Anonymous
ID: l3bAgEGZ
7/6/2025, 12:36:38 PM No.509646992
>DOGE cut 600 National Weather Service (NWS) positions in early 2025.
>NOAA, NWS's parent agency, lost 17% of staff, or 2,061 positions.
>Funding for NWS weather labs, tornado research, and hurricane studies was reduced.
>Weather balloon launches, critical for forecasts, were decreased.
>Some NWS offices stopped 24/7 operations due to staffing shortages.
>Key vacancies included the warning coordination meteorologist at the Austin/San Antonio office.
>The meteorologist-in-charge position at the San Angelo office was unfilled.
>At least 51 dead, 27 girls missing
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/politics/texas-floods-warnings-vacancies.html
>NOAA, NWS's parent agency, lost 17% of staff, or 2,061 positions.
>Funding for NWS weather labs, tornado research, and hurricane studies was reduced.
>Weather balloon launches, critical for forecasts, were decreased.
>Some NWS offices stopped 24/7 operations due to staffing shortages.
>Key vacancies included the warning coordination meteorologist at the Austin/San Antonio office.
>The meteorologist-in-charge position at the San Angelo office was unfilled.
>At least 51 dead, 27 girls missing
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/politics/texas-floods-warnings-vacancies.html
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