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Weather Customize. I have set this to my local area only to have it default back the McLean, VA. How can I make it stick on what I set it to? in English

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Weather Customize. I have set this to my local area several times only to have it default back to McLean, VA. How can I set it and have it permanent? Firefox is my daily browser, great software. hatcherg@cox.net

Weather Customize. I have set this to my local area several times only to have it default back to McLean, VA. How can I set it and have it permanent? Firefox is my daily browser, great software. hatcherg@cox.net

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Weather Customize. I have set this to my local area several times only to have it default back to McLean, VA. How can I set it and have it permanent? Firefox is my daily browser, great software. hatcherg@cox.net

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