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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MAGAs didn't care about NOAA or the NWS until this weekend. [/quote]

Republicans take everything the government does for granted, and doesn't miss it until it's gone and too late.[/quote]

This narrative you're trying to spin about NOAA/NWS is pure propaganda.  There were no staffing issues and they sent out one alert after another.  You people need to get a grip.

[b]At 4:03 a.m., the office issued an urgent warning that raised the potential of catastrophic damage and a severe threat to human life.[/b]

Jonathan Porter, the chief meteorologist at AccuWeather, a private weather forecasting company that uses National Weather Service data, said it appeared [b]evacuations and other proactive measures could have been undertaken to reduce the risk of fatalities.[/b]

“People, businesses, and governments should take action based on Flash Flood Warnings that are issued, regardless of the rainfall amounts that have occurred or are forecast,” Porter said in a statement.[/quote]

It's no propaganda.  Yes, NWS still did its job to the best of its ability but its an absolute fact that they and other agencies have lost significant staff, funding and other resources, which puts the nation at risk.[/quote]

Right?  The fed who knows the area and whose job it is to coordinate with the local authorities took the fork and wasn’t replaced. Maybe because he got an email telling him to go find a “high value” private job.  I don’t know - I am thinking the lives lost are pretty damn high value.  [/quote]

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