April 18, 2024, 07:49:28 PM

Author Topic: Proposed Senate Bill to Consolidate Local NWS Offices Into 6 Regional Offices  (Read 5997 times)

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Oh geez. :rolleyes: And I just got a free NOAA Weather Radio today. I too am strongly opposed to this bill, and I hope it fails. :hammer:
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I see this failing, i just don't get why they would propose such a thing.

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I see this failing, i just don't get why they would propose such a thing.

Certain people in office have, in the past, said that the NWS and NOAA are getting a free ride and creating unfair competition against for-profit weather forecasters.  Another reason I can suspect for this is because it would cost less to run only a small handful of larger offices than it does to run a lot of smaller offices.

That said, they obviously don't realize all the work that goes into forecasting the weather, thus the necessity of having much more local offices.

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I see this failing, i just don't get why they would propose such a thing.

So they don't have to focus on real problems like ISIS or the debt.
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It's mind boggling how someone can even think or come up with an idea like this.   :dunno:

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It's mind boggling how someone can even think or come up with an idea like this.   :dunno:

Really... what goes on in government these days is mind boggling?! :dunno:

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Congress is full of retards. All they care about is the ISIS and the FDA.

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Senate backpedals on the consolidation plan, however they're going ahead on a bill for the NWS to reform how they communicate severe weather warnings.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/06/22/senate-backs-off-nws-restructuring-proposal-puts-emphasis-on-severe-weather-communication/


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