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Date: April 08, 2025 at 20:29:27
From: The Hierophant, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Weather Service Blocked From Monitoring Severe Weather |
URL: https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/weather-service-blocked-from-monitoring-severe-weather/ar-AA1CwLp4?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=f4e1f748202346fe8ce7a5c270365659&ei=17 |
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The federal government has fired so many members of the
National Weather Service’s staff that it is incapable
of doing the job it has done for decades. Some of its
regional offices, which are key to tracking dangerous
weather, are almost empty.
According to the AP, “Detailed vacancy data for all 122
weather field offices show eight offices are missing
more than 35% of their staff — including those in
Arkansas where tornadoes and torrential rain hit this
week — according to statistics crowd-sourced by more
than a dozen National Weather Service employees.
Experts said vacancy rates of 20% or higher amount to
critical understaffing, and 55 of the 122 sites reach
that level.”
The local offices have several essential tasks. They
monitor the weather and send forecasts and warnings
across large geographic areas. The goal of these is
primarily to protect people’s lives and property. Much
of this information is sent to media outlets, usually
television and smartphones, in the case of rapid-moving
storm systems. The delivery infrastructure also has to
be kept intact and up to date.
To give a sense of the magnitude of the risk of cutting
this staff, about 20 hurricanes hit the US per decade,
over 1,200 tornadoes per year, 100,000 thunderstorms
per year, and 5,000 hail storms. The AWS also tracks
high winds that can fan wildfires.
Cuts in the AWS will be noticed very quickly."
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Date: April 09, 2025 at 18:42:40
From: eaamon, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Weather Service Blocked From Monitoring Severe Weather |
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YOYO: you are on your own....
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Date: April 09, 2025 at 13:00:54
From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Weather Service Blocked From Monitoring Severe Weather |
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yeah, thats ovious, what a cad. All those people
drowning being flooded and tornadoed, in all those
midwest states, while he's out golfing.
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