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General Discussion / Re: House Budget Proposal Could Devastate the NWS’s Watch/Warning Forecasts
« on: February 17, 2011, 11:51:24 PM »Now, I'm all for the reduction in spending in general by government, but this is unacceptable. In a comparison, if the federal government cut local fire, ambulance, and police coverage by 30%, there would be many people impeached. Yet, because of the "always wrong" attitude, meteorological data may soon be harder to come by. Think of it this way (because I lived in Indiana at one time during my adult life): If it is 2 AM and a tornado is outside your house, would you like 15 minutes warning from your local NWS office, or 60 seconds warning when you hear a loud roar and the spouse says "it is a train or a plane, go back to sleep, you have a meeting at 8am"?Is it possible to cut expansion programs and just maintain the systems in place? The 30% is a bit ridiculous and I doubt it happens. I thought Hurricane Hunters fell under the Air Force?
I figure since there is a general interest in weather activity on this board, that I would share this with you. But this goes to show that there may be a little but too much zealousness when it comes to money spending and cuts.
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Every last one of them should be fired in my opinion. I am sure there are plenty of teachers looking for jobs in this country. 
I haven't experienced it personally but I'll run a few checks to make sure things are ok. If it persists after today let us know and I might have to submit a bug report to SMF.
