Useful Links
A wide variety of external links
Last Updated January 22, 2021
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Weather Sources
- Disaster Safety and Prevention: Protecting Your Home and Family (from HomeAdvisor)
- NOAA Home Page
- National Weather Service Home Page
- Wind Chill & Heat Index Charts
- NWS Forecast for Janesville, WI
- The Weather Channel
- AccuWeather
- Storm spotting from home
- Weather Wiz Kids
- Staying Safe Outdoors in Severe Weather
This is an excellent resource, covering thunderstorms and lightning, blizzards, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, hailstorms, and earthquakes, with a wide variety of links. - A Guide to Weather Vanes
- Home Preparation Tips for Weather Emergencies
Fire Safety
- Home Fire Safety Guides and Educational Resources
- Home Fire Safety and Prevention Tips
World, National & Local News
- World News Network
- Google News
- Associated Press
- Reuters
- ABC News
- CBS News
- National Public Radio
- MSNBC News
- CNN News
- The Guardian
- Voice of America News
- Deutsche Welle (Germany)
- BBC (Great Britain)
- RNW Media (Radio Netherlands)
- Washington Post
- Los Angeles Times
- Financial Times
- Chicago Tribune
- Madison.com (Wisconsin)
- The Janesville Gazette (Wisconsin)
- Beloit Daily News (Wisconsin)
- Green Bay Press-Gazette (Wisconsin)
Information & Reference
- The White House Website
- Department of Homeland Security
- Fact Monster — kids’ reference, games, quizzes and homework help (from Information Please)
- Refdesk — reference, facts, news, free and family friendly
- How Stuff Works
- WebMD
- OneLook® Dictionaries
- WebExhibits — very interesting and highly informative
- MapQuest — get a map or driving directions for any U.S. or Canadian destination
- National Geographic
- Old Farmer’s Almanac — Weather, astronomy, cooking, gardening and more.
Online Translators
We do not own any of these sites, and neither we nor they can guarantee the quality of the translations.
- PROMT’s Online Translator (excellent)
- Google Translator (very comprehensive)
- Reverso
- WorldLingo
Janesville, Wisconsin Websites
- City of Janesville Home Page
- Official Site of Miracle, the White Buffalo (1994–2004)
- Forward Janesville
- Janesville Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Rotary Botanical Gardens
- WCLO Radio
- Arrowhead Library System
- Uptown Janesville (formerly Janesville Mall)
- Skelly’s Farm Market
Internet History
- Hobbes’ Internet Timeline
- Internet Archive (includes the Wayback Machine)
Spam, Privacy Issues, and the Like
SPAM is a delicious canned meat product from Hormel Foods, but its name has (unfortunately) come to be equated with junk email.
- Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (CAUCE)
- SpamCop — excellent online spam reporting service.
- Electronic Privacy Information Center
- Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
- Federal Trade Commission (USA)
- Better Business Bureau (USA and Canada)
Poetry Sites
Other Interesting Sites
- Mr. Mom’s Web Site (inspirational)
- Chuck Norris Official Website
- CNET.com — Software of all types for your computer, and recent articles on the subject
- Jabberwocky.com — Cool site! The name is based on the poem from Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.