You rely on NOAA's data for weather and climate forecasts. DOGE is decimating its workforce.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to cut 20 percent of its workforce.
Howard pointed out that when a survey of shellfish in the Bering Sea was missed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Alaska’s $200 million snow crab fishery collapsed the following year. “Firing people like me will make it incredibly hard for NOAA Fisheries to fulfill its mission,” she said.
This is the shit that these smooth brains don’t get about all these scientists studying esoteric stuff. They just can’t handle the simplest of abstractions away from “tax dollars spent staring at fish.”
Yup, so good fucking luck to the Midwest and the people who live in tornado alley when you're not going to get advanced warning and you'll get no federal help for afterwards.
Luckily, I only rely on NOAA data out of curiosity, but I feel a bit sorry for those facing a hurricane surprize season.
Florida is toast.
Not only them. Luckily, it is all Republican down there, and they seem OK with that, or they would not have voted for Trump, would they?
A 20% reduction is a double decimation.
Thank you. Misuse of decimate is one of my biggest peeves.
Literally!
Best article title I've seen in a while. Too bad mainstream doesn't make things so simple and direct.
And they'll keep at it until the weather people stop making up that it's getting hotter. If they would just say "everything is ok, the weather is fixed now, we can go back to making money without feeling guilty" then they would stop getting fired. Easy problem to solve.
/s of course....
I mean…. They have sharpies, so…