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NOAA cuts data collection technology in effort to rein in satellite costs
Reduced funding amounts in the president's fiscal 2013 budget request will help get the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's beleaguered weather satellite projects on track--at least
Minibus makes science cuts; NSTIC survives
A multi-agency funding bill signed into law Nov. 18 by President Obama will make cuts to science and research programs relative to the budget request made earlier this year, but only a few agencies
Routine siren use desensitized residents of Joplin, Mo. to tornado warnings
Routine use of siren soundings for weather alerts led most residents of Joplin, Mo. to become desensitized to them, to fatal effect when the tornado of May 22 devastated their town. A National
Senate harder on science appropriations than House
Many scientific federal efforts covered by the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies annual spending bill do relatively better under the House Appropriations Committee version than under
Irene causes flooding in New England
Flooding in New England has replaced wind and storm surges as the top weather concern in northeastern United States now that a much-diminished Irene is well north of the United States. Downgraded to
Audio: Federal and Red Cross officials on post-Irene flooding and response
Flooding in New England and recovery from damage caused by Irene--which was downgraded from hurricane status to a tropical storm as it crossed into New York on the morning of Aug. 28--has replaced
No snow days for the National Weather Service
Thousands of federal work employees have had at least four days off this week if they work in the Washington, D.C., region. But not the employees at the National Service's Baltimore-Washington
