EnviroFlash! – What’s New in 2010

Prepared byJessica Johnson

Sonoma Technology, Inc.Petaluma, CA

Scott JacksonU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Research Triangle Park, NC

Presented at the 2010 National Air Quality ConferencesRaleigh, NC

March 15-18, 2010

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Outline

• EnviroFlash upgrades– Sign-up page– Automatic Twitter feeds– Real-time alerts

• EnviroFlash growth

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Sign-Up Page

• Navigable– Zoom in and out– Pan

• Click on a city to – View forecasts – View current

conditions– Subscribe

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Customizable Sign-up Page

• Customized links• HTML tool for web

page content• Link to images

stored in EnviroFlash

• New, customizable header text

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Twitter (1 of 3)

www.twitter.com

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Twitter (2 of 3)

www.twitter.com/TriangleAQF

• Forecasts will automatically be posted daily

• Twitter followers can choose to receive tweets as text messages or emails

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Twitter (3 of 3)

• Plug in your agency’s Twitter username and password

• You can use a different Twitter account for each EnviroFlash city

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Real-Time Alerts (1 of 2)

• Configure real-time alerts the same as forecast and action day emails

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Real-Time Alerts (2 of 2)

• Real-Time Alerts are available via– EnviroFlash emails– EnviroFlash Twitter– RSS feeds

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EnviroFlash Growth

During the past year• Number of subscribers has grown from 21,168 to

132,465—an increase of over 500%• Number of participating agencies has grown from 54

to 82

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Questions?

Thank You!

Contact:Jessica Johnson Scott Jackson

Data Management Center U.S. EPA(707) 665-9900 (303) 312-6107jjohnson@sonomatech.comjackson.scott@epa.gov