Monday, March 01, 2010
Weather Station A Possibility In Boyd County
KENTUCKY...
A proposed weather and climate monitoring station for northeastern Kentucky is still under consideration despite local officials declining to pay for a security fence around it. The Daily Independent in Ashland reports that Kentucky Mesonet wants to put a tower in Boyd County, even though the Fiscal Court rejected a request last month to pay $2,500 for fencing. FIVCO Area Development District associate director Tom Saylor says it donated use of the site for the tower, which would collect weather and climate information in real-time. Kentucky Mesonet is trying to put 100 towers across Kentucky and has 46 up and functioning. Each tower costs approximately $10,000 to install and is paid for through a $2.9 million federal appropriation.
A proposed weather and climate monitoring station for northeastern Kentucky is still under consideration despite local officials declining to pay for a security fence around it. The Daily Independent in Ashland reports that Kentucky Mesonet wants to put a tower in Boyd County, even though the Fiscal Court rejected a request last month to pay $2,500 for fencing. FIVCO Area Development District associate director Tom Saylor says it donated use of the site for the tower, which would collect weather and climate information in real-time. Kentucky Mesonet is trying to put 100 towers across Kentucky and has 46 up and functioning. Each tower costs approximately $10,000 to install and is paid for through a $2.9 million federal appropriation.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:14 AM 
