Dude wrote:

Do you happen to know what level of
investment the private weather companies have made in there own satellites?

Haven't a clue. I was in telecom at one time and had a little info coming in
about those satellites.

Would you make a guess about whether, if the NWS ceased to exist, these guys
be able to make enough money to the NWS data?

My uneducated guess is that they would not. My bet is that, if the NWS went
away, the commercial weather providers would simply start providing the sort of
guesses that one could get in the late 40s.

PS I have a picture of your Sig on a resturaunt billboard if you want it.

That's probably where I got it -- got a photo 'round here somewhere. Thanks, though.

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.