THE FRIDAY BLUEBOOK: 12/15/17: ANSWER A

Your answer: AccuWeather

Not quite. Masters and Samson's program was the precursor to Weather Underground. Masters was a doctoral candidate in the university's meteorology department, working under the direction of Professor Samson. Four years after they developed the program, it became a commercial entity separate from the university called Weather Underground, Inc. It is now owned by The Weather Company, a subsidiary of IBM.

 

THE FRIDAY BLUEBOOK: 12/15/17: ANSWER B

Your answer: Dark Sky

Not quite. Masters and Samson's program was the precursor to Weather Underground. Masters was a doctoral candidate in the university's meteorology department, working under the direction of Professor Samson. Four years after they developed the program, it became a commercial entity separate from the university called Weather Underground, Inc. It is now owned by The Weather Company, a subsidiary of IBM.

 

THE FRIDAY BLUEBOOK: 12/15/17: ANSWER C

Your answer: Weather Underground

Correct! Masters was a doctoral candidate in the university's meteorology department, working under the direction of Professor Samson. The name of the program refers to a 1960s militant radical student group called the Weather Underground, which also originated at the University of Michigan.