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SvennoJ on 16 April 2020
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Nighthawk117 said:
vivster said:

Dude, where do you think your precious local agencies have their data from? Both health and weather, like many other things, are a global effort. You might want to ask your CDC or NWS how they like to be cut off of global data.

Contributions are based on the size of the country, just like taxes are based on the amount of income you have. Oh wait, that also doesn't exist in the US. Nevermind then. I know where you're coming from. You want giant corporations pay just as much tax as you do because solidarity is a foreign word that has zero meaning in the US.

Ok, yes, health and the spread of this virus is definitely a global effort.  However, the weather forecast and hurricanes are not. The NWS doesn't need to know what the weather is doing in China to make a forecast for the 50 states.

Weather definitely is a global effort. Tracking the jet stream and El Nino are essential to predicting hurricanes.