Santorum and the Weather money in his pocket

http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/santorum_weather_ban_accuweather_421.htm


Senator aiming to nix federal weather forecasts enjoyed AccuWeather money


A conservative Republican senator who proposed that federal meteorologists be forbidden from competing with companies such as AccuWeather and the Weather Channel, has received nearly $4,000 from AccuWeather's founder and executive vice president since 2000, RAW STORY has discovered.

Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) introduced the bill last week. The senator's supporters (among them the founder and executive vice president of AccuWeather) note the bill provides an exemption that would allow organizations the National Hurricane Center from alerting the public to hazards.

"The National Weather Service has not focused on what its core mission should be, which is protecting other people's lives and property," said Barry Myers, the Executive Vice President of AccuWeather told the Palm Beach Post Thursday. "It spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year, every day, producing forecasts of 'warm and sunny.'"

Myers gave $1,000 to Santorum in the last election cycle. Santorum was the only senator Myers financially supported.
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I'd like to shove warm and sunny into Barry Myers' mouth.

ricky santorum is a criminal

And what, exactly, has the National Weather Service not done?

Selling yourself short there, Ricky! All that power...all that influence...don't you know a good law is worth a lot more than a couple grand?

"Ricky love you long time, Joe! Five dolla!"

noaa.gov forecasts are very accurate for me. weather.com is the BS forecast.

Plus, noaa.gov has climatologic data, severe weather warnings, etc.