The prominence that hurricanes katrina and rita have given the National Weather Service will prompt this agency to continue its insidious assault on the country's commercial weather industry. The prime mission of the NWS is to give warning of tornadoes, hurricanes and other weather hazards. The service is also supposed to provide basic forecasts to the public, as well as essential marine and aviation forecasts. The private sector has created a variety of commercial weather products that range from specialized forecasts for weather-sensitive businesses, such as resorts and commodities traders, to those consumer-friendly weather maps seen in newspapers and on television.
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