NOAA’s office of Oceanic Atmospheric Research has had IT and other support contracts canceled in the last day or so that will fundamentally affect its operation. One source there said “It will seriously hurt our ability to improve weather forecasting and climate projections.”
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https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news-and-media/media-centre/corporate-news/2024/met-office-delivers-gbp56-billion-of-economic-value-to-the-uk
They'd see this, rightly, as madness. Up there w/ antivax crap. They were great depression kids, they'd seen some shit.
#SaveNOAA
(Call your representative)
NOAA is integral with lots of industries, including recreation.
It is one of the important resources of the US.
Why?
And congress let it happen.
Why?
Becos 🤔 .....they are just too f'ng clever for their own good. F'ng clever dicks, smartie pants. We'll show them who is boss.^
Trump thinks if they "save" money, then it can then go into their own pockets. If he doesn't understand how something works, it goes. That covers pretty much the whole public service. And most other things.
No amount of private money can replace the coordination and love that goes into this networks