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elehhhhna

(32,076 posts) Mon May 28, 2012, 11:35 AM May 2012

The curious case of the weather service’s misappropriated $35 million (26MM from LOCAL WARNINGS)

The curious case of the weather service’s misappropriated $35 million

After a one-year investigation, NOAA has announced that in 2010 and 2011 National Weather Service employees at its headquarters “reprogrammed funds.”

Unnamed persons moved $26 million out of the budget for local warnings and forecasts and $9 million out of the budget to upgrade the agency’s radar to include the dual-polarization capability. The National Weather Service’s long-time director, Jack Hayes, resigned on Friday.

http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2012/05/the-curious-case-of-the-weather-services-misappropriated-35-million/

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The curious case of the weather service’s misappropriated $35 million (26MM from LOCAL WARNINGS) (Original Post) elehhhhna May 2012 OP

And what pray tell is dual-polarization capability? Turbineguy May 2012 #1

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Turbineguy

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1. And what pray tell is dual-polarization capability?

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Mon May 28, 2012, 11:42 AM

May 2012

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/research/radar/improvements.php

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