Jeff Masters, who founded the Weather Underground service 25 years ago also left the company in October, further fueling that theory. Weather Underground provides information about tropical storms and hurricanes for locations worldwide. From 2007 through early 2017 Richard B. Rood wrote blogs on climate change and societal response, with new entries on a weekly basis. [45] Writer Sol Stern, a conservative opponent of progressive education policies, has criticized Ayers as having a virulent "hatred of America", and said, "Calling Bill Ayers a school reformer is a bit like calling Joseph Stalin an agricultural reformer. Terry, Don (Chicago Tribune staff reporter. ", On September 9, 2008, journalist Jake Tapper copied to his ABC News "Political Punch" blog and opined on a four-panel comic strip by Ryan Alexander-Tanner from Bill Ayers' blog site. On July 2, 2012, The Weather Channel announced that it would acquire Weather Underground, which would become operated as part of The Weather Channel Companies, LLC, which was later renamed "The Weather Company". [17] Larry Grathwohl, a Federal Bureau of Investigation informant in the Weathermen group from the fall of 1969 to the spring of 1970, stated that "Ayers, along with Bernardine Dohrn, probably had the most authority within the Weathermen". [24], In February 2015, Weather Underground released an iOS app called Storm. [3] During the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, a controversy arose over his contacts with then-candidate Barack Obama. Eric Mann, who mentored Cullors for over a decade in community organizing, was a member of radical-left militant groups: Students for a Democratic Society and the Weather Underground, which bombed government buildings and police stations in the 1960s and 1970s. "[55], Ayers worked with Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley in shaping the city's school reform program,[56] and was one of three co-authors of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge grant proposal that in 1995 won $49.2 million over five years for public school reform. He began his career in primary education while an undergraduate, teaching at the Children's Community School (CCS), a project founded by a group of students and based on the Summerhill method of education. Alan completed a masters degree at … He is known for his 1960s radical activism and his later work in education reform, curriculum and instruction. Chillicothe Weather Forecasts. He responded saying that he didn't recall saying that, but that "it's been quoted so many times I'm beginning to think I did. I also like Henry David Thoreau, Mother Jones and Jane Addams [...]". Claim: Susan Rosenberg is a convicted terrorist who has sat on the board of directors of Thousand Currents, an organization which handles fundraising for the Black Lives Matter Global Network. He began his career as the company’s Director of Technology building web products from government weather data. Eric Mann (born December 4, 1942, Brooklyn, New York) is a civil rights, anti-war, labor, and environmental organizer whose career spans 50 years. The following is a list of some of the members of Weatherman. In 1995 Weather Underground Inc. became a commercial entity separate from the university. Amy Zalman, Ph.D. [12] The deal was finalized on January 29, 2016. [48] On August 5, 2010, Ayers officially announced his intent to retire from the University of Illinois at Chicago. [34] The reporter quoted him as saying "I don't regret setting bombs" and "I feel we didn't do enough", and, when asked if he would "do it all again", as saying "I don't want to discount the possibility. "[7], In a letter to the editor in the Chicago Tribune, Ayers wrote, "I condemn all forms of terrorism—individual, group and official". As his students, we see through this representation ... Ayers is still committed to movements for peace and justice. The Weather Channel television service remained a separate entity, later sold to Entertainment Studios in 2018. Feminist critic Katha Pollitt criticized Ayers' opinion piece as a "sentimentalized, self-justifying whitewash of his role in the weirdo violent fringe of the 1960s–1970s antiwar left". According to Ayers, "It seems very arbitrary. [58] Since 1999, he has served on the board of directors of the Woods Fund of Chicago, an anti-poverty, philanthropic foundation established as the Woods Charitable Fund in 1941. [...] I don't think so. He … In 2005, Weather Underground became the weather provider for the Associated Press; Weather Underground also provides weather reports for some newspapers, including the San Francisco Chronicle and the Google search engine. He also condemned the September 11 terrorist attacks in that letter. [4] It has grown to provide weather for print sources, in addition to its online presence. Founded and led the Weather Underground. "They said, 'We're sorry that things turned out this way.' Include a date for which you would like to see weather history. His worldview and tactics are evolved and elaborate, thoughtful and wise, making him unrecognizable to the media's caricature. Before the June 1969 SDS convention, Ayers became a prominent leader of the group, which arose as a result of a schism in SDS. [7][8] SimilarWeb rates the site as the second most visited weather website globally, attracting more than 47 million visitors per month. [27] Reviewing Ayers' memoir in Slate Magazine, Timothy Noah said he could not recall reading "a memoir quite so self-indulgent and morally clueless as Fugitive Days". [66], In June 1974, the Weather Underground released a 151-page volume titled Prairie Fire, which stated: "We are a guerrilla organization [...] We are communist women and men underground in the United States [...]"[67] The Weatherman leadership, including Ayers, pushed for a radical reformulation of sexual relations under the slogan "Smash Monogamy". He says Ayers was bent on overthrowing the government. [7], Ayers became involved in the New Left and the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). The Weather Underground Web site continues to operate as a separate entity from The Weather Channel primary site, weather.com, with its existing staff retained. [59] The Wall Street Journal columnist Thomas Frank praised Ayers as a "model citizen" and a scholar whose "work is esteemed by colleagues of different political viewpoints". The book was dedicated to close to 200 people, including Harriet Tubman, John Brown, "All Who Continue to Fight", and "All Political Prisoners in the U.S."[20] The book dedication includes Sirhan Sirhan, the convicted assassin of Robert F. The ethics of communism still appeal to me. His parents are Mary (née Andrew) and Thomas G. Ayers, who was later chairman and chief executive officer of Commonwealth Edison (1973 to 1980),[4] and for whom Northwestern's Thomas G. Ayers College of Commerce and Industry was named. Before "going underground" he published an account of this experience. Founders Alan Steremberg, Jeff Masters, Perry Samson. The company is based in San Francisco, California and was founded in 1995 as an offshoot of the University of Michigan Internet weather database. Three of our people killed themselves. "[61], In an interview published in 1995, Ayers characterized his political beliefs at that time and in the 1960s and 1970s: "I am a radical, Leftist, small 'c' communist ... [Laughs] Maybe I'm the last communist who is willing to admit it. The service previously distributed Internet radio feeds of NOAA Weather Radio stations from across the country, as provided by users, and had a Weather Underground Braille Page. Hi/Low, RealFeel®, precip, radar, & everything you need to be ready for the day, commute, and weekend! Unlike Brown, the Weathermen’s motivation was to overthrow the American system and impose their form of communism. August 30, 2018 Dr. Jeff Masters co-founded Weather Underground in 1995 while working on his Ph.D. in air pollution meteorology at the University of Michigan. The Ayers in the media was frozen in time; he never left the 1960s, never aged out of his 20s, and never grew in perspective. [74] After being raised by the American and British press,[74][75] the connection was picked up by conservative blogs and newspapers in the United States. Jeff Masters, a co-founder of the popular Weather Underground forecasting operation and website, is leaving the company to write for Scientific American. The name is a reference to the 1960s militant radical student group the Weather Underground, which also originated at the University of Michigan. Our effectiveness can be—and still is being—debated.[43]. [28] Some have questioned the truth, accuracy, and tone of the book. The following is a list of some of the members of Weatherman. Would you do it again under similar circumstances?" [64] The Weathermen were initially part of the Revolutionary Youth Movement (RYM) within the SDS, splitting from the RYM's Maoists by claiming there was no time to build a vanguard party and that revolutionary war against the United States government and the capitalist system should begin immediately. [57] In 1997, Chicago awarded him its Citizen of the Year award for his work on the project. Cullors founded and directs Dignity and Power Now (DPN), which claims to seek “dignity and power of incarcerated people, their families, and communities.” Cullors was trained by Eric Mann, a … Indifference was the opposite of moral". Ayers later wrote in his memoir, Fugitive Days, that his reaction was: "You could not be a moral person with the means to act, and stand still. Ayers was elected Vice President for Curriculum Studies by the American Educational Research Association in 2008. For other uses, see. Weather Underground Rises from the Ashes: They're Baack! The name is a reference to the 1960s militant radical student group the Weather Underground, which also originated at the University of Michigan.[3]. "The reason we weren't terrorists is because we did not commit random acts of terror against people. Members [7] She turned herself in to authorities in 1980. [62], In 1970, The New York Times called Ayers "a national leader"[63] of the Weatherman organization and "one of the chief theoreticians of the Weathermen". [18], After the Greenwich Village townhouse explosion in 1970, in which Weatherman member Ted Gold, Ayers's close friend Terry Robbins, and Ayers's girlfriend, Diana Oughton, were killed when a nail bomb being assembled in the house exploded, Ayers and several associates evaded pursuit by law enforcement officials. ET, except during storm coverage; in which case the show is extended to 9 p.m. or 10 p.m. On October 28, 2015, Jeff Masters noted that IBM had officially announced an agreement to acquire The Weather Company business-to-business, mobile and cloud-based Web properties, including Weather Underground, WSI, weather.com, and also the Weather Company brand. [25] This app is universal, and can be used on both iPhone and iPad. Greenwich Village’s Weather Underground Townhouse that Exploded in 1970 is For Sale ... the Weather Underground or the Weathermen, founded at … Chepesiuk, Ron, "Sixties Radicals, Then and Now: Candid Conversations With Those Who Shaped the Era", McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers: Jefferson, North Carolina, 1995, "Chapter 5: Bill Ayers: Radical Educator", p. 102. [10] He rose to national prominence as an SDS leader in 1968 and 1969 as head of an SDS regional group, the "Jesse James Gang". The site is available in many languages, and customers can access an ad-free version of the site with additional features for an annual fee. [8] "During that time his infatuation with street fighting grew and he developed a language of confrontational militancy that became more and more pronounced over the year [1969]", disaffected former Weathermen member Cathy Wilkerson wrote in 2001. The Weather Underground. "He was sweet and patient, as he always is, to let me come to my senses on my own," she later said of Ayers. Ayers said that he had never been responsible for violence against other people and was acting to end a war in Vietnam in which "thousands of people were being killed every week". [23] Due to the illegal tactics of FBI agents involved with the program, including conducting wiretaps and property searches without warrants, government attorneys requested all weapons-related and bomb-related charges be dropped against the Weather Underground, including charges against Ayers. We destroyed government property". The operation cost under $500, and no one was killed or even hurt.[19]. Chesa Boudin went on to win a Rhodes scholarship[79] and was elected District Attorney of San Francisco in November 2019. [39], Ayers was asked in a January 2004 interview, "How do you feel about what you did? Eventually married Bill Ayers, and served only a year of jail time for her part because of the issues of COINTELPRO. Weather Underground also uses observations from members with automated personal weather stations (PWS). Dr. Jeff Masters Dr. Jeff Masters co-founded Weather Underground in 1995 while working on his Ph.D. in air pollution meteorology at the University of Michigan. They decided on the name, because it "alludes to our deep fascination with all types of weather and climate extremes, including the many important facets of our changing climate", and "will provide all the insight and expert analysis needed to put the extreme events of our evolving 21st-century climate into context."[15]. When the Mosaic Web browser appeared, this provided a natural transition from "Blue Skies" to the Web. [72], On June 18, 2013, Ayers gave an interview to RealClearPolitics' Morning Commute in which he stated that every president in this century should be tried for war crimes, including President Obama for his use of drone attacks, which Ayers considers an act of terror. She was involved in the planning and action, and eventually went underground in the 1970s. He … I think what we did was to respond to a situation that was unconscionable. [7] Ayers earned a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies from the University of Michigan in 1968. Ayers is a retired professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, formerly holding the titles of Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar. Other apps by Weather Underground include WunderStation[26] for iPad and WunderMap[27] for iOS and Android. The Weather Underground's early days started deep within the Students for a Democratic Society, the largest protest group of the 1960s dedicated to social, economic, and political change through predominately peaceful means. Dohrn was still reluctant to turn herself in to authorities. On January 18, 2009, on his way to speak about education reform at the Centre for Urban Schooling at the University of Toronto, he was refused admission to Canada when he arrived at the Toronto City Centre Airport although he has traveled to Canada more than a dozen times in the past. The matter was raised in a campaign debate by moderator George Stephanopoulos, and later became an issue for the John McCain presidential campaign. Weather Underground president Alan Steremberg wrote "Blue Skies" for the project, a graphical Mac Gopher client, which won several awards. [8][9] The Weather Company also uses the site's San Francisco headquarters as a regional office.[10][11]. The site popularity also helped launch a television show hosted by meteorologist Mike Bettes, which airs on The Weather Channel from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. It was a joke about the distribution of wealth. Brent Staples wrote for The New York Times Book Review that "Ayers reminds us often that he can't tell everything without endangering people involved in the story. Two major decisions came out of the "War Council". I have several arrests for misdemeanors, but not for felonies. [2] The Weather Underground conducted a campaign of bombing public buildings (including police stations, the United States Capitol, and the Pentagon) during the 1960s and 1970s in response to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. [32], Chicago Magazine reported that "just before the September 11th attacks", Richard Elrod, a city lawyer injured in the Weathermen's Chicago "Days of Rage", received an apology from Ayers and Dohrn for their part in the violence. In 1993, they recruited Alan Steremberg and initiated a project to bring Internet weather into K–12 classrooms. The second was to create underground collectives in major cities throughout the country. Weather Underground is a commercial weather service providing real-time weather information over the Internet. "[46][47], Ayers has edited and written many books and articles on education theory, policy and practice, and has received several honors for his work. Weather Underground provides local & long-range weather forecasts, weather reports, maps & tropical weather conditions for locations worldwide "[33], Much of the controversy about Ayers during the decade since 2000 stems from an interview he gave to Dinitia Smith for The New York Times on the occasion of the memoir's publication on September 11, 2001. [51] Kennedy referred to a 1974 book Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism, written by Ayers and other Weather Underground members. 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