Welcome to the new school year, a time for us to get back into our routines and daily schedules and get out of the vacation mindset once again. Hopefully, this will also soon begin weather constantly under one-hundred degrees, but it’s not looking like that will happen this week.

As the school year begins once again, please remember that you can receive a ticket for using a cell phone while operating a motor vehicle in a school zone and on school property.

ECI would like to thank all of the emergency personnel who have spent countless hours protecting our communities during this extreme weather period.

We would also like to welcome all the new faces to the ECI online community. We look forward to being able to deliver to you important information during major incidents that happen within the county. If you ever have any tips or photos, feel free to email us at admin@ecinformer.com or post on our Facebook wall.

If you are new here are ways to keep connected to ECI:
Twitter: @ecinformer
Facebook: facebook.com/ecinformer
ScannerStream: ecinformer.com/scanner or search for ScannerStream on the Ustream Viewer App on your iPhone or Android devices
SMS: Fill out our SMS form and we will send text updates during emergency weather situations.
Radar: Don’t forget to check out our radar on your computer or mobile device at ecinformer.com/weather

If you ever have any questions for us, feel free to email us at admin@ecinformer.com

Our friends at the Northern Ellis Emergency Dispatch recently reposted this information over a possibility of seeing a few more snakes around your yard: CLICK HERE

Lastly, thank you for being such an amazing community!

1) We’ve updated our radar software to include high-resolution radar feeds from Dallas Love Field (TDAL) and Dallas Fort Worth Intl. (TDFW) These give us a better look at storms as they approach our area.

2) We’re also trying a new piece of technology that was released in June for our radar program that places SCIT data (Storm Cell Identification and Tracking) information, which gives us a little bit more information about the storms, including wind gusts, hail size, tornadic activity, etc. This software also places storm tracks on the radar so we can see how far the storm will move in 15 minute increments.

We hope these new improvements will help further prepare the communities in Ellis County for the upcoming storm season.

Happy Fourth of July from the Ellis County Informer. Since the use of fireworks are banned from Ellis County this year, Here are some pictures from fireworks shot in Ellis County this past weekend. These photos may be best viewed with the sounds of fake explosions in the background.

Also, feel free to upload your own photos! Please remember to add the photographer’s name and the city/area the picture was taken!

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“Is Facebook and the internet going to meltdown, this Wednesday, June 8^th ?”

We are not saying the world will end or that something significant will happen in the lives of the citizens of Ellis County, however this event will affect most citizens of Ellis County, whether they know it or not.

Our friends over at Nooz4U recently posted on this article describing the upcoming 24 hour temporary major switch to IPv6 and what that really means for you.

http://nooz4u.com/index.php/technology/35-judgement-day-june-8th-2011

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