Internet Safety

Quickly leave this website

To quickly exit this website, click the escape button on the top left-hand side of your computer keyboard.

At the top of each page, this website has a “EXIT” button; when you click this link, you will be automatically redirected to a generic Google news page. This is an important safety strategy for you.

If you are viewing this website and you feel that your safety may be compromised you may click this button to immediately leave the website.

Please note: clicking this button will only redirect your current browser tab and open a new tab to a weather website; it will not remove this website from your browsing history.

To browse this website safely we recommend using the Google Chrome browser in “Incognito Mode.” When you switch it to incognito browsing, the pages you search and visit will NOT appear in your browser history or search history.

To open an incognito window, start Chrome and click the wrench icon in the top right corner of the screen. Click New Incognito Window and start browsing. Alternatively, press Ctrl+ Shift + N to bring up a new incognito window without entering the Chrome settings menu.

If you are browsing this website from a computer in a location where your security may be compromised, please ensure that you clear your browser’s history when you have finished. Common internet browsers have different ways to clear their history.

Clear your internet history

Apple Safari
  1. To clear the entire list, choose History -> Clear History.
  2. To clear individual items from the list, click the open-book icon, click History in the Collections (left) column, and then highlight the items you want to clear and press the Delete key.
  3. To have the history list automatically cleared, choose Safari -> Preferences, click General, and choose an option from the “Remove history items” menu.

For detailed step by step instructions, click here.

Mozilla Firefox
  1. At the top of the Firefox window on the menu bar, click on the Tools menu, and select Clear Recent History
  2. Click the drop-down menu next to Time range to clear to choose how much of your history Firefox will clear.
  3. Next, click the arrow next to Details to select exactly what information will be erased.
  4. Choose Browsing & Download History, Form & Search Bar History, and Cache.
  5. Finally, click the Clear Now button and the window will close and the items you’ve selected will be cleared.

For detailed step by step instructions, click here.

Google Chrome
  1. Click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
  2. Select Settings.
  3. Under Privacy and security select Clear browsing data.
  4. In the dialog that appears, select Browsing history, Cookies and other site data, and Cache images and files checkboxes.
  5. Use the menu at the top to select the amount of data you want to delete.
  6. Select beginning of time to clear your entire browsing history.
  7. Click Clear data.

For detailed step by step instructions, click here

Internet Explorer
  1. Close all running instances of Internet Explorer and all browser windows.
  2. In Control Panel, click Internet Options.
  3. Click the General tab, and then click Clear History.
  4. Click Yes, and then click OK to close the Internet Options dialog box

For detailed step by step instructions, click here.