Big Brother is here...

[Varmit]

Well let's see............if I've got a big project goin on but I know it's supposed to storm I can get the radar up and see how long I've got to get it finished........I can see how bad my family is gettin it in another state. Other than that nothin I guess.....

Pam I already commented on weather radar.  Yes, it comes in handy.  However, why are we wasting money to fund a tech. that allows anyone to view someones home from space?

Wilma, I am not saying that there isn't a use for weather radar and such.  What we don't need is satellite tech. that allows folks to look down on their homes from space.  It serves no purpose and is a waste of money.

[pamsback]

David, I'd take the oatmeal all by it's self. Good booze is wasted on me.   Pam, let's see, using satellite infrared imaging we can spot underground pipe leaks, oil and otherwise. Colonial pipe line doesn't have to fly a plane up the pipe line any more. (The color contrasts pick up dead foliage and dark spots.) Same thing is used to find beetle infestations in forests. Changing stream ways and watersheds can be defined. Open space can be defined so whole states aren't covered in houses and overdeveloped with no places for parks and rec. Areas that are silting in can be defined. The Corps. of Army Engineers uses it too. There are many more uses too, not just for weather.

Yeah I know Diane I was just tired of answerin Varmit......