Eldersburg Weatherman Gains Internet Cult Status, featured on MSNBC News Site
June 29, 2005

Every day the Eldersburg weatherman dutifully reports the Eldersburg forecast on the local Eldersburg.Net web site. Recently though, the computer-generated web-based weatherman has been sharing the forecast with thousands of people outside of Eldersburg, including people from over 50 countries. Widespread amusement and curiosity have driven thousands of people through Internet word of mouth to visit Eldersburg.Net to see the automated weatherman for themselves.

The local Eldersburg, Maryland weather character has been serving the weather for nearly six months, but only recently has he become an unlikely Internet pop figure. It all started last Monday, June 20. Someone who visited Eldersburg.Net and saw the weatherman found the automated reporter “creepy” and posted a link at a highly-trafficked site digg.com, describing the weatherman,

“I dont know about you. But I dont like it when I am trying to get my weather and I end up with a computer animated dummy. Scared me at first because I wasnt expecting it. “

MSNBC News then picked up on the story on their Blog page, calling the Eldersburg weatherman “The Max Headroom of weathermen -- I don't think Al Roker has anything to worry about.”

From there, word spread quickly and all over the world about the “creepy” weatherman from Eldersburg. Web sites, online forums, blogs, and e-mails all had links to the Eldersburg weatherman web page. Mostly all of the links commented on the scary nature of the weatherman, including:

- “Mommy, the Eldersburg weather man is scaring me.” (monkeyfilter.com)
- “Take a look at this creepy guy.... *shudders*” (radioreference.com)
- “Scared of the guy in that picture?
You should be!

It's the Eldersburg weather man.” (meepzorp.com)

In addition, online discussion boards have traded insights into the “creepiness” of the Eldersburg weatherman.

“The Eldersburg weatherman was never meant to be creepy or scary”, web site publisher Jon Allen explained. “We created the Eldersburg weatherman to provide a more interactive way for people to get local weather. We are overwhelmed with the traffic we are getting from all over the world.” Eldersburg.Net uses SitePal technology to have an automated character read each day’s Eldersburg weather forecast. The character appears somewhat real but is obviously computer generated. The feature is one of the more popular on the local web site.

Check out the newly famous Eldersburg weatherman

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