Another 1,000 staff let go at NOAA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They were from the weather-monitoring program.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/03/13/noaa-silver-spring-lay-offs/

What happens if a hurricane hits Miami, and there is no one left to notice and notify people in harm's way?

I think firing all of those NOAA staff was stupid, but let's not exaggerate. There is zero chance that a hurricane is going to sneak up on Miami without anyone noticing. Even 100 years ago, people knew when a hurricane was coming. We will still have satellite imagery and radar.

The difference is that the improvements in forecasting and modeling that those additional scientists would have contributed to will not happen, which will cause insurance costs to rise higher than they would have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They were from the weather-monitoring program.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/03/13/noaa-silver-spring-lay-offs/

What happens if a hurricane hits Miami, and there is no one left to notice and notify people in harm's way?

I think firing all of those NOAA staff was stupid, but let's not exaggerate. There is zero chance that a hurricane is going to sneak up on Miami without anyone noticing. Even 100 years ago, people knew when a hurricane was coming. We will still have satellite imagery and radar.

The difference is that the improvements in forecasting and modeling that those additional scientists would have contributed to will not happen, which will cause insurance costs to rise higher than they would have.

This will be felt in poor states susceptible to tornadoes. These come up fast and often and states like Oklahoma rely on national weather service to alert them. Lives will be lost from this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They were from the weather-monitoring program.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/03/13/noaa-silver-spring-lay-offs/

What happens if a hurricane hits Miami, and there is no one left to notice and notify people in harm's way?

I think firing all of those NOAA staff was stupid, but let's not exaggerate. There is zero chance that a hurricane is going to sneak up on Miami without anyone noticing. Even 100 years ago, people knew when a hurricane was coming. We will still have satellite imagery and radar.

The difference is that the improvements in forecasting and modeling that those additional scientists would have contributed to will not happen, which will cause insurance costs to rise higher than they would have.

Satellite imagery and radar come from NOAA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elon is going to conveniently move existing satellites under starlink control. Technocracy

Kleptocracy is more like it.

[Anonymous]

Bill Nye the "Science Guy" — formerly the host of a popular educational show for children — caught the ire of MAGA loyalists when he suggested that Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency, was planning to replace weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with satellites operated by his Starlink service.

Musk's government gutting, backed by the Trump administration, has resulted in the termination of hundreds of workers at NOAA and the National Weather Service. The cuts resulted in protests outside NOAA's headquarters on Monday.

Nye explained why he thought Musk's cuts were a problem during an interview with CNN on Monday.

Elon Musk and his guys were revving up — and you know, I’m an engineer, we love engineering,” Nye, a former mechanical engineer, said. “I used to work on failure effects and modes analysis for airplanes. So these guys found what they thought was the vulnerable part of the U.S. government, which is this digital services office.”

He said that Musk's team "got in there and changed all the passwords and messed everything up as fast as they could."

“NOAA has a lot of satellites, and that’s how these weather predictions are made,” he said. “Well, Mr. Musk has this company, Starlink, and he’s proposing that NOAA be supplanted by a private company.”

Nye chalked up Musk's cuts to NOAA as "fundamental corruption" and accused him of trying to "monopolize a government service."

“So, he found this weak part, this weakness in the U.S. government, exploited it as fast as he could, and now, it’s one thing leading to another and he’s trying to undo a public service and supplant it with one of his. And this is just good old corruption," he said. "So, sooner or later, I believe the court system will catch up with these guys. And, so, it’s just going to be, it’s just — talk about efficiency. Destroying a system that was working and then trying to replace it later is inefficient."

[Anonymous]

Analyzing the potential paths a hurricane can take is one of NOAA's responsibilities.

The hurricane looks like it's going to hit Miami, but whoopie, swung left into Alabama

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What happens is "thoughts and prayers", which are the GOP go-to for any catastrophe.

+1. But when you believe god is in control it doesn’t matter. This is what happens when a belief system gets power

[Anonymous]

The next major hurricane should be named Hurricane MAGA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They were from the weather-monitoring program.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/03/13/noaa-silver-spring-lay-offs/

What happens if a hurricane hits Miami, and there is no one left to notice and notify people in harm's way?

I think firing all of those NOAA staff was stupid, but let's not exaggerate. There is zero chance that a hurricane is going to sneak up on Miami without anyone noticing. Even 100 years ago, people knew when a hurricane was coming. We will still have satellite imagery and radar.

The difference is that the improvements in forecasting and modeling that those additional scientists would have contributed to will not happen, which will cause insurance costs to rise higher than they would have.

Minutes matter. Seconds matter. Certainly hours matter. FFS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They were from the weather-monitoring program.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/03/13/noaa-silver-spring-lay-offs/

What happens if a hurricane hits Miami, and there is no one left to notice and notify people in harm's way?

I think firing all of those NOAA staff was stupid, but let's not exaggerate. There is zero chance that a hurricane is going to sneak up on Miami without anyone noticing. Even 100 years ago, people knew when a hurricane was coming. We will still have satellite imagery and radar.

The difference is that the improvements in forecasting and modeling that those additional scientists would have contributed to will not happen, which will cause insurance costs to rise higher than they would have.

This will be felt in poor states susceptible to tornadoes. These come up fast and often and states like Oklahoma rely on national weather service to alert them. Lives will be lost from this.

If the will of the Oklahoman people is to kill Oklahomans, we must not stand in their way. Give them liberty to give them death.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bill Nye the "Science Guy" — formerly the host of a popular educational show for children — caught the ire of MAGA loyalists when he suggested that Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency, was planning to replace weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with satellites operated by his Starlink service.

Musk's government gutting, backed by the Trump administration, has resulted in the termination of hundreds of workers at NOAA and the National Weather Service. The cuts resulted in protests outside NOAA's headquarters on Monday.

Nye explained why he thought Musk's cuts were a problem during an interview with CNN on Monday.

Elon Musk and his guys were revving up — and you know, I’m an engineer, we love engineering,” Nye, a former mechanical engineer, said. “I used to work on failure effects and modes analysis for airplanes. So these guys found what they thought was the vulnerable part of the U.S. government, which is this digital services office.”

He said that Musk's team "got in there and changed all the passwords and messed everything up as fast as they could."

“NOAA has a lot of satellites, and that’s how these weather predictions are made,” he said. “Well, Mr. Musk has this company, Starlink, and he’s proposing that NOAA be supplanted by a private company.”

Nye chalked up Musk's cuts to NOAA as "fundamental corruption" and accused him of trying to "monopolize a government service."

“So, he found this weak part, this weakness in the U.S. government, exploited it as fast as he could, and now, it’s one thing leading to another and he’s trying to undo a public service and supplant it with one of his. And this is just good old corruption," he said. "So, sooner or later, I believe the court system will catch up with these guys. And, so, it’s just going to be, it’s just — talk about efficiency. Destroying a system that was working and then trying to replace it later is inefficient."

When you lose Bill Nye... (smh).

[Anonymous]

Google Graphcast.

Local weather stations + AI is as accurate as the European and NOAA super computers


This is more of an AI play
https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/graphcast-ai-model-for-faster-and-more-accurate-global-weather-forecasting/