Problem with Groundhog
The popular weather forecast service isn't working with zip codes.
[gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/0/groundhog/nobsg?i](gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/0/groundhog/nobsg?i)
works just fine.
So does
[gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/groundhog/us/forecast](gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/groundhog/us/forecast)
But
[gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/7/groundhog/us/zipcode?94129](gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/7/groundhog/us/zipcode?94129)
fails with
````
*** temporary network failure ***
Please retry in a few minutes. if this error persists, send mail to
gopher.com.
````
I noticed the problem 2 days ago, and it's still a problem. That's not much of an email address for error reports.
Fortunately
https://wttr.in/94107?u
and
https://wttr.in/SW1A+2DX
work just fine.
94107 is a San Francisco zip code (postal code), and SW1A 2DX is a postal code in London, UK.
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