Hundreds of NOAA workers, including National Weather Service meteorologists, have been laid off. @ejreports.bsky.social joins us to discuss her reporting on experts' concerns about forecast accuracy for the next hurricane season, for Wabe and @gristnews.bsky.social.
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Our managerial class are fools.
When Biden was President, a hurricane causes lots of destruction. Was that because Biden was President?
What lesson should we have learned from Hurricane Helene?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-what-project-2025-says-about-the-national-weather-service-and-noaa
(Sorry, but my well of available concern for humans done been full up with suffering caused by trumpist.)
Having a Cat 3 or above headed your way with no dependable advance warning is unfathomable.
Unknown landfall locale is a likely death sentence for those @ ground 0
Clearly people are expendable & have no value.
I am calling/marching/emailing but it feels futile & insufficient
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FEMA.
Will he, Musk & DOGE be held to account for all of those left dead, maimed &/or homeless after all of the changes to NOAA, NASA, NSF, etc that result in poor forecasting & a lack of severe weather warnings?
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/
“If the forecasts get fuzzier, you’re going to have more evacuations…bc you can’t be sure the storm is not going to hit you.”
The cuts may be a step to privatization- which has been attempted & failed… 🚩some services essential to local residents might not be deemed profitable by a biz
costs money, gas-lodging, food on the road, crowded roads, gas shortages. With no advance notice no one will know when to evac. That means longer lodging needs and even more $. Also the fear of losing your job if u take off.
What there will
Be is more deaths.
They are talking about “hundreds of cuts”.
Raise your hand if you thought they were cutting the entire operation at NOAA…
How easy was it for people to work themselves up?
Are people going to blame all the destruction of future hurricanes on the cuts?
Do people really think that we’re going to get surprised by hurricanes?