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Stuart G

(38,365 posts)
Sun Jul 1, 2018, 10:46 AM Jul 2018

So..Is the entire federal government gone mad? Well.no, here is an example.

Everyone in the federal government has not gone mad. Most, are doing their jobs trying to help the best that they can. And you might say..Well give me an example of what you are saying. Here is an example of a group of people who work for the federal government who are warning people about a dangerous condition. Hit the link and you will see the official weather forecast for the area that I live in. The people at the federal government...the national weather service, are warning people about the heat and the danger that it presents.. Strong warning, take a look. Even on a Sunday these people are doing their job.

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=42.037262806234594&lon=-87.75350939284345&site=all&smap=1#.WzjmZXmWzSc

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So..Is the entire federal government gone mad? Well.no, here is an example. (Original Post) Stuart G Jul 2018 OP
Excellent!!! Thanks!!! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2018 #1
Until the pukes get a hold of it. justgamma Jul 2018 #2
Reagan wanted to abolish it too. When asked where the weathermen would get their shraby Jul 2018 #3
Reagan was an idiot. 3catwoman3 Jul 2018 #6
The US sure votes in some ultra stupid presidents from time to time. This time around is RKP5637 Jul 2018 #9
I share that fear. 3catwoman3 Jul 2018 #10
I get my weather information from the NWS The Genealogist Jul 2018 #4
NWS is excellent. It gets its feed from the National Weather Service, etc. NWS does RKP5637 Jul 2018 #7
When I was a computer tech. RocRizzo55 Jul 2018 #5
If you want to add the National Weather Service to your smartphone, here is how. RKP5637 Jul 2018 #8

justgamma

(3,660 posts)
2. Until the pukes get a hold of it.
Sun Jul 1, 2018, 11:05 AM
Jul 2018
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/08/27/do-really-need-national-weather-service.html


They wanted to abolish it in 2011. Said private industries could do it better.

"The National Weather Service (NWS) was founded in 1870. Originally, the NWS was not a public information agency. It was a national security agency and placed under the Department of War. The Service’s national security function has long since disappeared, but as agencies often do, however, it stuck around and managed to increase its budget.

Today the NWS justifies itself on public interest grounds. It issues severe weather advisories and hijacks local radio and television stations to get the message out. It presumes that citizens do not pay attention to the weather and so it must force important, perhaps lifesaving, information upon them. A few seconds’ thought reveals how silly this is. The weather might be the subject people care most about on a daily basis. There is a very successful private TV channel dedicated to it, 24 hours a day, as well as any number of phone and PC apps. Americans need not be forced to turn over part of their earnings to support weather reporting.

shraby

(21,946 posts)
3. Reagan wanted to abolish it too. When asked where the weathermen would get their
Sun Jul 1, 2018, 11:09 AM
Jul 2018

weather from then he replied "from the National Weather Service."

Duhhh.

RKP5637

(67,032 posts)
9. The US sure votes in some ultra stupid presidents from time to time. This time around is
Sun Jul 1, 2018, 11:54 AM
Jul 2018

really freaky. I'm afraid the US is going to be F'ed up for decades way after this damn fool tRump is gone.

3catwoman3

(23,820 posts)
10. I share that fear.
Sun Jul 1, 2018, 12:19 PM
Jul 2018

This SOB is a one man wrecking crew.

One of the most infuriating aspects of all of it is that he, himself, doesn't even give a rat's ass about most of the of the issues to which he gives lips service with his ugly mouth.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
4. I get my weather information from the NWS
Sun Jul 1, 2018, 11:19 AM
Jul 2018

IIt is clear, precise and I can quickly find forecasts and data through the NWS website. No commercials, no weather infotainment, no BS.

RKP5637

(67,032 posts)
7. NWS is excellent. It gets its feed from the National Weather Service, etc. NWS does
Sun Jul 1, 2018, 11:49 AM
Jul 2018

a nice job of presenting it.

 

RocRizzo55

(980 posts)
5. When I was a computer tech.
Sun Jul 1, 2018, 11:36 AM
Jul 2018

I often saw that people had The Weather Channel on their desktop. When I removed it and replaced it with the NWS site, with their local weather, they were amazed at how accurate it was, and how much faster it was to load than The Weather Channel. So I just had to inform them, that the NWS has been paid for by them, and that the Weather Channel has to rely on ads which take up a lot of time to load. I also told them that the data that the Weather Channel is exactly the same as the data from NWS. Most of them left the NWS site shortcut on their desktop.

RKP5637

(67,032 posts)
8. If you want to add the National Weather Service to your smartphone, here is how.
Sun Jul 1, 2018, 11:51 AM
Jul 2018

I just did it and it works well. It's the same as the NWS app, but data is presented a bit different.

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