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East Coast weather satellite fails, spare used
myfoxdc.com ^
| 9/24/12
| AP
Posted on 09/24/2012 4:29:03 PM PDT by Evil Slayer
Edited on 09/24/2012 4:31:31 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. weather satellite that tracks the East Coast and Atlantic hurricanes is broken.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: hurricanes; noaa; weathersatellite
To: Evil Slayer; KevinDavis; ShadowAce
Where is the Geek Squad now? huh?
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posted on
09/24/2012 4:31:39 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: Evil Slayer
Smullen said there may be a slight decrease in the accuracy of weather forecasts. Question is, will anybody notice?
It's kind of like stating that Helen Thomas is "slightly uglier" than she was yesterday.
To: Evil Slayer
I guess hot spares make sense. Lots of money involved.
/johnny
To: Evil Slayer
We can’t afford a new one.
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posted on
09/24/2012 4:35:15 PM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Corollary - Electing the same person over and over and expecting a different outcome is insanity)
To: Evil Slayer
Guess we shouldn't have retired that fleet of space shuttles. It could even pose a national security threat.
Hmmm.....
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posted on
09/24/2012 4:35:27 PM PDT
by
Crucial
(Tolerance at the expense of equal treatment is the path to tyranny.)
To: Evil Slayer
No wonder! They predicted 80 degrees today and there’s 10 inches of snow on the ground.
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posted on
09/24/2012 4:35:33 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Ambassador Stevens Is Dead And The Chevy Volt Is Alive!)
To: Evil Slayer
Why don’t we just borrow satellite pics from the Mexicans, or Africans, or Cuba’s, Haitians, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, or the UN for that matter?
/s/s/s/s/
ROTFLMAO
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posted on
09/24/2012 4:37:56 PM PDT
by
US_MilitaryRules
(Unnngh! To many PDS people!)
To: SamAdams76
slight decrease in accuracy
lol
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posted on
09/24/2012 4:41:09 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: Evil Slayer
I guess the Moslems who the NASA budget went to in outreach will have to put one up for us.
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posted on
09/24/2012 5:01:24 PM PDT
by
Ingtar
(Everyone complains about the weather, but only Liberals try to legislate it.)
To: Evil Slayer
We can have the Chinese make us a new one and the Russians can put it in orbit for us. Or maybe Iran can do it if obama sells out Israel a bit more.
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posted on
09/24/2012 5:02:43 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
To: Evil Slayer
King Bozo Occludedfront won’t replace it.
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posted on
09/24/2012 5:40:13 PM PDT
by
Shady
(Hey, King Bozo Osmocote....you can't hide the truth anymore..)
To: Crucial
This was geosynchronous so there is no way a repair mission can happen...26,500 miles up.
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posted on
09/24/2012 5:41:50 PM PDT
by
Shady
(Hey, King Bozo Osmocote....you can't hide the truth anymore..)
To: US_MilitaryRules
We can just use Google maps. :)
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posted on
09/24/2012 5:47:52 PM PDT
by
The Duke
To: NormsRevenge
Is this bad norm or is it really really bad...
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posted on
09/24/2012 9:37:04 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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