This is a good question, of course.  I guess the concern is that if
somehow the movement caught on, and the folks in Pennsylvania got some
political clout, things could turn against the NWS and toward the restricted
availability of NWS. data.

I agree with you--I don't think this stands a chance of passing or getting
anywhere, but it's good to be as sure as we can about this.

Just my thoughts.

Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 2:11 AM
Subject: Re: Save the national weather Service petition


> What I would like to know is how anyone in Pennsylvania can do anything
> affecting distribution and use of information from NWS, which is a federal
> agency.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:24 AM
> Subject: Save the national weather Service petition
>
>
> Hi, all.
>
> As some of you may know, there's an effort afoot in Pennsylvania to limit
> peoples' access to National Weather Service information, and to make that
> information available only to private weather forecasting organizations
for
> a fee.  Personally, I don't think the legislation stands a chance, but it
> might be worth signing the petition at the link below if anyone feels
> inclined to do so.  I think my petition signiture went through ok,
although
> registering that signiture seems a bit difficult with Jaws.  The petition
> form itself, though, was quite easy to fill out.
>
> Go to:
>
> http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/SaveTheNWS/
>
> for the actual petition.  Please be careful with case sensitive letters in
> the address.
>
> Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
>