"Joe Public doesn't use NWS internet sites at all, hell, he rarely watches TWC"
Exactly. NWS is to provide weather information to the general public, allowing the private sector to go above and beyond. The private sector already provides topo maps and velocity imagery. Yet they are being harmed by the NWS servers frequently dropping 30 minutes or more behind, like they've been consistently doing the past few days during these sevwx episodes. So instead of spending more money to compete with the private sector, and harming their product as a result, why not put that money into infrastructure and letting the weather industry handle weather-weenies?