
Storm Distance Calculator		Copyright (C) Moose O'Malley, 
--------------------------		October 1999.

Storm Distance Calculator for Windows 3.x, 95 / 98 / NT / 2000.

Storm Distance Calculator enables you to easily log the time 
between Lighting Flashes in a storm and the subsequent 
Thunder Rolls, and automatically :
- calculates the distance that the storm is from you, and,
- determines whether the storm is moving away from or towards 
  you.

Developed using 16-bit Delphi.

If you find this program useful, please visit my WEB page
and check out some of the Freeware or $5 dollar Shareware
programs I have on offer there. 


Using this Program :
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To use this program, simply unzip it to a directory (using 
PKUNIP, WinZIP, or similar), run it, click the "Check for
Pentium Flaw" button and read the message that should
appear pretty well instantanously after this.


Inspiration for this Program :
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I was walking my dog, Jessica, on the beach in Yeppoon, 
Australia on Sunday (24-Oct-1999) when I was surrounded 
by a huge storm and rain squall.  There was lightening 
all around me, the thunder was constantly rolling, and 
the rain beat down so that my vision was blurred.  
Jessica was extremely frightened and I was quite 
concerned about being struck.  Luckily we weren't.

But I couldn't help wondering how close the lightening 
was to us.  So, when we got home, had a shower, washed 
Jessica, had a hot coffee, and dried off, I wrote this 
program - Storm Distance Calculator.

I now know that the lightning strikes (which were 
happening on-average every second - were less than 
300 metres away from  me in all directions.  The 
storm lasted about 20 minutes.

So, Jessica and I had good cause for concern during 
the storm after all !!  ;)


Limitations / Restrictions of the Shareware version :
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The Shareware version of this program has the following
limitations / restrictions :

- A "Shareware" label is displayed in the Menu area.
- Every now and then a "You have used this program xxx times, 
  Please Register" message will appear on program startup.

To remove all the limitaions of the shareware version,
please Register.


The Future :
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In the future, many improvements could be made to this program,
such as :
- Ability to display the storm distance in Miles, Feet, etc.
- Logging of storm information into seperate files.
- Ability to compare storm movement rates and lightning
  strike rates.
- Anything else ?

If you would like any of these improvements, or would like to
suggest more, please email me and let me know.

How much more work I do on this program depends entirely on
what support I get, how many people use the program, how many
people have registered, etc.


Shareware Reviews / Awards / CDs :
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None so far.


Use at Your Own Risk :
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Using your PC near or during an electrical storm is not
a wise thing to do.  Your PC contains very sensitive electronic
equipment which can easily be damaged by power surges that may
occur following lightning strikes during storms.

Being present near a storm can also be dangerous.

Remain close to storms at your own risk.

Use this program at your own risk.


Sharware Information :
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This is NOT free software.  This product is shareware.  

But, it only costs $5 (FIVE) dollars to buy !

This means that you can try out the software for evaluation 
purposes without charge for a period of 21 days to enable you
to decide whether to purchase / register it.

If you use this software after the 21 day evaluation period
a registration fee is required.  See the Registration Form
in the file register.txt.

Unregistered use of this software after the 21-day evaluation 
period is in violation of U.S. and international copyright laws.

If you do not purchase / register the software after the 21 day
trial period, then you must delete it from your system.

In order to encourage me to develop this software and keep 
developing other software, I encourage you to do the right 
thing and register the software.

I could have easily have made the programs nag you to Register, 
or expire after 21 days of use, but I do not like this approach.

From April 97 on, however, some of the new functionality being 
added to my programs will be available for Registered users only.
I tried to avoid doing this, but now I have been forced to do 
this to try and encourage some Registrations.

I live in the hope that if people use the programs, then they 
will register them.

Registered users will receive FREE upgrades of the program for
the life of the program.  i.e. as long as I keep improving the
program, registered users will get this new / additional 
functionality for FREE.

To Register, please complete the Registration Form in
the file register.txt.


Ammendment History :
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Vers    Date        Description
1.0   25-Oct-1999   First Public Release.
                    (4,462 lines of code / comments.)

If this program was not downloaded from my Home Page, then
it is possibly an old version.  The latest version of this 
program is available from my WEB page - see below.

Mike "Moose" O'Malley
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 Moose's $5 Shareware & Arcade Emulation Valley - since July, 1996.
 WEB:  http://move.to/moose            Email:  moose@move.to
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