NOAA all services [going down] (URGENT)
NOAA services on AWS will shut down on April 4, 2025, affecting several websites. A team is working to scrape and preserve data, addressing concerns about access to certain datasets.
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NOAA's services, particularly those hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS), are set to go offline starting April 4, 2025. This shutdown will impact numerous NOAA websites, including research.noaa.gov, epic.noaa.gov, and drought.gov, among others. A group of individuals is actively working to scrape and preserve data from these sites before the shutdown occurs. Various team members have begun scraping different subdomains using a tool called Zimit, while others are coordinating efforts to ensure comprehensive coverage of the affected services. There are concerns about account-walled pages that may limit access to certain datasets, and discussions are ongoing about the extent of the data that needs to be preserved. The urgency of the situation has prompted requests for assistance and the sharing of scraping strategies among the team members involved.
- NOAA services on AWS will go offline on April 4, 2025.
- Affected websites include research.noaa.gov, epic.noaa.gov, and drought.gov.
- A team is coordinating efforts to scrape and preserve data from these sites.
- Concerns exist regarding account-walled pages limiting access to some datasets.
- The situation has prompted urgent requests for assistance and collaboration among team members.
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2 commentsNOAA, USAID, USDA, CDC, NASA, NIH, etc. all represents hundred of millions of dollars and millions of person years of scientific effort.
The DOGE-ies and their ilk are flushing that all down the toilet. The notion that they're saving the US any money would be laughable if it wasn't so sad.
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