I'm glad someone managed to save the data that we all payed for.

My question is, how will this site stay relevant? The collection/analysis/monitoring of the current situation is as important as historic data. Turning current data into historical data takes significant resources.

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strictnein 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Climate.gov was not the centralized and only storage spot for climate data. There's petabytes of it all over the place.

You want data? https://www.noaa.gov/data or https://api.weather.gov/ or https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data are a good place to start.

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imoverclocked 2 hours ago | parent [-]

That only makes my question even more applicable... just with a wider scope.

As for your question: I personally don't want data, I want a service backed by sound data and expert validation+analysis.

	▲	cwmoore 44 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Sounds grand, but it is not in scope. Instead, each citizen has a volition and a voice and a vote—with exceptions, and at personal expense. And as a humanitarian with reservations, I say tax the bots for UBI.
	▲	krapp 43 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		>As for your question: I personally don't want data, I want a service backed by sound data and expert validation+analysis. Don't expect to find it in the US.

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ordersofmag 16 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The site wasn't (isn't) about the data. It's about articles that contextualize the data. The money raised has allowed them to stand up a new site with all the old articles (which truth be told were all still nominally accessible via the internet archive) and will help fund them to create new ones. So it will stay relevant by paying the people who in the past worked for NOAA to creation the content, to now create the content paid for by donation.

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mycall 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

YCombinator has enough smarts to figure this out.

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naturalmovement 2 hours ago | parent [-]

How can we use a bucket of mostly useless data to enrich ourselves by building more VC-funded apps? I'm asking the important questions.

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Johnny_Bonk 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Why would you say it’s useless data?

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ggm an hour ago | parent [-]

You're replying to an account which self-identifies as a troll. (my interpretation of what they write about themselves on their about page)

	▲	naturalmovement an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Well your interpretation is both rude and wrong but I've learned to expect this level of hubris here.
	▲	Johnny_Bonk an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Thanks for the clarification lol