Iowa Aviation Weather...en Espanol

The US is in no danger of losing english as the primary language. We'll
all look up one day and forget what all the concern was about.

I truly hope you're right, Bill.

In the meantime, I guess we can stop worrying about the National
Weather Service's budget, as they are clearly flush with money.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:08:21 -0800, Jay Honeck wrote
(in article .com):

The US is in no danger of losing english as the primary language. We'll
all look up one day and forget what all the concern was about.

I truly hope you're right, Bill.

In the meantime, I guess we can stop worrying about the National
Weather Service's budget, as they are clearly flush with money.

An interesting question, at that. How much money are we really talking about
here? They have some guy, probably, already on the payroll, or maybe even a
computer translator, that translates the site into Spanish. I bet it doesn't
cost all that much compared to their whole budget. They probably spend more
on wastebaskets every month.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

C J Campbell wrote:
An interesting question, at that. How much money are we really talking about
here? They have some guy, probably, already on the payroll, or maybe even a
computer translator, that translates the site into Spanish. I bet it doesn't
cost all that much compared to their whole budget. They probably spend more
on wastebaskets every month.


Wait until someone who speaks Lithuanian files a lawsuit.

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:17:34 -0800, ktbr wrote
(in article ):

C J Campbell wrote:
An interesting question, at that. How much money are we really talking
about
here? They have some guy, probably, already on the payroll, or maybe even a
computer translator, that translates the site into Spanish. I bet it
doesn't
cost all that much compared to their whole budget. They probably spend more
on wastebaskets every month.


Wait until someone who speaks Lithuanian files a lawsuit.

I would say that describes a problem with the legal system instead of with
'immigrants' who aren't really immigrants.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

C J Campbell writes:

An interesting question, at that. How much money are we really talking about
here? They have some guy, probably, already on the payroll, or maybe even a
computer translator, that translates the site into Spanish. I bet it doesn't
cost all that much compared to their whole budget. They probably spend more
on wastebaskets every month.

It is also interesting to note that many translations into Spanish are
abysmal, since many Spanish speakers in the U.S. are incompetent in Spanish
and yet attempt to prepare translations.

--
Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

An interesting question, at that. How much money are we really talking about
here? They have some guy, probably, already on the payroll, or maybe even a
computer translator, that translates the site into Spanish. I bet it doesn't
cost all that much compared to their whole budget. They probably spend more
on wastebaskets every month.

Your statement shows a remarkably optimistic (okay, ignorant) view of
how our government bureaucracy functions. Here's how it really goes
down:

1. A new Congressional mandate rolls into the National Weather Service
office: ALL DOCUMENTS MUST NOW BE PUBLISHED IN SPANISH.
2. Head of NWS decrees "Thou shalt translate all weather forecasts
into Spanish."
3. NWS meterologists hold meeting (in Las Vegas, in January) to
discuss the issue. All look at one another blankly -- Who amongst us
speaks Spanish? Answer: No one.
4. Report goes back up the chain of command: No one here can predict
the weather in Spanish!"
5. Head of NWS makes a request for additional bilingual staff,
preferably meteorologists. No one even considers a translator.
6. Government bureacrat in another department evaluates request for
more staff, and determines that this must be a Pay Level 13 job, since
it requires a degree in meteorology. Pay Level 13 starts at $34.00
per hour. Starting pay is $70K per year.
7. Spanish-speaking meteorologists are scarce as hen's teeth, and the
search committee fails to find the required 25 new positions.
Therefore, the pay is increased to Pay Level 18, or $56.00 per hour.
Starting pay is now $116K per year.
8. Suddenly, Spanish-speaking weather forecasters are coming out of
the woodwork. The NWS hires 25 new meteorologists, all of them
Spanish-speaking.
9. The Meteorologist's Union files a grievance, since these new hires
are now making more than the weather forecasters who have been there
since TelStar was launched.
10. To placate the union, all NWS forecasters are raised to Pay Level
18.
11. The NWS is now in a budget crunch, and goes to Congress pleading
for more money. No one tells Congress that the budget crunch was
caused by their mandate to translate everything into Spanish.

....And the beat goes on...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

8. Suddenly, Spanish-speaking weather forecasters are coming out of
the woodwork. The NWS hires 25 new meteorologists, all of them
Spanish-speaking.

You missed a step. These Spanish-speaking meteorolgists demand
instruments calibrated in Spanish. A procurement offer goes out to all
instrument makers for instruments that can measure Spanish rain, Spainsh
snow, etc...

Jose
--
Humans are pack animals. Above all things, they have a deep need to
follow something, be it a leader, a creed, or a mob. Whosoever fully
understands this holds the world in his hands.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

Jose wrote:
A procurement offer goes out to all
instrument makers for instruments that can measure Spanish rain,
....

The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.

The planes in Spain fly mainly in the rain.
(Dubious aviation reference added to keep this post topical.)