Hurricane Irma overloads weather data site

September 19, 2017

The past couple of weeks have been devastating for millions of people in the path of hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Our hearts go out to the people in the path of these intense storms and for the people aiding in rescue and recovery.

One of the side effects of these storms was unexpected heavy demand on the WeatherUnderground data servers. The result was missing data in your PACE Weather Alerts. The WeatherUnderground is increasing capacity to meet the new and…