Hurricanes, Floods, Wildfires, and Tornado Season Without FEMA

Here is what an expert says about how the budget cuts will affect hurricane forecasting going forward for the dim bulbs in this thread.

 

It's all good. The Commerce Secretary testified in Congress today and said under oath that NWS is fully staffed. Nothing to worry about here.

(Which is why they are rushing through an emergency hire of 120 meteorologists to be stationed primarily in hurricane offices.)

 

Only after they answer the essay question on how they love dip$hit and will work to implement his rein of error...

 

Rocket River

 

Not sure why Republicans are scared of getting taxed or about gun control. We are all going to die anyway .

 

I don't think FEMA has received many complaints about how much assistance they provide

 

The President said today that this will essentially be the last hurricane season with FEMA doing stuff before it all falls on the states.

 

I took some liberties at the top to make it a more Trumpian type of post.

 

What we are seeing are basic managerial principles being put into action in order to make improvements. ... of course the Democrats are incapable of spotting it.

FEMA needs to be held accountable for years of incompetence and the recent politicization of the agency by the Democrats. There needed to be a shakeup. To keep the status quo was totally unacceptable. They haven't earned that through performance. One of the great things about Trump/Musk is introducing accountability into government officials. Something that didn't exist at all under Biden. The end game is to emerge with a better product and service for the American people.

GOOD DAY

 

I think you misspelled that last word. It should be billionaires.

 

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Cutting inefficient government agencies helps reduce the budget deficit, which brings down inflation... which helps the working class. The working class spend a disproportionate amount of their income on goods and services impacted by inflation. Inflation actually helps billionaires because they are the owners of real assets -- investments that do well in inflationary periods. There has not been a better President than Trump for helping the working class. Trump is the inflation buster -- there was another good inflation print today as a matter of fact.

GOOD DAY

 

Yes, inefficient government agencies, like the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. You know, those free-spenders with their $844,000 emergency fund who investigate chemical disasters.

Not surprisingly, most of their work involves the petrochemical industry and occurs in states like Texas and Louisiana.

The current Presidential budget proposal zeros-out this profligate operation that just stands in the way of progress. On average, hard working Americans can expect a fraction of a penny returned to them--as well as increased cancer rates and plant explosions. Win-win.

 

Why?

Our own beloved Space City Weather mentioned this a few days ago as a big loss, and the NYT picked up on it.

NYT:

The National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration has said that in the next few days it will stop providing data from satellites that have been helping hurricane forecasters do their jobs for decades, citing “recent service changes” as the cause.

The satellites are jointly operated by NOAA and the Department of Defense as part of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. They are old, dating to the early 2000s, but they have reliably helped improve hurricane forecasting for decades. The data will be halted by Monday, June 30, the agency said, without giving further explanation.

“This is an incredibly big hit for hurricane forecasts, and for the tens of millions of Americans who live in hurricane-prone areas,” said Michael Lowry, a hurricane specialist in South Florida who has worked at the National Hurricane Center and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

 

Also a key source for wildland fire.

 

FYI - turn out they were scheduled to be decommissioned a long term ago, but they were able to hang onto them for years. Time just ran out. There is a good linkin article on it, but I can't find it now.