What other weather events are we wasting money on monitoring...

[LynneSin]

I say Tornados. I mean hell they aren't massive like Hurricanes. Why are we spending money on tracking these things. Half the time they show up 2 minutes before they're gonna hit so it's a lost cause anyways. Think of all the money we'd save if we just stop monitoring Tornados.

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[pinto]

1. Good one.

And that weather satellite nonsense? Pointless!

[Parker CA]

2. Avalanches, mudslides, river floods, waves in the ocean, winds...

[PM Martin]

3. The Republican Party's list of wasteful monitoring:

The Republican Party's list of wasteful monitoring:
-Earthquakes
-Tornados
-Volcanos
-Hurricanes
-Cancer
-Heart Attacks
-Criminal Tracking

[NightWatcher]

4. hurricane, schmericane, I say we close the NHC, in fact, screw the weather altogether close NOAA

Jindal is an idiot.

[LynneSin]

6. That was Santorum's mission in life was to close the NOAA

He and the Accuweather people were like best friends. THey'd pay him money and Rick Santorum would find other ways to cut funding to the NOAA

[Hekate]

5. Tsunamis. Nothing to be done--why bother with an early warning system? Act of God...

Mustn't impede an Act of God.

Hekate

[LynneSin]

9. Is it our fault that some folks don't know how to Swim

:shrug:

[Left Is Write]

7. There should be no monitoring of ice storms and blizzards either.

And earthquakes. No monitoring of areas prone to massive earthquakes either.

[Numba6]

8. Rain in Seattle... it never rains, we never have mudslides or avalanches in w. washington

he ain't a bobby, he's the same old dick

Not this:



This:

[LynneSin]

10. OMG - I love that!!! "He ain't a bobby, he's the same old dick"

:rofl:

[cbayer]

11. I think all wind related events could go.

I love being out on the ocean and having a gale or hurricane just sneak up and take me by surprise. Being prepared for them or trying to get out of the way? What's the fun in that?

:rofl:

I swear I laughed out loud when I heard him say that last night. What a stupid, stupid thing to say.

[lunatica]

12. What's the use of studying earthquakes since they cause tsunamis and

We know what a waste of money that is. And why bother with flood control engineering since they're caused by rain and hurricanes and we've already dispatched those to the pumpkin field. Ya know our parents and ancestors didn't have all these new fangled studies and they did just fine. What was good for them is certainly good for us! Stop being such wimps!

[kestrel91316]

13. Hurricane monitoring is a total waste of taxpayers' money.

[Ikonoklast]

14. Eliminate the FAA. Use a faith-based air control system.

Look how big the sky is, I mean, how many planes collide in any given year? And they can just take their turns landing and taking off, just use common courtesy.

If people die accidentally, well, then, it was God's will and their time to go. Who are we to question the Almighty?

We could save billions.

[ddeclue]

15. I assume this is sarcasm..they have gotten to where they give good notice on tornadoes these days.

Usually 15-30 minutes.

[LynneSin]

16. Yes this is all sarcasm based on Jindal's statement that Volcano monitoring is a waste

And it use to be only 5-10 minutes for Tornadoes but thanks to science we do have more time available to warn people

[sufrommich]

17. Tornados are loud too,so they have a built in

warning system.Why pay for community sirens when tornados are perfectly capable of announcing themselves? Damn wasteful spending!

[Canuckistanian]

18. For someone in LA, Blizzard monitoring must seem a waste of money

The snow falls, you shovel it. No big deal.

[Z_I_Peevey]

19. All of 'em!

We don't need no stinkin' weather forecasts! Let's go back to reading sheep entrails to get information about the future.