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Posted Fri Jun 4 2010: from Greenwire: Federal Funding Cuts Leave Oceanographers, Spill Responders in Dark http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1275659379 ...For more than a decade, scientists have called for federal funding of a network of radar, buoys and other sensors that would provide the equivalent of a weather forecast system for the Gulf of Mexico. Yet despite what seemed like promising support in Washington, funding for these programs has dropped by half or more in recent years, leaving oceanographers to use satellite snapshots and imperfect models to guess where the oil will travel, dragged by unwatched currents. [Read more stories about: contamination, governmental idiocy, oil issues, short-term thinking, stupid humans, toxic leak] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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