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300 NOUS42 KWNO 172342 ADMNFD SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NCEP/NWS/WASHINGTON DC 2335 UTC THU FEB 17 2000 172335Z...BAD NEWS...WORD RECEIVED FROM NESDIS SOCC...SATELLITE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER...THAT REPAIR OF THE CABLE CUT TO THE EUROPEAN METEOSAT 7 AND JAPANESE GMS SATELLITE DATA LINES AT SUITLAND WILL INVOLVE ASBESTOS ABATEMENT AND THAT THIS DELICATE REPAIR MAY NOT BE COMPLETED UNTIL SOMETIME FRI MORNING OR POSSIBLY EVEN LATER. FORTUNATELY GOES 8 AND 10 DATA WAS NOT AFFECTED AND THE NOAA POLAR ORBITER LINE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED. BUREK/SDM/NCO/NCEP ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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