词条 | National Weather Service Duties Act of 2005 |
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In the wake of the bill's introduction, Santorum was accused of political impropriety and influence peddling because Joel Myers, the head of Pennsylvania-based AccuWeather and one of Santorum's constituents, was also a Santorum campaign contributor. Myers and his brother, the executive vice president, donated over $11,000 to Santorum's political campaigns, including $2,000 two days before Santorum introduced the bill.[3] In September 2005, while the bill was still in committee, Santorum criticized the National Weather Service's forecasting of Hurricane Katrina, claiming that more lives could have been saved if the NWS's operation focused on severe weather. However, both public and professional opinion held that the NWS's forecasting had in fact been substantially better than most other sources, and Santorum's comment was largely ignored.[4] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SN00786: |title=Bill Summary & Status - 109th Congress (2005 - 2006) - S.786 - THOMAS (Library of Congress) |publisher=Thomas.loc.gov |date= |accessdate=2013-06-04}} 2. ^Weather info could go dark {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517205137/http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2005/04/21/m1a_wx_0421.html |date=May 17, 2007 }} 3. ^{{cite news|title=An ill wind blows bad bill our way, to cut off vital weather info|first=Si |last=Cantwell|work=Star - News |location=Wilmington, N.C. |date= 14 July 2005|page=1B}} 4. ^Reston,Maeve Post-Gazette National Bureau: Santorum criticizes Weather Service, Accessed: 22 Nov 2009 External links
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