| # | First Name | Last Name | State | Country | Comments |
|---|
| 9601 | Scott | Felts | WY | | Accuweather is buying legislation and Santorum is peddling influence. |
| 9602 | Alan | Russell | | US | As a mariner I find the NWS service available invalueable. |
| 9603 | Mark | Shoemaker | | | |
| 9604 | Clayton | Bronson | NY | US | |
| 9605 | J | Goegl | | US | Isn't this just another tax on something already paid for by the citizens? |
| 9606 | Anonymous | Anonymous | | | |
| 9607 | Dirk | Mason | | US | I use NWS regional forecasts on a weekly basis, often daily. |
| 9608 | Clare | Seguin | WI | US | |
| 9609 | Anonymous | Anonymous | WI | | We need the NWS!! |
| 9610 | Kirk | Cornelius | FL | US | you've got to be kidding! |
| 9611 | Christopher | Hodgdon | TX | US | Our non-profit emergency response organization relies on this type of information for our emergency planning. Do not limit access to these things. |
| 9612 | Joseph | Bailey | VA | US | |
| 9613 | jeffrey | platt | FL | US | |
| 9614 | Anonymous | Anonymous | | | |
| 9615 | Stan | McGaugh | MS | US | If this bill goes through it will create a monopoly for the private weather companies. The Weather Channel has changed it's format away from wether forecasting, it is now a channel about weather, sometimes you have to wait hours trying to catch a forecast. Forecasting will suffer greatly if local radio, TV and Internet sites don't have these products. |
| 9616 | Anonymous | Anonymous | | | |
| 9617 | Dominic | Cote | MA | US | Leave the NWS as it is, or you will lose my vote. |
| 9618 | Stephen | Spisak | TX | | |
| 9619 | Anonymous | Anonymous | OH | US | |
| 9620 | Randy | Pifer | AZ | US | |
| 9621 | David | Toner | MO | US | We depend on the NWS everyday. It would be too dangerous to do away with any of their missions |
| 9622 | Anonymous | Anonymous | IL | | |
| 9623 | Jeff | Crum | NC | US | Professional met. Bad policy. |
| 9624 | Anonymous | Anonymous | PA | US | |
| 9625 | Anonymous | Anonymous | | US | Dumb idea! The whole idea smells. Now if it was Sen. Bobby Byrd... |
| 9626 | Anonymous | Anonymous | | | |
| 9627 | Anonymous | Anonymous | | | This is absoultley ridiculous! NWS/NHC save hundreds if not thousands of lives each year, we should not have to pay twice for this information. Its already paid with our tax money and there for we should be able to access it at anytime without subscribing to anyone. Besides I don't think accuweather has the experience needed. |
| 9628 | James | Paulson | | US | I want you to know who I am. I guess you have no conscious and no problem messing with peoples lives. These people need this information and cant always afford it. You would be taking away something that could help save their lives and all for money. Ridiculous |
| 9629 | Anonymous | Anonymous | MS | US | |
| 9630 | brenda | bouley | | US | we need this datathis information saves lives! special interest politicians need to be voted out! |
| 9631 | Adrianna | Baste | FL | US | I live in an area that DEPENDS on the NWS to stay safe and informed. |
| 9632 | Anonymous | Anonymous | FL | US | |
| 9633 | Anonymous | Anonymous | FL | US | NWS. Rules. Don't listen to Accuweather |
| 9634 | Anonymous | Anonymous | SC | US | The NWS provides valuable information to the private sector in hurricane prone areas. Turning this over to companies that are only interested in making a dollar over public safety is the wrong thing to do REMEMBER KATRINA WHAT DOD ACCUWEATHER PREDICT!!!!!! IF YOU DO NOT KNOW ASK FEMA. |
| 9635 | Bradley | Simpson | | | |
| 9636 | Lisa | Cohen | TX | US | During hurricane season especially, the NHC/NWS provide invaluable services long before warnings go up and are government agencies we can all be proud of. AccuWeather, on the other hand, time and time again illustrates what's wrong with privatizing forecasting. If you care about keeping the populace safe and well-informed, you will NOT pass this bill. |
| 9637 | Anonymous | Anonymous | | | Are you crazy ? Our country needs services like this for our well being !!! |
| 9638 | Anonymous | Anonymous | FL | US | |
| 9639 | Jennifer | Weiner | FL | US | The people have the right to know what's going on - information does not exist purely to protect the privileged few. |
| 9640 | Anonymous | Anonymous | FL | | |
| 9641 | Angel | Irizarry | | US | |
| 9642 | Kathleen | Phirman | OH | US | |
| 9643 | Kimberly | Phirman | FL | US | |
| 9644 | Crista | Britton | FL | US | Being a Floridian, my home page is NWS, and without it would not even be a funny matter. |
| 9645 | Jules | Fisher | FL | US | as a taxpayer I already pay for these services and will continue to do. |
| 9646 | Lance | Boley | | KY | Not just little insignificant island nations as the Cayman Islands, but the whole of the U.S. Coastal region depend upon this information. It is life-saving. It would be a travesty of the highest order to priviatize it. |
| 9647 | Perry | Lazer | TX | US | This is ridiculous. We pay for the NWS we should have access to thier product! |
| 9648 | Bonnie | Lazer | TX | US | |
| 9649 | Chris | Phirman | | | |
| 9650 | MJ | Stark | | PR | The lives of many depend on the continuation of this service as it stands, a FREE, for the PEOPLE service.
Please look into WHY this bill has even been introduced, the products that will be denied free public access, and who will benefit in the long run before making a change in the current status. You might be very surprised...unless you are one who stands to gain and already know this. |
