StormSiren is being developed using Python v2.5.2 under Ubuntu. While it may work under earlier versions of Python, no guarantee is made. If you do not have Python installed on your computer, you can find a version for your system at www.python.org?.

To install StormSiren, first download a current version from this website. Downloads can be found here. After the download is complete, you can uncompress the achieve by executing the following command:

tar vxjf StormSiren-x.x.x.tar.bz2

Like the original StormSiren, StormSiren's configuration files by default are stored in user specific directories based on the operating system that you may be using.

• Windows: User configuration files are stored under %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\StormSiren. The application can be started by either double clicking on the StormSiren.py file from Windows File Explorer or by using the command prompt to execute the script directly.
• Unix: User configuration files are stored within the user's home directory of $HOME/.StormSiren.

While these are the default locations of user configuration files for StormSiren, the locations of these files can be changed using command line options.