About Me
My military background:
My Space Operations experience consisted of 12 yrs with Missile Warning/satellite detection and tracking using the Phased Array RADAR, and flying (command and control) the Defense Support Program Satellite Constellation and Space Based Infrared System.
1991-at the Gunner's position, B-52G My Reenlistment-before the Gulf War
About This Station
The station is powered by a Davis VP2 Wireless Solar weather station. The data is collected every 1sec and the site is updated every 10-60sec. This site and its data is collected using Weather Display and Virtual Weather Station software. The station is comprised of an anemometer, rain gauge, solar radiation sensor, soil moisture sensors, and 4 thermo-hydro sensors situated in optimal positions for highest accuracy possible.
- Toshiba Satellite L305D, 3g memory, serial Express Card (for DavisVP2 link to computer)
- WXSIM interactive local atmospheric forecast modeling software
- Lightning 2000 software-plots strikes from Boltek LD-250 Lightning Detector
- Astrogenic's Nexstorm software-plots strikes from my lightning detector
- Nexstorm StormVue-displays data from the LD-250 on this webpage
- Wide Area Storm Probe (WASP2) compiles the national StrikeStar Network w/ NEXRAD
- Davis Vantage Pro 2 (VP2) wireless Professional Weather Station (PWS)
- Vivotek PTZ6112 (pan/tilt/zoom) network camera, w/ weather proof housing, provides streaming video
- Willing Webcam software-streaming/timelapse
- StormLab Supercharged-displays doppler RADAR, warnings, mesocyclones, tornado vortex signatures, and hail size
- Ambient Weather's Virtual Weather Station (Internet edition) software:
- displays my PWS data on the desktop,
- uploads data from the VP2 to this webpage (graphs, local weather data),
- consolidates MESONET data from Wunderground,
- uploads PWS
data to weather
agencies
(NOAA, CWOP,
APRS
Network, Wunderground, MADIS,
Weather
for You)
About This Location
The first known settler in what was to become the City of Madison, Alabama, was John Cartwright, who came here in 1818. He came to the Tennessee Valley, part of the area then known as the Mississippi Territory, and liked what he saw. He received a land grant from the federal government in a place that would first be called Madison Station, then just Madison. Later, the Cartwright property would be sold to the Palmer family, and be known as "the Palmer Place."
The history of Madison as a town actually began in 1856 when tracks were laid by the Memphis and Charleston Railroad company. In 1858, a Judge Clemons was among the original landowners here. He planned the town lots fronting on the railroad, each of which measured 66' x 198'.
A depot was constructed on one of Clemons' lots and a house was built for T.J. Clay, who was the first station agent.
As more families moved into this fertile region, merchants were attracted and a business district founded on what was to become Main Street. The first business was a saw and grist mill operated by J.J. Akers, and S.D. Doolittle opened a blacksmith shop. Other early merchants were Walter and Thomas Hopkins and James Bibb.
During the War Between the States, growth was brought virtually to a standstill, and one battle, referred to as "The Affair at Madison Station," was fought on local soil. The battle took place on May 17, 1864, when the federal soldiers took over the railroad, which was on a direct route for men and supplies to be shipped to Georgia.
According to records kept by the Union soldiers, the Confederates had 18 killed and 55 wounded, and the Union had one killed, three wounded, and 66 prisoners taken.
At the end of the war, Madison began to flourish once again. New businesses opened and in 1869 James Bibb and others filed a petition with the County Probate Judge to incorporate. At that time, the word "Station" was dropped and the town became Madison.
By 1980, the city had a population of 4,000 residents. The population had grown to 14,907 by 1990.
Today, Madison is one of the fastest growing cities in the southeastern United States, with one of the highest per capita incomes.
The population is currently estimated at 36,500 and the retail sector continues to grow, allowing the city to expand and improve public facilities and the infrastructure.
MadisonAL.gov
About This Website
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