here's a well-timed read (while we still have power) ~ hurricane sandy & and the waning finances of us meteorology.
DIDJA know that, like pbs, the national oceanic & atmospheric administration (noaa) is in gop cross hairs for mega funding cuts? (unlike defense, which always get the political testosterone flowing, meteorolgy is soooo unsexy to fund.)
as folks in se pa keep checking for sandy updates, close your eyes & imagine an noaa reduced to mediocrity by hyped funding cuts. if you're a member of the house science, space & technology committee (like, say, paul broun or todd akin, jim sensenbrenner or dana rohrabacher), meteorology might feel like a no-brainer place to make some deep cuts.
NEVER has their ballyhoo over cutting noaa seemed more short-sighted & less watchful of our safety, property & economic well being.
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