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jeffreyi

(2,340 posts) Thu Apr 17, 2025, 03:23 PM Apr 17

Troubles at National Weather Service; weather analysis for 21 states goes dark; Bloomberg

Weather analysis tools used by a wide array of businesses and government entities across the US have gone dark after funding for long-running regional climate hubs lapsed.

No paywall:

https://archive.is/20250417180336/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-17/us-weather-analysis-for-21-states-goes-dark-after-funding-lapse#selection-1595.0-1595.171

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Troubles at National Weather Service; weather analysis for 21 states goes dark; Bloomberg (Original Post) jeffreyi Apr 17 OP

Fucking Trump, that prick needs to go Blues Heron Apr 17 #1

Which makes the weather service a sitting duck for whatever hedge fund wants to take it over, Ocelot II Apr 17 #2

Rick Santorum, former senator from Pennsylvania LastDemocratInSC Apr 17 #4

Insanity rules this shitshow Deuxcents Apr 17 #3

Blues Heron

(6,814 posts)

1. Fucking Trump, that prick needs to go

Reply to jeffreyi (Original post)

Thu Apr 17, 2025, 03:25 PM

Apr 17

Ocelot II

(124,338 posts)

2. Which makes the weather service a sitting duck for whatever hedge fund wants to take it over,

Reply to jeffreyi (Original post)

Thu Apr 17, 2025, 03:26 PM

Apr 17

privatize it completely, and charge for weather information that used to be free.

LastDemocratInSC

(4,003 posts)

4. Rick Santorum, former senator from Pennsylvania

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 17, 2025, 05:16 PM

Apr 17

pushed, for years, to privatize the National Weather Service. His goal was to transfer its operations to the AccuWeather company in State College, PA.

https://www.politico.com/story/2012/01/7-year-old-attack-on-weather-service-could-cloud-santorums-campaign-071129

Deuxcents

(21,890 posts)

3. Insanity rules this shitshow

Reply to jeffreyi (Original post)

Thu Apr 17, 2025, 03:28 PM

Apr 17

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