Budget shortfalls threaten routine programs of the National Weather Service.

From: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune NewsService) | Date: April 15, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Michael E. Young

DALLAS _ Greg Patrick, science and operations officer for the National Weather Service, works on the seven-day forecast at the agency's office in Fort Worth, Texas. The agency that has served as America's weatherman for more than a century struggles with seeming disinterest in Washington, budgets that don't keep pace with mandated salary increases and dozens of sophisticated private competitors pushing hard to limit the weather service's role. <...

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