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[DataEngine] Auto shutdown during severe t-storm

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dberg918
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I had this idea last week when thunderstorms were absolutely pounding my neck of the woods. The basic concept is that, using the weather data engines, KDE will know when there's a severe thunderstorm warning wherever the machine is located. It will then throw a warning to the user that it should power down the machine to prevent data loss or damage to the computer, while giving him/her the option to ignore it. The warning will have a timer, much like the shutdown dialog, so that the machine will power down automatically if the user isn't present.

I'm not totally sure the weather data engines provide advisory warnings/watches, but there's bound to be a way to implement this. I wasn't sure how to tag this idea, so if someone knows better, feel free to change them.
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TheBlackCat
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I think someone is working on lightning strike support for marble, so it should be possible.


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