The abrupt cutoff of satellite data crucial for hurricane forecasting is delayed by one month, until July 31, according to a message posted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Monday.
The impending data loss from a Department of Defense weather satellite system was announced on June 25 and slated to take place “no later than” Monday, according to an earlier NOAA announcement.
The decision, which was initiated by the Defense Department, caused an uproar among meteorologists, public officials and the media in the midst of hurricane season. The fear is that the missing information could degrade the accuracy of hurricane forecasts. The move comes in the wake of steep personnel cuts at the National Weather Service and other parts of NOAA.
They’re trying to get rid of the NWS because they want to privatize access to weather data.
Imagine what it will be like when you have to pay to receive severe weather alerts. These bastards are just trying to make it (even more) fatal to be poor.
I’ve said this before, first weather. Then GPS. That is going to suck. A lot of people probably don’t remember when GPS was obfuscated. We could go back to that, or completely scrambled without a key.
Good things phones all work with Galieleo
Well about that. The FCC and the EU came to an agreement about use of Galileo gps.
This means the opposite can be true, and they can require a push to revoke Galileo. Or the EU could revoke the gps as well. The license can effectively stop most people from having gps even Galileo. Yes you could avoid the update, try and use the signals anyways, but for the majority of people, a simple update and its gone.
At least in the states anyways.
I imagine it will be a lot like pirating live streamed TV, but with weather apps.
Probably a good idea to have 2 in case 1 gets shut down or raided.