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		BriggyDwiggs42 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Loss of key US satellite data could send hurricane... There was no reason not to continue providing the data from the satellite. It’s still operational.

ars 4 months ago | [–]

Funding was stopped by congress in 2015. The time to complain about this was 10 years ago.

BriggyDwiggs42 4 months ago | | [–]

No the time to complain about them ceasing data provision is right now because it just happened.

BenjiWiebe 4 months ago | [–]

I agree with both of you. Unnecessary fear mongering, but also a shortsighted pointless (malicious?) move.

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