Key water monitors at risk of shutting down

[donsu]

http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=gauges16e&date=20060316


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The digital boxes toil in relative obscurity. They sit along banks of rivers, streams and lakes, their only function to continuously record water volume and level changes. Federal budget cuts have put dozens of these gauges, run by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), at risk of being shut down nationwide.

More than 120 have closed in the past year, and concern is mounting among scientists who say the data are critical to help forecast floods and determine water-quality conditions.

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"There are no substitutes for these measurements," said John Clemens, a USGS spokesman in Tacoma. "It's a huge public-safety issue."

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the bushmilhousegang is actively working to destroy america

[ananda]

1. save America by destroying it

Let's swarm Iraq with bombers and spend trillions on military defense,
leaving own Americans in the toilet... mcjobs, no or uneven healthcare,
poor air and water quality, development of previously protected natural
resources, bankruptcy macro and micro...

But what's the welfare of Americans compared to the fantasy notion
of democracy elsewhere?

Sue