The desperation is the message…
Source: http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?dir=next&pil=AFDAFC&e=201310032155
Nice to know that the NWS is an essential service during the shutdown. What we get from NWS (for free) is probably the best bargain in government services.
h/t to Jess Ferrell
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Ha! Do they have a “donate” account with PayPal? 🙂
Maybe the NWS services are critical for the assessment of Golf course conditions.
Coupled with the ACA information phone number, we’ll all be playing “Where’s Waldo” in any new government communication.
That is hilarious! What are the odds of that happening by pure chance?
Corey S. says:
October 5, 2013 at 8:15 am
“That is hilarious! What are the odds of that happening by pure chance?”
Assuming equal distribution of 26 letters of the alphabet
(1/26.0)**11 = 2.7245398995795435e-16
This estimate needs improvement though; an equal distribution is not realistic.
Perhaps Big Oil will pay them.
“Nice to know that the NWS is an essential service during the shutdown. What we get from NWS (for free) is probably the best bargain in government services.”
Totally agree. Even though I am quite libertarian-minded myself, the NWS is one government service (among others) that I would keep along with the National Hurricane Center.
You learn much about the character of the leadership by how they prioritize affected services during a shutdown. Use what you learn when you next cast your vote.
DirkH says:
October 5, 2013 at 8:20 am
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This estimate needs improvement though; a equal distribution is not realistic.
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The work’s already been done. See: Huffman encoding.
Please pay us – we don’t have too much time on our hands – oh no.
Is this the new version of ‘The Day after Tomorrow’ when the “scientist” run out of petrol to run the generator or is this the scene when New York is flooded?
Decisions decisions… should the OMB pay NWS personnel to stay on board or pay for more rangers and barricades to keep WW2 veterans away from the WW2 Memorial that was built with private donations?
17 degrees F drop on my patio since daybreak this morning, as the massive cold front moves in.
LOL…
OldWeirdHarold says:
October 5, 2013 at 8:28 am
“The work’s already been done. See: Huffman encoding.”
Sure. But I won’t go so far as to compute it. Somebody else gotta make that happen. It’s a non-essential service.
DirkH says:
October 5, 2013 at 8:20 am
Especially not at the beginnings of words which are also at the beginnings of lines.
I’ll bet the NSA could come up with a pretty good estimate, but they’re not talking …
😎
But they put the period at the beginning of the “sentence”.
Propaganda by any other name.. Methinks they have too much time on their hands already.
It seems the US government has finally found a way to shut down climate skeptic operations. Today I went to get updated sunspot numbers (needed for new calculations) and found this:
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Due to the Federal government shutdown, NOAA.gov and most associated web and ftp
sites are unavailable.
Only web and ftp sites necessary to protect lives and property will be maintained.
See Weather.gov for critical weather information or contact USA.gov for more
information about the shutdown.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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“Perhaps Big Oil will pay them.”
You’re joking, they have no cash left after all they’ve been pumping into funding the climate denial industry in recent years.
This is man made. Government shutdown .. no pay..
Ahhh — the power of the subconscious mind.
My tax attorney and Chinese bond holders may disagree about the ‘free’ part.
The US debt is increasing at a rate of one trillion $ a year. I wonder how much the shut down is saving, probably not much, and I wonder just how extensive a shut down would be required to even level off the debts, never mind reduce them. Is it even possible.
They should be happy. The shut down has reduced their “carbon” footprint.