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Bill Threatens Weather Service Forecasts

The Chicago Tribune reports that although the National Weather Service's constantly updated forecasts can be a lifesaver on the unpredictable Great Lakes, these free and comprehensive radio reports could become a thing of the past. A bill sponsored by Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) would allow the commerce secretary could stop the National Weather Service and its parent, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, from providing any other "product or service" that private companies could handle. Under the bill, the The National Weather Service would only be able to post warnings about hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and the like.

Read Boaters fear loss of guiding voice in the Chicago Tribune
View the text of bill from THOMAS (search for Bill Number "S. 786")

Posted/updated Dec 28, 2005
by Andrew McFarlane (Absolute Michigan)