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[cadele]

Just saying hi as I am now the proud owner of an Echo.

Does anyone have any recs as to their favourite skills?

Also, with the skills, do I have to be wary of the developer's permissions with these?

Thanks in advance.

[Blossom]

Why can't Alexa give Real Feel temps? Alexa says it 96 degrees out. Yes Alexa, it is but the heat index is 113!!! Amazon needs to add Real Feel and Humidity to their weather reports.

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[wodin]

Make the suggestion, the Echo team listens.

[Blossom]

I have sent them feedback. A few times.

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[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Why can't Alexa give Real Feel temps? Alexa says it 96 degrees out. Yes Alexa, it is but the heat index is 113!!! Amazon needs to add Real Feel and Humidity to their weather reports.

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Inspired me to ask the current temperature. Alexa tells me it's currently 82 and sunny.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by Blossom

I have sent them feedback. A few times.

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I just sent a request for sumertime heat indexes and wintertime wind chill factors.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Inspired me to ask the current temperature. Alexa tells me it's currently 82 and sunny.

81 and mostly cloudy here in the Emerald City.

[wodin]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

81 and mostly cloudy here in the Emerald City.

Don't need no stinking heat indexes and wind chill factors, it's always 81 and sunny in the beautiful Sandwich Islands and we don't got no wintertime.

Spoiler:

Only the occasional hurricane

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by wodin

Don't need no stinking heat indexes and wind chill factors, it's always 81 and sunny in the beautiful Sandwich Islands and we don't got no wintertime.

Spoiler:

Only the occasional hurricane

...but it's brrr at the top

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I just sent a request for sumertime heat indexes and wintertime wind chill factors.

Thanks. It's much needed.

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[mlewis78]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Why can't Alexa give Real Feel temps? Alexa says it 96 degrees out. Yes Alexa, it is but the heat index is 113!!! Amazon needs to add Real Feel and Humidity to their weather reports.

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As soon as we got hot weather, I noticed that it never gives the humidity %. I need that information. If it's 82 and very humid it's very different than 82 with low humidity.

How do I contact them about this?

I've also noticed that Alexa weather makes much of flash flood/t-storm watches more than I see on weather.com or hear on the radio.

Here in hell, I mean north Texas, the weather forecasters always say don't pay attention to just the temperature because it is the heat index that really matters in the summer. We still have not reached 100° on the temperature gauge this summer, unusual for this time of year, but we are consistently hitting 105° plus on the heat index due to the winds coming off of the Gulf of Mexico that pump in the humidity. You cannot even stand in the shade outside without sweating through your clothes this time of year. I'm not sure what my ancestors were thinking on their westward journey to make them stop in Texas to settle rather than going a few hundred miles farther until they reached New Mexico or Colorado. Darn idiots they were!

[wodin]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

...but it's brrr at the top

Yup, can ski in the morning and surf in the afternoon.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by jswinden

Here in hell, I mean north Texas, the weather forecasters always say don't pay attention to just the temperature because it is the heat index that really matters in the summer. We still have not reached 100° on the temperature gauge this summer, unusual for this time of year, but we are consistently hitting 105° plus on the heat index due to the winds coming off of the Gulf of Mexico that pump in the humidity. You cannot even stand in the shade outside without sweating through your clothes this time of year. I'm not sure what my ancestors were thinking on their westward journey to make them stop in Texas to settle rather than going a few hundred miles farther until they reached New Mexico or Colorado. Darn idiots they were!

I can answer your question. M o n e y.
Oh and darling, you aren't quite in hell yet. You are just approaching the edge. Our weather people just say stay indoors and drink plenty of water.
Also be glad you don't need an over the shoulder boulder holder. .

Looking around this thread it appears that EVERYONE is hotter than normal.

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

I can answer your question. M o n e y.
Oh and darling, you aren't quite in hell yet. You are just approaching the edge. Our weather people just say stay indoors and drink plenty of water.
Also be glad you don't need an over the shoulder boulder holder. .

Looking around this thread it appears that EVERYONE is hotter than normal.

Yep, we are just now entering the traditional hottest period of the year--basically mid-July through mid-August. This is tame compared to a few years ago though. But it is still way too hot for me, and I grew up here. You just never get used to it...