System and method of providing real-time site specific information

A method of providing real-time, site specific hazard information to a user comprising:

• (a) providing a weather alert manager comprising a computer having memory with a weather alert manager program to receive and process environmental data to produce an environmentally affected area defined by geo-referenced coordinates, where the memory comprises a machine readable storage device;
• (b) having a user provide a user preference indicating the type of environmental data about which the user desires to be notified;
• (c) accessing a plurality of user profiles, where the user profile contains information about a user who is interested in receiving an alert message, where the user profile comprises:
• (i) a point of interest location, where the point of interest location is associated with a point of interest which has been provided by the user;
• (ii) the user preference;
• and
• (iii) contact information for a remote receiver;
• and where the point of interest location for at least one user profile comprises a mobile point of interest location associated with a mobile point of interest;
• (d) receiving the mobile point of interest location in the weather alert manager;
• (e) determining the point of interest locations that are located within the environmentally affected area
• (f) comparing the user preferences associated with the point of interest locations within the environmentally affected area to determine if the alert message is heeded;
• and
• (g) transmitting the needed alert message using the remote receiver contact information.

A method for providing real-time, site specific hazard information comprising:

• (a) providing a weather alert manager comprising a computer having memory with a weather alert manager program to receive and process environmental data to produce an environmentally affected area defined by geo-referenced coordinates, where the memory comprises a machine readable storage device;
• (b) accessing a plurality of user profiles, where the user profile contains information about a user who is interested in receiving an alert message, where the user profile comprises:
• (i) a plurality of point of interest locations, where each point of interest location is associated with a point of interest which has been provided by the user, and where at least one user profile comprises a plurality of point of interest locations for a single user profile,
• (ii) user preferences indicating the type of environmental data about which the user desires to be notified, and
• (iii) contact information for a remote receiver,
• and where the plurality of point of interest locations include at least one mobile point of interest location associated with a mobile point of interest;
• (c) determining the point of interest locations that are located within the environmentally affected area;
• (d) comparing the user preferences associated with the point of interest locations within the environmentally affected area to determine if the alert message is needed;
• and
• (e) transmitting the needed alert message using the remote receiver contact information.

A system for providing real-time site specific information comprising:

• (a) a weather alert manager having access to a plurality of user profiles, where the user profile contains information about a user who is interested in receiving an alert message, where at least one user profile comprises a plurality of point of interest locations for that single user profile, where each point of interest location is associated with a point of interest which has been provided by the user, and where the user profile further comprises contact information for a remote receiver, and where the point of interest locations include at least one mobile point of interest location associated with a mobile point of interest, and wherein said weather alert manager memory is programmed to:
• (i) receive the mobile point of interest locations from the mobile point of interest;
• (ii) receive and process meteorological data to produce a storm affected area;
• (iii) determine the point of interest locations that are located within the storm affected area;
• (iv) prepare the alert message for the remote receiver associated with the point of interest location within the storm affected area;
• and
• (v) transmit the alert message to the remote receiver using the remote receiver contact information.