US Weather Service Internet Systems Are Crumbling
Why are they so attached to NWS Chat specifically? Perhaps there are reasons unexplained, but from this article it sounds very much like they&#x27;ve got Not Invented Here syndrome.<p>Sure, they need bespoke computation services for their modeling functions and so forth. But when it comes to the dissemination of information, it seems like that&#x27;s very much a commodity these days, and can be provided at such an enormous scale at such low prices that it should scarcely be a concern.<p>I suspect, with no evidence whatsoever, that the NWS is holding this hostage for better funding overall, because it&#x27;s the visible piece that causes pain to the public. There are other areas where they believe they really need better funding, but haven&#x27;t been able to convince the budgetmakers of that. In order to force their hand, they&#x27;re starving the public-facing stuff.