BTW, I have downloaded and compiled much of the station metadata previously. If you are looking for info for a survey this weekend, post what you need and I or someone else probably has it.

This happens from time to time and just seems to be a quirk. In the past I have contacted the webmaster (jeff.arnfield-at-noaa-dot-gov) and he immediately responded with a very courteous email and quickly corrected the problem. Unfortunately you will probably have to wait until normal business hours to get a response.

http://mi3.ncdc.noaa.gov/mi3qry/login.cfm

You can buy equipment that stops that sort of thing, you know.

It is not always that easy. Given enough incoming traffic (even if blocked), the local backbone can be flooded. I’ve seen DOS situations requiring coordinated assistance from multiple ISP/NOC/backbone sites up the chain.

A couple days ago, during a segment called the “Political Grapevine” airing at the bottom of the “Special Report” news-hour, and the host ‘€” Britt Hume ‘€” noted the irony of the location, just as Steve has, and showed an image like the first parking lot one we are familiar with here at CA.

Furthermore, the story noted that the USHCN stopped making their site coordinates available online.

Apparently, some AGW ‘„¢ advocate saw this solid criticism as marching orders for waging a cyber-attack. Or was this mere coincidence?

My server is purely private yet I see many dents on my firewall of others seeking known exploits. Sometimes they come so thick and fast it slows my connection down.