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Items 2006NSSL Unveils New Website
The National Severe Storms Laboratory revealed a completely new Web site last week. The new look better serves our many constituents who are interested in NSSL's research in severe and hazardous weather and forecasting tools.
NSSL receives up to 70 million hits each week. Who looks at our information? Apparently lots of people! From the 400 queries each year to the Webmaster, we can tell some are children seeking answers to basic weather questions or working on a science project, others are students looking for advice on colleges and careers, still others want information on weather safety, explanations of how weather works, or opportunities to share their ideas.
Then there are colleagues who want to know what NSSL is doing, those providing funding to make sure NSSL is doing something, and the NOAA leadership who want to know NSSL is doing something useful.
Trying to meet the needs of a diverse audience is challenging. Information is only useful if people can understand, interpret, and apply it towards actions to protect lives, property, and the environment. This is what NSSL's Web team has tried to keep as their mission as NSSL's Website gets a facelift.
Current research, past research, research divisions and field observations are all areas that have received attention. There are links for news and media folks, an education site that boasts a severe weather primer, severe weather safety information, information on why storm chasing is not a career, and what careers you CAN have, and how to pursue them. There is also a list of FAQ's compiled from actual emails sent to NSSL.
Websites are dynamic, and so is this one. We hope visitors find it helpful and informative.
Kudos to the NSSL Web team: Joan O'Bannon, Vicki Farmer and Susan Cobb.
11/27/06