* Links to Twitter & Facebook
* Updated content with recent seasonal forecast information
* Downloads quickly
Those count alot more for me than lots of junked up images. Drudgereport is still one of the bigger sites in the world and take a look at that :-)
The big drawback is that the homepage text should really be on their about page and they should have more current issues on the homepage. Nonetheless, I would say this is one of the better government websites I've seen for an underfunded department.