S. Bill 786

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S. Bill 786

#1 Postby brunota2003 » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:57 pm

With the recent switch-over of power...786 is completely dead and gone right? Is it possible to start a bill that would prevent further attacks upon NOAA in trying to prevent them from doing their jobs? One of these times we will not be so lucky, so why not put the nail in the coffin now, if we can?
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#2 Postby Coredesat » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:04 pm

Essentially, the bill died when the last Congress ended and the new Congress was sworn in. The bill can be reintroduced, though. Let's hope that doesn't happen, though it's not likely given that Santorum is gone.
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#3 Postby cycloneye » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:33 am

Shhhhh Quiet,let's dont let them see and hear this reminder about it. :) RIP!!
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#4 Postby Derek Ortt » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:47 am

after thinking about 786, I do think it is as bad as everyone here is thinking it was. A section of the bill would have required NWS to release all data to the public (which I disagree with). The bill just said that NWS cannot provide what the private sector provides (I concede, this can also lead to unintended consequences)

All radar and satellite data would have been provided by NWS free of charge. The idea that we could not receive sat data was a myth
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#5 Postby x-y-no » Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:34 am

Derek Ortt wrote:after thinking about 786, I do think it is as bad as everyone here is thinking it was. A section of the bill would have required NWS to release all data to the public (which I disagree with). The bill just said that NWS cannot provide what the private sector provides (I concede, this can also lead to unintended consequences)

All radar and satellite data would have been provided by NWS free of charge. The idea that we could not receive sat data was a myth


Well it's a moot point since Santorum is gone - but my understanding as informed by informal discussion with a couple of lawyers who know this kind of stuff is sharply different.
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#6 Postby Derek Ortt » Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:56 pm

I think it involved restricting the images that NWS provides, not the actual data, and would have prevented NWS from issuing routine local forecasts since private industry does that (including most TV stations)
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