On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:40:36 -0800, Jay Honeck wrote
(in article .com):


http://www.crh.noaa.gov/forecast/Map...=121&map.y=125


(or http://tinyurl.com/39s8j5 if that URL wraps...)

Does anyone else find it disturbing that the National Weather Service
in the United States is paying out taxpayer money to a government
employee to create a foreign-language web page?

Well, it appears to be a 50/50 split here. Some of us think it is a waste of
money; the rest of us do not. I cannot think of a single decision made by
anyone, in government or out, that everybody will be 100% happy with.

Beyond a certain level, the NWS has to be able to manage its operations as it
sees best. It is never going to make either Jay Honeck or me happy all of the
time -- and both of us are going to be unhappy with different things. And we
are not going to put the content of individual web pages up for a national
referendum.

But, if enough people complain about this horrible waste of money, then there
will be a Congressional investigation, which only costs about $20 million a
day...

So, I guess the question then becomes, just how far do you think people
should go in trying to micro-manage the Weather Service? I have no doubt that
people still call them up to complain about the weather.

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Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor