The Ship Report: The National Weather Service website was down on Sunday
The Ship Report, June 29, 2026It was in the “ordinary things we take for granted that are quite important” department: the National Weather Service on Sunday suddenly did not have weather forecasts available to the public on their website, thanks to an IT issue. As they worked to fix it, we went a few hours without updated weather info. Maybe not the end of the world in most cases, but for folks in parts of the country experiencing severe weather, accurate updated NWS warnings could be lifesaving.Today we talk about the importance of this taxpayer-funded service, which is free to the public…
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