Stormgrid: A severe weather alert system with Mass evacuation integrations.

1. Alert119 and StrikeCaster with
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2. Table of Contents
• Alert119 © Overview Pages 3 & 4
• StormGrid © Overview Page 5
• StormGrid © Facts Pages 6 & 7
• Mapping and Warnings Page 8
• Audible Alarm Options Page 9 & 10
• Map Display Pages11 - 13
• CameraGrid © Page 14
• StormGrid © Weather Station Page 15
• Severe Weather Warning Legend Page 16
• Lightning Detection Legend Pages17
• Bundled Options Pages 18 - 22
• Applications Page 23
• Lightning Dangers Pages 24 – 26
• Severe Weather Warning Options Page 27
• Pictures of Instruments Pages 28 – 30
• The ProActive Difference Page 31
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3. Alert119 Overview
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• Alert119© delivers manual or automatic
preprogrammed notification via
• Email
• Text-to-Cell
• Web Enabled Notification Messages
• Audible Tones
• Prerecorded and/or Live Audible Voice Messages
• Visual Alarms
• Any Telephone (Cell, VoIP or Standard PBX)
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4. Alert119 Overview continued
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Simple User Friendly Web Interface
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5. StormGrid Overview
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• StormGrid provides a complete modular
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severe weather early warning system
• Stationary or mobile system options
• Service packages
– StormGrid Gold©, StormGrid Gold Plus©, StormGrid
Platinum WS©, StormGrid Platinum CG©, and
StormGrid Platinum Plus©
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6. StormGrid Facts ©
• Each unit comes with a custom automated severe weather
early warning system built-in by default
• Multiple options for visual and audible alarms
• User configurable alarms and user friendly software
• Early warning alert messages can be delivered in multiple
formats including StrikeCaster© and Alert119© text-to-cell and
email alerts as well as audible and visual alarms
• All systems have user configurable parameters for adjusting
area of concern being monitored
• Real time mapping of lightning strike data
• Electrical discharges mapped up to 200 nautical miles
providing real-time 360 degree lightning strike bearing and
range reference of 125,000 square miles
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7. More StormGrid Facts ©
• Upgradeable to be configured split screen with live
customized radar and satellite imagery
• Upgradeable to be integrated with StormGrid
WeatherStation©
• Hosted custom designed weather website
• Remote management and technical support included
• Disconnect from the Electric Power Grid, switch to Battery
Back-up for Safe Shut-down and/or Back-up Generator
• Upgradeable to be integrated with CameraGrid© for live
broadcast quality viewing and digital recording of real-time
weather events
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8. StormGrid Mapping and Warnings
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• Email Alerts
• Text-to-Cell Alerts
• Audible Alarms
• Visual Alarms
• Text-to Speech to Any Telephone
• Mapping on PC &
Smart Phone
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9. Alert119 /StormGrid Audible Alarm
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Options
• Use Pre-recorded Warning Tones
• Use Pre-recorded Voice Messages
• Pre-recorded Custom Messages
• Live Radio Controlled Public Address Announcements
• Audio to Any PC Connected to the Internet/Intranet
• Text-to-Speech to any type of telephone
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10. Recorded Message Library for Voice & Siren
Systems
• Severe Weather
• Severe Thunderstorm
• Winter Weather
• Tornado
• Hurricane
• Flash Flood
• Chemical Release Evacuation
• Hazardous Materials
• Terrorist Alert
• All Clear
• General Emergency
• Post Disaster
• General Announcement
• Test
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11. StormGrid Map Display
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• 360 degree mapping of 125,000 square miles from radius of
center point with early warning notification of severe weather
within the local area being monitored
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StormGrid/WeatherGrid Web Interface
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14. Actual Screen Shot from System in Wilmington, NC in Red
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Alert (Audible Alarms also Sound through Computer Speakers)

15. CameraGrid Features
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Live Broadcast Quality High
Definition Digital Video
Weather Monitoring and
Recording with Select and
Zoom (System may also be
used for any other monitoring
applications)
View and Review Weather
Events On-site or Remotely
Full Sky View Of NE, SE, SW
and NW Quadrants
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16. StormGrid WeatherStation Features ©
The StormGrid WeatherStation© includes user configurable alarms
for temperature, heat index, wind chill, wind speed, and rainfall
within specific time frame parameters
Temperature/Heat Index/Wind Chill Index/Comfort Index
Anemometer/Wind direction/Wind speed/Wind Average
Precipitation
Barometric Pressure
Humidity
Dew point
Wet bulb
Lunar/Tide Cycle
Pyranometer/Solar Radiation
Evapotranspiration
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17. StormGrid Severe Weather
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Warning Legend
• Red Ring
Red Alert // Severe weather and/or electrical storm activity is
extremely high in the enclosed region
• Yellow Ring
Warning // Indicates that electrical storm energy is migrating and
shifting into the enclosed region
• Ring
Caution // The presence of electrostatic energy has increased
within the total enclosed region being monitored
• Green Ring
All Clear // There is no threat of storm activity in the region being
monitored
Whenever this ring is red, be aware that the potential for severe
weather in the respective area is very high
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18. StormGrid Lightning Detection Legend
Red Point/Dot
Lightning Strike within the last minute
Yellow Point/Dot
Lightning strike within the last 2-5 minutes
White Point/Dot
Lightning strike within the last 5-8 minutes
Black Point/Dot
Lightning strike within the last 8-10 minutes
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19. Alert119 with StormGrid Gold
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• Alert119 ©
– Emergency Notification via Email
– Emergency Notification via Text-to-Cell
– Web Enabled Notification Messages
• StrikeCaster ©
– Early warning of severe weather and lightning warning
deploying StormGrid and applying Alert119 technology
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• Live 360 degree lightning detection reference map of
125,000 square miles from radius of center point
– Live time stamped lightning strike bearing and range data
displayed custom map
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20. Alert119 with StormGrid Gold Plus
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• Alert119 with StrikeCaster©
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– Text-to Cell and Email instant notification system
• Lightning Warning Data On Custom Map
– Provides time date stamps of alerts and their status
• Live 360 degree lightning detection reference map of
125,000 square miles from radius of center point
– Live time stamped lightning strike bearing and range data
displayed custom map
• Live custom radar and satellite imagery
– All data centered around site’s GPS coordinates
• Storm and hourly estimated precipitation and
vertically-integrated liquid imagery on custom map.
– Animated imagery display of estimated precipitation for
accurate predictions
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21. Alert119 with StormGrid Platinum
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CameraGrid ©
• Alert119 with StrikeCaster©
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• Lightning Warning Data On Custom Map
• Live 360 degree lightning detection reference map of 125,000
square
• Live custom radar and satellite imagery
• Storm and hourly estimated precipitation and vertically-
integrated liquid imagery on custom map.
• CameraGrid
– Live Broadcast Quality Digital Video Weather Monitoring
and Recording
– View and Review Weather Events On-site or Remotely
– Full Sky View Of NE, SE, SW and NW Quadrants
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22. Alert119 with StormGrid Platinum
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WeatherStation ©
• Alert119 with StrikeCaster
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• Lightning Warning Data On Custom Map
• Live 360 degree lightning detection reference
map of 125,000 square
• Live custom radar and satellite imagery
• Storm and hourly estimated precipitation and
vertically-integrated liquid imagery on custom
map.
• StormGrid Custom On-Site Weather Station
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23. StormGrid Platinum Plus ©
• StrikeCaster ©
• Lightning Warning Data On Custom Map
• Live 360 degree lightning detection reference map of
125,000 square
• Live custom radar and satellite imagery
• Storm and hourly estimated precipitation and
vertically-integrated liquid imagery on custom map.
• StormGrid Custom On-Site Weather Station
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• CameraGrid ©
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24. Applications
• Schools
• Sports and Recreation
• Military
• Airports
• Industrial
• Municipalities
• Ecological
• Broadcast Media
• Insurance
• Internet
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25. Lightning Dangers and Facts
• Lightning is the most dangerous and frequently
encountered weather hazard people experience each
year and is the number one cause of storm related
death
• It is estimated that there are approximately 100,000
thunderstorms in the US alone each year
• Americans are twice as likely to die from lightning
than from hurricanes, tornadoes or floods
• F.E.M.A. (The Federal Emergency Management
Agency) estimates that there are 200 deaths and 750
severe injuries from lightning each year
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26. Lightning Dangers and Facts
• Most lightning strikes occur either at the beginning
or at the end of a storm
• The average lightning strike extends out 6 to 10 miles
long but can travel as far as 120 miles
• Lightning reaches 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit which is
4 times as hot as the sun’s surface
• Voltage in a ground to cloud strike reach from 100
million to 1 billion volts
• 70% of all lightning fatalities and injuries occur in the
afternoon
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27. Lightning Dangers and Facts
• In the last 50 years, the National Weather Service and
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
has reported that lightning has struck and killed over
3,700 individuals
Note: Whenever there is a threat of lightning or
severe weather, avoid wide open areas, trees,
electronic devices and water and seek shelter
in the lowest level of a sturdy and stable
facility with a properly installed lightning
protection system that meets U.S. Safety
Standards UL and NFPA
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28. Severe Weather Warning Alert Options
• Lightning (Comes with all StormGrid Systems by
Default)
• *Wind Speed
• *Temperature
• *Heat Index
• *Wind Chill Index
• *Rainfall
• *Humidity
• *Dew point
• *Solar Radiation
* Requires StormGrid Weather Station Onsite
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29. StormGrid Instruments in Action
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Weather Stations, Electromagnetic Sensors and Electric Field Monitors
ANEMOMETOR/HUMIDITY/
TEMPERATURE/PAGODA
RAIN COLLECTOR
EMS
EFM
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30. Live Snapshot from High Definition
Digital Video Camera
HDDV
CAMERA
ABOVE: RECORDED EFM DATA FROM THUNDERSTORMS
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31. Audible and Visual Alarms
ABOVE: TONE ALARMS W/STOP-LIGHT STACK-LIGHT
(GREEN LED AND YELLOW & RED STROBES)
ABOVE: TONE/PRE-RECORDED VOICE/LIVE PA/STROBES
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32. The Difference is ProActive
• All of our products and services are intuitive by design
– There are other systems on the market that use after-the-fact and
belated information
– We use real-time DATA and programmed logic that provides tools
to help prevent disaster
• All of our hardware instruments are required to be on-site
– Other service providers use and depend on off-site instruments
and third parties
• We are as redundant as feasibly possible with DATA processed and
delivered onsite and offsite
– Redundant service runs locally and offsite in secure Data Center,
24/7, with uninterruptable power supply and generator
– Our Software service is developed, monitored and supported in-
house
– All events are logged and backed-up offsite
– Our systems are automated with manual over-rides because
artificial intelligence does not replace common sense
– We manage all preventative maintenance and redundancy is our
priority
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33. Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to
help you create a safer place to live!
• While we pledge to make every effort to provide the highest quality
products and services available in the industry and to eliminate as many
points of failure as possible, the fact remains that there are certain
elements and variables that are beyond our control and hence the end
user indemnifies and holds Proactive Information Management, LLC
harmless of any liability while using these products and services.
• All Services are annual renewable for a minimum term of 60 months
from initial installation date and all services other than *CameraGrid
include up to 100 Users/$5 per year for each additional User/Hardware
not included/Additional Upgrades and Custom Systems Integration
available upon request. *CameraGrid user availability pending
bandwidth.
• End user is solely responsible for providing static IP Address with
Remote Desktop or WebEx Access to On-site ProActive Server and for
assuring constant 24/7 internet access for communication and Remote
Management.
• All Software Upgrades and Updates included with Service.
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