Right as the U.S. is laying off meteorologists and weather forecasters, a giant storm hits the country and kills dozens of people across the South.

Right as the U.S. is laying off meteorologists and weather forecasters, a giant storm hits the country and kills dozens of people across the South. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/climate-environment/us-south-storms-severe-weather-e65a2c39?st=byFBbW&reflink=article_copyURL_share

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I didn’t mean to be misleading. I was just pointing out that storms like this highlight the need for a well funded NWS — not that the cuts led to the deaths.

fwiw

This outbreak was very well forecast, and the NWS had forecast a very high chance of severe storms, they actually underperformed in terms of intensity in Alabama and later in the day

100 percent for solid funding of NWS, just would prefer the reporting doesn’t use natural disasters to make the argument.

What worries me greatly is that NOAA hosts a lot of good data like rainfall probabilities and SLR projections. With the current political climate, I wouldn't be surprised to see that data pulled. This data is routinely used to plan critical infrastructure projects and pulling it will add additional hurdles, cost, and confusion.