[PHX-Skywarn] Bill to limit NWS info

[Allen Sklar]

Hello All.....
This one is news to me......
But there has been an on going effort to limit nws information 
to the general public for years.....
I really have only two questions....
Where do AccuWeather and The Weather Channel get there information ????
And how much do they pay for it
?????http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2005/04/21/m1a_wx_0421.html

 
 
Allen Sklar
Tempe AZ 





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Subject: Skywarn Digest, Vol 7, Issue 3
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Date: Sat, April 23, 2005 1:01 am
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  1. NWS weather information could go dark under new bill
     (Greg Williams)


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Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 00:15:54 -0400
From: "Greg Williams" <k4hsm at lock-net.com>
Subject: [Skywarn] NWS weather information could go dark under new bill
To: <skywarn at mailman.qth.net>

Do you want a seven-day weather forecast for your ZIP code? Or
hour-by-hour predictions of the temperature, wind speed, humidity and
chance of rain? Or weather data beamed to your cellphone?

That information is available for free from the National Weather
Service.

But under a bill pending in the U.S. Senate, it might all disappear.

The bill, introduced last week by Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., would
prohibit federal meteorologists from competing with companies such as
AccuWeather and The Weather Channel, which offer their own forecasts
through paid services and free ad-supported Web sites.

Supporters say the bill wouldn't hamper the weather service or the
National Hurricane Center from alerting the public to hazards - in fact,
it exempts forecasts meant to protect "life and property."

But critics say the bill's wording is so vague they can't tell exactly
what it would ban.

Gregory S. Williams
k4hsm at knology.net
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