NewsForge: Environment Canada Uses Linux to Track Hurricanes, Predict, and Analyse Weather

“On September 27, Hurricane Juan was approaching the Canadian
Maritime Provinces. The Canadian Hurricane Centre tracked the
hurricane’s progress as it approached the coast of Nova Scotia and
ultimately delivered quite a wallop. A few days later, CBC’s The
National ran documentary about the storm and its aftermath. The
documentary showed the inside of the hurricane centre before it was
itself evacuated, including a shot of a room full of computers
tracking the progress of the hurricane. They were all running
KDE.

“Interested in knowing more, I contacted Environment Canada’s
Hurricane Centre and asked if I could speak to someone about their
use of Linux. A few days later, I was on the phone with Ross
Ashbourne, Manager of Informatics at Environment Canada in
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Yes, he told me, not only does the
Hurricane Centre use Linux, but all Canadian weather centres use
Linux…”

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