Memo Sent: National Weather Service Must Get Permission to Talk to Press

[julialnyc]

Internal memo sent after hurricanes tells
National Weather Service they must get
permission before speaking to press...

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Commerce_Department_tells_Nationa_1004.html

[meegbear]

1. 3 words ...

The Weather Channel. I'm sure they'd be happy to be interviewed.

[patrice]

2. Just like everything else around these guys . . .

"You're on your own, except when and how we decide that you are subject to King George.

[MidnightWind]

3. I guess the head of the Hurricane Center who gave the interview

about how he personally warned the WH how bad Katrina was going to be got into hot water for being honest.

[mcscajun]

4. WTF?

I mean. Really. WTF???

We're not even allowed to know the truth about the WEATHER now??

We are Way past doomed, people.

[jedr]

5. Republican weather...who knew? n/t

:crazy:

[sbj405]

6. Two things . . .

1. This has been a longstanding policy at NOAA and other federal agencies.

2. I know many employees who have not heard or seen such a memo.

[Jeanette in FL]

7. from the article

snip

NWS Regional Public Affairs Director Jim Teet -- who sent the policy email memo -- said the latest policy is merely a way to coordinate the message.

“I do not set the policies,” Teet said. “All I was doing was passing it along. It's a coordination policy to make sure the most qualified people speak to an issue.”

He added that Mr. Teet is “new on the job and issued the just as an email reminder.”

While Teet is new to NOAA’s press office, starting in June of this year, he is not new to the PR field, having served as Community Relations Chief and External Relations Chief at Laughlin Air Force Base directly prior to joining NOAA.

Teet provided support in 1999 for spokeswoman Karen Hughes’ defense of then Governor George W. Bush’s National Guard record, claiming that training constituted “active duty.”

snip

Well that explains it all to me

[spooked911]

8. I sense a cover-up, frankly.

see this:
http://covertoperations.blogspot.com/2005/10/weather-control-cover-up.html