http://www.gothamist.com/2005/04/26/the_nice_day.php All comments for The Nice Day en-us 2007 nyc_daveh Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:32:49 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss daveh@gothamist.com daveh@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2005/04/26/the_nice_day.php#comment-49264 http://www.gothamist.com/2005/04/26/the_nice_day.php#comment-49264 Comments Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:51:32 -0500 <p>Speaking of weather, and in particular Accuweather, there's storm front developing over a pro-corporate bill introduced last week by Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa. in the Senate which "would prohibit federal meteorologists from competing with companies such as AccuWeather and The Weather Channel, which offer their own forecasts through paid services and free ad-supported Web sites." Basically that means that, if it passes, the National Weather Service will be prohibited from releasing free weather data because these "federal services threaten the livelihoods of private weather companies." More here: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/4/22/112939/284</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2005/04/26/the_nice_day.php#comment-49250 http://www.gothamist.com/2005/04/26/the_nice_day.php#comment-49250 Comments Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:40:39 -0500 <p>i should add that if you're going out to shea (as i am), it's a tad breezy, so you might want to bring a coat.</p>