I guess you all have heard that the National Weather Service is receiving some backlash over the launch of its new wx radar. If you haven't heard about it, you can read an article in the Washington Post called,
"Weather Service faces backlash after launching slow, unusable radar website."
I've a met a few of the people that work for the National Weather Service office in Indianapolis because I have attended their severe weather training sessions for the last ten years. They are highly competent and professional but what they lack is funding, so, before we pass judgement on them we should consider that the current administration slashed the budget for the National Weather Service by 8% in 2018. To read more about the budget cuts, see the article posted by The Weather Channel called,
Well, Happy Holidays and #BOTS! (Bring on the snow!)
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