European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes a computers tuesday october 25,. 1994" weather you like it or not on line services provide users with worldwide forecasts by David Colker los Angeles times los Angeles after several hours at the computer trying to beat thelast level of doom you might get the urge to Check out what s happening inthe great outdoors. In the old Days you either had to let that urge pass or actually get up from your chair and go outside. But no More. Now if you have a Modem there is an astonishing amount of up to Date weather information that can be accessed through on line serv ices. And if you have Access via your workplace or school to the internet you can get worldwide weather maps satellite pictures forecasts and More tech Nical meteorological data than you probably care about for free. The easiest Way to obtain weather in formation on line is through the com Mercial services. Ori Compuserve you simply Click on the Little weather icon if you re using one of their Handy graphic interfaces otherwise you just write go weather and up pops the current forecast for the area you choose.  choose los Angeles for example and you get separate forecasts from the National weather service for the Down town Beach areas and the suburban san Fernando san Gabriel valleys. Compuserve also provides a climatological report showing current computer on line services can help users stay out of the rain. A file weather conditions and bits of historical information including the record highs and lows for the Day. For cities outside the United states Compuserve gives you Access to fore casts made by the commercial acc weather service. But that a just the beginning of Compuserve s justifiably heralded weather features. You can also get printouts of extended forecasts weather alerts precipitation probability charts Marine forecasts for boaters and for an extra fee aviation forecasts. Finally you can View numerous weather maps and satellite pictures that Are updated regularly. Weather information is also available on America on line but it s neither As detailed nor As easy to find or View. Maps and satellite pictures must be downloaded to your computer before you can View them. America on line does have a Lively weather discussion area for the truly Cli mat logically obsessed. Recent Mes sages included a debate about what area of the United states has the worst weather mount Washington n.h., got a lot of votes and the Best Many nominated san Diego. There were also numerous weather jokes including the old standby about the forecast for Mexico Chili today and hot tamale and Sev eral of the it was so cold variety it was so cold in . That the politicians had their hands in their own pockets -. Let Smo Veon. You have to work a bit to get weather info on the internet but if you Are fascinated by the topic it is certainly the place to be. The Best known spot is the weather machine area maintained by the University of Illinois and founded wit Grants from the National science foun Dation and other agencies. Once at that internet site i was Able to get detailed National weather serv ice forecasts for the los Angeles area plus a climatological summary that in eluded accumulated precipitation for the season As compared to past seasons especially important data for us i Southern California. There were also extended forecasts a visibility report wind advisories an Marine summaries. The weather machine also offer san ample variety of weather maps satellite pictures radar images arid surface pictures. In it s archives Are pictures of hurricanes and other major events. With the appropriate on line search tools you can then travel from Illinois to weather information Sites around the world on the internet including euro Pean Sites where you can download spectacular images from the mete Bsat satellite that Are processed by the department of meteorology at the univer sity of Edinburgh in Scotland. You can spend so Many hours exploring the weather of the world that you might even temporarily forget about  you need never leave the House again. In by William Tuohy los Angeles times London Irish nationalist Leader Martin me Gumness said sunday that he received private Assur ances from the British government last year that it was working toward a United Ireland. Mcguinniss explosive statement came in a by television interview during his first visit to Britain since prime minister John major lifted an exclusion order on him Friday. It follows the recent declaration of cease fires by the Catholic and protestant groups that have waging a War of terrorism Over Northern  is the vice president of sinn fein the political Arm of the Irish Republican army. He declared sunday that Early last year he met with a govern ment official who spoke with the full authority of the British prime minister and the Secretary of state for Northern Ireland Patrick Mayhew. There is no doubt about that.". Mcguinness refused to say who the official was or indicate whether he was a politician or civil servant. But he added i think the British government is slowly disengaging from  Mayhew immediately denied Mcguinness claims this is Patent nonsense he said. No British govern ment representative has Ever been or will Ever be authorized to say that we support a United Ireland unless it is by the consent of the people of Northern  believe it is for the people of Northern Ireland to decide the future of Northern Ireland. So Long As it is their wish to remain in the United kingdom the British government will uphold that wish this has Al ways been our position and it will never  Ever since december s Downing Street declaration by major and Irish prime minister Albert Reynolds Northern Ireland unionists have worried that some secret Deal May have been made to encourage the current Ira cease fire. Major has repeatedly insisted that no secret agreements have been reached. The British View sunday night appeared to be tha Mcguinness was engaged in mischief making As one official put it aimed at reassuring Ira hard liners whore still not convinced that they should participate in the peace process. New York a protestant politicians fro Northern Ireland with close links to paramilitary groups arrived in new York on sunday to bring their views to the Clinton administration and the american Public. The six member delegation from two Small protestant parties represents a Side of the Northern ire land conflict that has not yet delivered its message to the United states firsthand the loyalists want to maintain British controlled Northern Ireland s ties to London. Their trip follows the oct. 13 declaration of a cease fire by the pro British protestant paramilitary groups which matched the aug. 31 truce by the Irish Republican army. Gerry Adams president of the Ira s political ally sinn fein has made two trips to the United states this year seeking support for a unification of Ireland and Northern Ireland. On Friday British prime minister John major said his officials will Start talks before Christmas with sinn fein on uniting Ireland with Northern Ireland. Britain would talk to the protestant paramilitaries at an appropriate time he said. _ the delegation from the progressive unionist party and the Ulster democratic party include three murderers Gusty Spence founding father of the Ulster Volunteer Force who was convicted of killing Catholic in 1966 and spent 17 years in jail. Billy Hutchinson jailed for 19 years for his part in the murder of two catholics. And John White convicted in 1974 in the fatal stabbing of a Catholic senator All three have since renounced violence. The protestants first Public appearance was scheduled for monday afternoon at a forum in mid town Manhattan organized by the National com Mittee on american foreign policy. Heathrow office building Breaks apart London apy a Ken Norv of a a /. Two Story office building at Heathrow Airport crumbled sunday teetering toward an adjacent collapsed Tunnel for a new rail line no one was injured police said. The building Calbourne House was cleared of occupants Friday after tons of Earth slipped when a Sec Tion of the Tunnel under construction collapsed ambulances and fire tenders raced to the building Early sunday As huge cracks appeared in the brickwork and a Section of a Wall fell away exposing desks an photocopying machines. Police sealed off nearby roads and the subway serv i Heathrow to Central London 15 Miles away was halted temporarily. 1 iraf5c