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Article: DON'T HAMSTRING THE WEATHER SERVICE.(Commentary/Editorial)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- April 25, 2005
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If you want a weather forecast, you can go to the National Weather Service's Web site - www.nws.noaa.gov - click anywhere on the map of the 50 states and get a detailed, seven-day forecast along with radar and satellite images.
And why not? You pay for it with your tax dollars.
But the Web site could be in danger, along with other Weather Service functions, under a bill introduced this month by Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa. The measure would bar the National Weather Service from providing, or assisting other entities in providing, a service or product "that is or could be provided by the private sector."
There are some exceptions, but basically the Weather Service ...