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US Defense Department will stop providing satellite weather data

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Re: US Defense Department will stop providing satellite weather data

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Post by whoopdedo »

WarOnPrivacy wrote: post #7

Here is what will be denied to NOAA, now and going forward Defense Department data also allow hurricane forecasters to see hurricanes as they form, and monitor them in real-time. For example, hurricane experts can see where the center of a newly formed storm is, which allows them to figure out as early as possible what direction it is likely to go, and whether the storm might hit land. That's important for people in…

>The public paid for this data.

Someone should file weekly FOIA requests.

Re: US Defense Department will stop providing satellite weather data

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Post by bix6 »

dmix wrote: post #93
skiboyec wrote: post #72

My hunch is that the location of the satellites can be deduced from the weather data. These satellites would be a target in a time of war.

Most plausible reason. National security hawks have always been extremely protective of intelligence even when the risk is tiny. Probably some DoD people (or person) wanted to keep it closed and new hawkish leadership let them do it. Who knows, the Navy hasn't released any statement beyond "cyber security risks" so there's only politics to fill in the blanks. It seems to be this agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F…

So why does The King get to tweet pictures from our spy satellites then?

Re: US Defense Department will stop providing satellite weather data

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Post by bix6 »

GiorgioG wrote: post #89
jimnotgym wrote: post #76

The rest of the world needs to club closer together, and quickly. The US is no longer a reliable ally.

By all means please do and pay for it yourselves.

Heaven forbid the richest nation on earth that steals resources from everyone else contribute to global improvement.

Re: US Defense Department will stop providing satellite weather data

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Post by bix6 »

whoopdedo wrote: post #111
WarOnPrivacy wrote: post #7

Here is what will be denied to NOAA, now and going forward Defense Department data also allow hurricane forecasters to see hurricanes as they form, and monitor them in real-time. For example, hurricane experts can see where the center of a newly formed storm is, which allows them to figure out as early as possible what direction it is likely to go, and whether the storm might hit land. That's important for people in…

>The public paid for this data. Someone should file weekly FOIA requests.

Didn’t they axe everyone who handles FOIA?

Re: US Defense Department will stop providing satellite weather data

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Post by aswanson »

Good God. The Fall of civilizations episode for the United States will be galactically stupid. The Sumerians: climate change and soil degradation. The Assyrians: external tribes organizing against their brutality. The US: fox news, AM radio, and conspiracy theory uncle Facebook memes.

Re: US Defense Department will stop providing satellite weather data

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Post by [deleted] »

pasquinelli wrote: post #5

> "It's not an issue of funding cuts," says Mark Serreze, the director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, a federally funded research center in Colorado that has relied on the soon-to-be-terminated Defense Department data **to track sea ice since 1979**. "There are cybersecurity concerns. That's what we're being told." hmmmmmmmmmm

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Re: US Defense Department will stop providing satellite weather data

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Post by chamomeal »

burnt-resistor wrote: post #13
mason_mpls wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don’t look up!

The timing is just, it's atrocious. Okay, at this very moment, I say we sit tight and assess.

^ I’m pretty sure this is a quote from the movie Don’t Look Up, if that’s why y’all are downvoting this comment

Re: US Defense Department will stop providing satellite weather data

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Post by chamomeal »

gwerbin wrote: post #101
Mobius01 wrote: post #6

Is this an attempt at controlling the narrative around climate change, in line with the impacts at NOAA and other climate-related government agencies?

Yes. Quoting Proj ct 2 25: > Break Up NOAA ... NOAA consists of six main offices ... Together, these form a colossal operation that has become one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry and, as such, is harmful to future U.S. prosperity. This industry’s mission emphasis on prediction and management seems designed around the fatal conceit of planning for the unplannable. That is not to say NOAA is us…

Oh geez that… that is upsetting
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