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NNadir

(33,512 posts) Wed May 17, 2017, 11:00 AM May 2017

Princeton University Emergency Project Seeks to "Rescue" Climate Data from Gov't Websites.

I guess they're concerned a little about the liar in chief.

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'Nuff said.

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Princeton University Emergency Project Seeks to "Rescue" Climate Data from Gov't Websites. (Original Post) NNadir May 2017 OP

the fact that this is even happening... dhill926 May 2017 #1

True shenmue May 2017 #2

I absolutely agree. It's as surprising to me as was the fall of the Soviet Union. n/t NNadir May 2017 #3

I have a few hundred GB free.. defacto7 May 2017 #4

dhill926

(16,337 posts)

1. the fact that this is even happening...

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Wed May 17, 2017, 11:54 AM

May 2017

is frightening...

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

2. True

Reply to dhill926 (Reply #1)

Wed May 17, 2017, 12:08 PM

May 2017

NNadir

(33,512 posts)

3. I absolutely agree. It's as surprising to me as was the fall of the Soviet Union. n/t

Reply to dhill926 (Reply #1)

Wed May 17, 2017, 12:21 PM

May 2017

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

4. I have a few hundred GB free..

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Wed May 17, 2017, 03:52 PM

May 2017

I'd be glad to stash some of that data. 'Lotta good it would do, but I would. I wish a couple milion people would do the same and be a redundancy backup repository for science data. Princeton or whoever can store the mains and the rest spread out across the population.
Good idea? Bad idea?

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