Summary
NOAA is facing turmoil as over 1,000 staff have been fired or resigned under Trump’s push to downsize the federal workforce, with 1,000 more cuts expected.
Elon Musk’s DOGE has disrupted weather operations, including halting weather balloon launches and briefly firing hurricane tracking staff.
A faulty, unsecured email server flooded employees with spam, symbolizing the chaos.
Critics warn the cuts threaten public safety, climate research, and marine oversight. Protests have emerged as staff face uncertainty and deteriorating agency operations.
Can’t wait for our already mediocre ability to Forcast weather gets much worse.
Another goal of project 2025. Soon we’ll have the privilege of paying more for a worse service, with the added bonus of the Nazi trump regime getting to lie about inconcenvient news like the sharpie bullshit with the hurricane some years ago.
FYI: WeatherUnderground is basically crowdsourced using off-the-shelf weather stations you can put in your backyard, on top of public data from NASA, NOAA, ECAD, ESA, etc. The only downside is there aren’t many civilians in the middle of the ocean, so hurricane tracking will be lacking if NASA and NOAA do get neutered.
For anyone wanting to contribute, here’s a few popular stations:
It doesn’t seem very efficient to cut staff and then force the remaining people to cover the labor gaps while simultaneously sifting through spam emails, but what do I know
