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[PegnVA]

VA's Repub gov wasted no time requesting gov't $$$ after last devesting storm...
FEMA APPROVES GOV McDONNELL'S REQUEST FOR FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE IN THE WAKE OF JUNE 29 - JULY 1 STORMS
-From VA Secretary of Public Safety, Marla Graff Decker, Virginia.gov

Cut FEMA funding? Please!...that's just Repub campaign rhetoric teabaggers loves to hear - teabaggers who don't need the gov't $$$, that is.

[F6]

Aging Satellite Fleet May Mean Gaps in Storm Forecasts

October 26, 2012
WASHINGTON — The United States is facing a year or more without crucial satellites that provide invaluable data for predicting storm tracks, a result of years of mismanagement, underfunding and delays in launching replacements, according to several recent official reviews.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/us/dying-satellites-could-lead-to-shaky-weather-forecasts.html [ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/us/dying-satellites-could-lead-to-shaky-weather-forecasts.html?pagewanted=all ] [with comments]