Battalion/Page 3
May 5, 1982
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tinjleagan’s cuts may hurt weather research
by Cheryl Maynard
Battalion Reporter
, toil The National Weather Ser-
r and Texas A&M University
:ould be facing a stormy year in
983 because of President
[s . „jnald Reagan’s budget cuts, a
meteorology professor says.
n !| ai 5, A $71.8 million proposed
la Uy' budget cut for the fiscal year
inclu(jri983 could force the elimination
s, bells J|_ the Fort Worth regional
uldevt office °f the National Weather
e willin'E' rv ‘ ce an< ^ weather stations
Iv thcrM 088 U n ‘ted States, Profes-
I sor Kenneth C. Brundidge said.
0ult fe- An end to funding for a vari-
py of research programs is also
est off proposed, including storm re-
es of edflearch and the Sea Grant Prog
en tOtlBn at Texas A&M.
We 1111 The Sea Grant Program,
nostics established in 1971, is a federal-
ay p f| state partnership designed to
|n j further marine research, educa-
i ,,H$n and advisory
inerj.fiF ’ -
Tex as A&M is one of four uni-
lously, vers iti es nationwide with such a
5 a '< program.
'ertaiiiHThe Sea Grant Program costs
and * about $3 million per year to op-
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erate, said Feenan D. Jennings,
program director.
“If the federal government
stops financially supporting the
Sea Grant Program, the state
will have to carry the entire bur-
The National Weather Ser
vice is also suffering from other
cuts. It has proposed closing
seven locations — including one
on the Texas A&M campus —
which are part of an agricultural
weather program.
den,” Jennings said. But he said
he doesn’t think this will hap
pen, since a proposal to termin
ate the program was unsuccess
ful last year.
A program cancelled last year
was the High Plains Experiment
(HIPLEX), which studied severe
storms and their possible mod
ification.
Brundidge said the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and the Nation
al Weather Service, which is part
of NOAA, must design a budget
which is satisfactory to the
Reagan administration and
Congress.
He added that the National
Weather Service is trying to
maintain important programs,
although it is doing so at a re
duced level.
“The budget seems to repre
sent cost reductions in em
ployees, since this is an effective
way to save money,” Brundidge
said.
The National Weather Ser
vice is also suffering from other
cuts. It has proposed closing
seven locations — including one
on the Texas A&M campus —
which are part of an agricultural
weather program. It provides
meteorological information to
farmers and others with agricul
tural interests in a five-state re
gion.
There is also a proposal to eli
minate the responsibility of the
National Weather Service for
providing aviation forecasts.
Brundidge said these closings
could have a strong impact on
present users since these ser
vices will have to be picked up by
other agencies or by private
companies, which will charge a
fee for the information they
provide.
He said much of the Weather
Service’s radar system is obso
lete. And with the decrease in
funding, the Weather Service is
likely to postpone modernizing
its equipment until the 1990s.
The National Weather Ser
vice has planned for years to be
come more automated. It has
plans for a Totable Tornado
Observatory, a portable sensing
device which can be placed in
side a tornado to determine
wind speed and air pressure.
Also in development is the
Prototype Regional Observing
and Forecasting Service
(PROFS). This system includes
towers with special sensing de
vices. It is designed to be com
pletely automated and coordin
ated with radar and satellite
observations.
Brundidge said with proper
funding these systems could be
developed and many man-
E owered weather stations could human element, you’re elimi- proposed stations, the auto-
e closed. nating the ability to see what’s mated systems should be placed
But, he said, these systems are happening. If you can’t see it,
not infallible and would still re- you can’t forecast it,” Brundidge in areas where no observations
quire backup. said. are currently available, Brun-
“Anytime you eliminate the Rather than closing down the didge said.
olice criticize
o off-duty guns
United Press International
L HOUSTON — Police groups
amiifl are criticizing a national study by
Jatioiui]J. m ember commission headed
Police Chief Lee Brown
which has recommended that
jn-duty police be prohibited
from carrying guns.
I “That’s ridiculous,” Houston
r Police Patrolmen’s Union presi
dent Bob Thomas said Monday.
“In Houston, police officers are
in a complete shortage, and (off-
duty) officers have historically
made numerous arrests.”
Brown was the chairman of
the National Minority Advisory
' until on Criminal Justice, a
iB-member commission estab-
|hed by the U.S. Justice De-
rtment in 1976 to review the
justice system from minorities’
standpoint. Its 410-page report
was released last week.
In the report, the commission
made 75 recommendations to
improve the administration of
justice for minorities.
“How can you expect any
body to make arrests without
having guns to defend them
selves?” Thomas said.
Another union official, Tom
my Britt, said police will fight
Brown tooth and nail if he tries
to impose the recommendations
locally.
Brown said there are prob
lems with off-duty officers using
their guns in bars or while
drinking.
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