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I'm sure the NOAA is under attack because someone in the administration really wants to launch a new weather app.
by somedude895 2y ago
I'm sure the NOAA is under attack because someone in the administration really wants to launch a new weather app.
- djcannabiz 2y agoGranted this is from Trumps first term, but actually yeah. https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/14/politics/noaa-nominee-accuweather/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/14/politics/noaa-nominee-accuwea... "Speaking to the The Palm Beach Post at the time, Barry Myers said he supported the weather service returning to its “core mission … which is protecting other people’s lives and property” instead of spending “hundreds of millions of dollars a year, every day, producing forecasts of ‘warm and sunny.’”" Also from the same article: "He told ABC News in May 2005: “We work hard every day competing with other companies and we also have to compete with the government.”" Theres some more info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Lee_Myers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Lee_Myers
- const_cast 2y ago[dead]
- ilirium 2y agoThe weather app doesn't give much money. The main business sells weather and climate data B2B: agro, insurance, logistics, retail, supply chains, advertisement, medical, etc. Companies whose primary business is weather apps are small, and such areas are highly competitive.