Aiken Area Progressive

Progressive blog for the Central Savannah River Area.

Month: March, 2022

Customers and prospective customers must demand Apple bring USB-C charging to the IPhone or else

Cupertino, Calif. — For years and years, Apple lied and gaslit the world over charging ports as the rest of the civilized technology world moved to a gold standard for charging.

Enough is enough.

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What are the other types of PDS watches and what they mean?

On April 4, 2017, when the Aiken Area was under a Moderate Risk of severe weather, we wrote about Particularly Dangerous Situation Tornado Watches and why such watches must be treated as warnings.

There are two other types of PDS watches that the National Weather Service issue, and we will look at those below the fold.

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Severe weather awareness week begins today in South Carolina

Today starts Severe Weather Awareness Week in South Carolina, five days after the start of Severe Weather Season.

There are many different types of severe weather that can hit the state. To keep things organized, we will categorize them.

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