[Outages-discussion] National Weather Service outages?

[Josh Luthman]

It says the outage was the radar systems AND offices.  I can only speak to
the radar system right by the office/work and that seems to go down at
least monthly that I notice it.  I've called them and asked if they wanted
internet (we have fiber at the end of the driveway).  No interest.

Offices I would think it's an operational or software issue if it's that
often.  I can't imagine a fiber provider being down every month at multiple
offices.  This is nothing more than a GUESS.

On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 9:44 AM Andy Ringsmuth via Outages-discussion <
outages-discussion at outages.org> wrote:

>
> https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/other/weather-service-radar-and-warning-systems-failed-tuesday-during-a-severe-storm-outbreak/ar-BB1kWWoL
>
> "It was not the first instance of such a network failure — more isolated
> outages occur as often as once a month, Herzmann said — but was perhaps the
> most consequential in recent memory. Meteorologists around the Midwest were
> without key information that would normally be at their fingertips, and
> many severe-weather warnings went out to the public late, if at all.”
>
> WOW
>
> So the national agency responsible for literally saving lives in severe
> weather situations has MONTHLY outages and they just accept it as normal?
>
> If Amazon or eBay or Twitter or Microsoft goes down, yeah, it’s incredibly
> inconvenient for a lot of people, but lives probably aren’t literally in
> danger. Those outages get massive press. And yet the NWS has monthly
> outages and no one cares?!?
>
> Mind Blown.
>
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