The real joke is they think the private weather companies will jump in, and take over. First, they built their companies relying on the free government weather data. Second, they are woefully understaffed and under-equipped. I know from first hand experience.
I work covering weather events. One of the more challenging challenges has been to explain to people how their weather apps get data. Without people at some weather service offices they are unable to do important things like launch weather balloons. Believe it or not those balloons are still a primary way to measure the atmosphere.
Some of this blame goes to congress. Those chickenshits have abdicated their responsibility for budget and agency oversight.
What about the wild fire app Watch Duty? I could swear it's run by volunteers. (Not of course that it's okay to not have national weather service or for oligarchs to privatize it.)
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The real joke is they think the private weather companies will jump in, and take over. First, they built their companies relying on the free government weather data. Second, they are woefully understaffed and under-equipped. I know from first hand experience.
I work covering weather events. One of the more challenging challenges has been to explain to people how their weather apps get data. Without people at some weather service offices they are unable to do important things like launch weather balloons. Believe it or not those balloons are still a primary way to measure the atmosphere.
Some of this blame goes to congress. Those chickenshits have abdicated their responsibility for budget and agency oversight.
What about the wild fire app Watch Duty? I could swear it's run by volunteers. (Not of course that it's okay to not have national weather service or for oligarchs to privatize it.)
Tornadoes in Texas are a hoot. Last night was enormous fun.