• Mike D.
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    46 hours ago

    I get my weather forecast (and history) directly from them. Their website on my desktop and an app on my android. Why mess with the others when the best is available for free?

  • @MuskyMelon
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    1010 hours ago

    Twitler is just trying to help his weather.com buddy who tried to eliminate NOAA years ago.

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod
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    910 hours ago

    Data is a natural resource, a bit between the radio spectrum and mineral rights.

    Some data should be available to everybody for free as a benefit to society, like how part of the RF spectrum is available for short range radios.

    Weather data is one of these things because it helps everyone from pilots to farmers to kids wishing for a snow day.

    Nobody should own the weather.

  • @[email protected]
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    510 hours ago

    private entities mostly use noaa data and forecasts. they just pretty it up before broadcast or publication.