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USGS Threatened and Endangered Stations (Flood gages taken off-line due to sikester)
US Geologocal Survey ^
| April 22, 2013
| USGS
Posted on 04/22/2013 8:07:35 PM PDT by SERKIT
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The U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) discontinued operation of up to 375 streamgages nationwide, before the 18 April 2013 flooding, due to budget cuts as a result of sequestration. This means that potential flooding WAS NOT and still CANNOT be accurately predicted! The US government could have made cuts in other programs, but they wanted to teach us a lesson about not letting them have their way. But, the sikester that was invented in the White Crib is being blamed on the Republicans, because, you know, they want all of our basement flooded. Note: Sikester is the term coined by Rep Sheila Jackson-Lee (DUMB-TX).
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posted on
04/22/2013 8:07:35 PM PDT
by
SERKIT
To: SERKIT
>> The USGS is working to identify which streamgages will be impacted
And where is the money for THAT “work” coming from!
FIRE THEM. We don’t need ‘em.
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posted on
04/22/2013 8:10:25 PM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
To: SERKIT
What “services” is the EPA cutting?
To: SERKIT
Insane that they continue to use a cut in the increase of funding as an excuse to shut down services that had enough funding under the old budget.
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posted on
04/22/2013 8:11:48 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: SERKIT
The stream gauges are essentially automated.
It seems they only go to fix problems or to occasionally perform a calibration.
Much better to kill off the PR functions. The gauges are one of the (few) real valuable services performed by the Fed Gov't (like at least 50% of what the Weather Service does).
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posted on
04/22/2013 8:19:07 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: SERKIT
I hope someone is taking note of what things the government is eliminating due to the “sequester”. When it turns out that there is little difference we will know the first things to do away with,
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posted on
04/22/2013 8:19:25 PM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(And winter is coming.)
To: SERKIT
As an example of one gauge threatened: Drainage area:
9,532 square milesBetter to kill all of the Potomac River gauges.
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posted on
04/22/2013 8:22:22 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: SERKIT
Hey 0, how about we identify a few of your czars that can be taken off-line?
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posted on
04/22/2013 8:22:54 PM PDT
by
Zuse
To: Paladin2
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posted on
04/22/2013 8:23:30 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Mike Darancette
The govt morons NEVER touch their pay, pensions and benefits. I bet you could cut 25% of most departments personnel and it wouldn’t effect the average citizen. What a cabel of losers.
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posted on
04/22/2013 8:24:19 PM PDT
by
ogen hal
(First amendment or reeducation camp?)
To: SERKIT
Obama maximizing the chaos so he maximize his political capital, at our expense of course.
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posted on
04/22/2013 8:25:41 PM PDT
by
DarkWaters
("Deception is a state of mind --- and the mind of the state" --- James Jesus Angleton)
To: DarkWaters
so he can....
left the can out.
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posted on
04/22/2013 8:26:41 PM PDT
by
DarkWaters
("Deception is a state of mind --- and the mind of the state" --- James Jesus Angleton)
To: Paladin2
The stream gauges are essentially automated. Precisely. They are already installed. No monitoring is required as they report electronically. Regular maintenance is not required.
Once installed, streamguages are essentially a zero cost operation. Thus, virtually NO costs are being saved.
This is a total sham.
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posted on
04/22/2013 8:29:54 PM PDT
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: SERKIT
pretty sneaky. Just before flood season...
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posted on
04/22/2013 8:45:41 PM PDT
by
redhead
(NO GROUND TO THE DEVIL! Use Weaponized Prayer)
To: okie01
IANAL, so I wonder what would happen if the states in which these guages are located would sieze them, along with any data they record.
I think a case can be made that to prevent massive property damage and possible loss of life, the states should exercise imminent domain and take over this job themselves.
The Feds seem to think they can stonewall the states, cut off services and punish their residents without anyone pushing back. Well, we might be flyover country but we got people right here who can read a guage. We have State Park rangers who can man the gates of (formerly) Federal Parks. We have NG troops to guard airports and man control towers. In fact, just about every Federal agency has a matching organization at the state level. The Feds need to know that if they're too good to do the work, they can be replaced.
Obama's troops need to know right now that if they shut down a service to the people as a form of punishment, that the States will boot them the H out and replace them immediately.
I seem to recall a disagreement between RR and the Air Traffic Controller's Union, now how did he resolve that?
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posted on
04/22/2013 9:03:55 PM PDT
by
ZOOKER
To: ZOOKER
I wish Nevada would claim all the BLM land as state property.
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posted on
04/22/2013 9:11:42 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
( There's Two Choices. Stand Up and Be Counted ... Or Line Up and Be Numbered.)
To: SERKIT
The Obomber administration could not get away with this nonsense if Americans still had rudimentary educations.
The so-called sequester amounts to a .02 cents on the dollar decrease in the federal government's scheduled spending increase.
That's it.
It's the same as if you were scheduled to get a $1.00 an hour raise, but got a .98 cents an hour raise instead. You're going to make .98 cents an hour more than you were before your raise kicked in.
Now tell me how that's catastrophic to your finances.
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posted on
04/22/2013 10:05:05 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: SERKIT
WH Liar-In-Chief is determined to bring as much pain as possible to America - one cannot rebuff the Pharaoh. He was planning on the GOP caving on Sikester.
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posted on
04/22/2013 10:06:38 PM PDT
by
Cheerio
(Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
To: SERKIT
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posted on
04/23/2013 1:50:50 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
To: SERKIT
Budget cuts, furloughs, and reduced capability for United States Geological Survey scientists and engineers.
Fully funded EBT cards for shiftless bums.
FUBO
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posted on
04/23/2013 1:59:42 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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