As both a person who is fascinated by weather and has been since I was a child, and as a precipitation reporter, I just want to remind you again that government is not the problem, it IS the solution to many problems and concerns. And that the Republican desire to make everything a money-maker for one of their buddies is dangerous.

Tasks of the National Weather Service and related agencies: 

-Operate 122 Weather Forecast Offices across all 50 states (and Pureto Rico), with a full staff 24/7/365. 

-Provide detailed forecasts to the public for every square mile of the United States. Forecasts are detailed down to hundreds of thousands of gridded points across the country. 

-Provide aviation forecasts for the safety of all aircraft in United States airspace. 

-Provide fire weather forecasts for those in regions vulnerable to forest/brush fires. 

-Provide hydrologic forecasts for those with interests around rivers, streams, lakes, and oceans. 

-Provide marine forecasts for anybody who takes sail on a boat in United States waters. 

-Provide tropical forecasts via the National Hurricane Center for anyone in the path of a tropical storm/hurricane in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans. 

-Provide climate forecasts and maintain climate data via the Climate Prediction Center 

-Monitor the United States constantly for severe weather development via the Storm Prediction Center.

Within each of those general areas, they do hundreds (even thousands) of other smaller tasks that make our day-to-day lives livable.

The legacy of St. Ronnie the Reagan is the destruction of much of what made the USA such a leader in the world and a great place to live. And we still are on that course. As things get worse over the next couple of years if the Republicans get their way, just remember that government is not the problem, IT IS THE SOLUTION to many problems we face. That's why human societies have governments. And they all have some kind.