about 20+ years. We knew which coat to wear, when to mow the lawn, and when it was more likely to storm. We affectionately called it our "woolley bear" to honor the forecasts of Cleveland meteorologist and Midwest personality, Dick Goddard. I guess it really is the end of the (weather) world as we knew it: our last glance at spot beneath the calendar in the kitchen where hope for a nice day or a stormy one was in evidence.

https://www.clevescene.com/best-of/2005/people-and-places/best-harbingers-of-doom-1536072

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I knew this somehow ran on older pager technology, but I just wanted to tell anyone/everyone (Original Post) Backseat Driver Sep 2022 OP
Dick Goddard! I watched him for DECADES! WJW, Cleveland. dchill Sep 2022 #1
Don't know if it helps but Ambientweather still makes plenty of weather centers NullTuples Sep 2022 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Backseat Driver Sep 2022 #3
I need to apologize - after a full week, my "woolie bear" suddenly sprang back to life Backseat Driver Sep 2022 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Backseat Driver Sep 2022 #5

dchill

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1. Dick Goddard! I watched him for DECADES! WJW, Cleveland.
Mon Sep 5, 2022, 11:17 PM
Sep 2022

Guinness Book of World Records - Longest career as a weather forecaster (51 years, 6 days) - Wikipedia

NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
2. Don't know if it helps but Ambientweather still makes plenty of weather centers
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 01:06 AM
Sep 2022

Most connect via your home WiFi where your old one got its data stream via the pager network, but you might find one pretty similar?

https://ambientweather.com

I miss really well made devices, tools, appliances and so on...Ambientweather in my opinion has retained their quality.

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Backseat Driver

(4,635 posts)
4. I need to apologize - after a full week, my "woolie bear" suddenly sprang back to life
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 04:03 PM
Sep 2022

yesterday and so far is displaying fairly accurate data. It's a miracle, but I'm sure doing the happy dance!

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