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James Traficant: “I think we have put so much faith in this new system, NEXRAD, that we have overlooked some basics and I think we have…”

On the recordMay 29, 1996
I think we have put so much faith in this new system, NEXRAD, that we have overlooked some basics and I think we have put some communities at risk. I think the gentleman from Pennsylvania very ably here articulates the fact of what happened in his community. There are other communities like mine that are waiting for some of these things to happen. We have gotten so sophisticated, I think we have lost a little commonsense. This is a good amendment and I am not quite so sure it even goes far enough. I think the Congress must review the lifesaving ability of having more eyes and ears and radar activities looking at volatile weather than we have the right now, and this is a step in that direction, but certainly will not be our final answer.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Discussing the NEXRAD weather system and its impact on community safety.

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