[HCRA] The end of free NOAA weather data online??

[Kevin F. Berrien]

//Caught this on slashdot.org, and likely of interest to Skywarn folk 
and others...

- Kevin

Apparently for-pay weather companies (specifically Accuweather) have 
lobbied Senator Rick Santorum to introduce a bill to ban the National 
Weather Service from 'competing.' The NOAA just made data available for 
free on the internet in XML format. Essentially, that means no more free 
data, and the possible elimination of the NOAA web presence all together.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2005/04/21/m1a_wx_0421.html