Kyler Laird wrote:

pIs what the NOAA directly provides sufficient? Enjoy it while you can.
http://www.betanews.com/article/prin...ata/1114178376

--kyler

I cannot retrieve the article you posted so I don't know what it says. Having said that, NEXRAD is
available for general NWS.NOAA weather services through the national portal www.nws.noaa.gov. That
portal is primarily for community and public safety purposes.

The radar is a vital component of public service for the general welfare of the public at large.
Making it a fee service, at least through that general portal wouldn't be much different than
denying free access to the national hurricane center and its essential bulletins, tracking
services, and forecast.

Somehow I don't believe either would pass the sniff test in view of the FEMA fiascos with Katrina,
Rita, and to a lesser extent Wilma. I suspect state and local public safety and emergency planning
response organizations would go ballistic with the loss of those vital services.

I don't believe King George or his lackies in Congress would be able to stand the heat on that one.