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Article: A gathering cloud for the Weather Service
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- April 24, 2005
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IF you want a weather forecast, visit the National Weather
Service's very good 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 would
be restricted to ...