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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday it will hire for “mission-critical field positions” amid expert warnings that the National Weather Service has been cut too sharply just as hurricane season arrives.
An agency spokesperson said in a statement the positions will be advertised under a temporary reprieve from the federal government’s widespread hiring pause “to further stabilize frontline operations.” NOAA also said they are filling some field office openings by reassigning staff, including some temporary hires.
The agency didn’t say how many jobs would be posted and refused to provide more details.
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency cuts gutted NWS and NOAA — which provide daily weather forecasts, up-to-the-minute severe storm warnings, climate monitoring and extreme weather tracking — earlier this year.
Hundreds of weather forecasters were fired and other federal NOAA employees were put on probationary status in February, followed by a later round of more than 1,000 cuts at the agency. By April, nearly half of NWS forecast offices had 20% vacancy rates. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has also been affected.
The new hires would be seen by the scientific community as especially imperative as the agency predicts a busy hurricane season and more tornados. In recent years, greenhouse gas emission-driven climate change has fueled more frequent, deadly, costly and increasingly nasty storms.
The weather service’s mission includes warning people in danger with enough time to evacuate or find safe shelter. The cuts forced weather forecast offices to reduce their hours or no longer staff overnight shifts in less critical periods.
Insiders and experts have warned of the consequences that a staffing shortage would mean for weather forecasting amid extreme weather and the U.S. economy.
“In 2024, NOAA was able to offer some of its most accurate weather forecasting to date for active hurricanes,” said Union of Concerned Scientists science fellow Marc Alessi. “These incredibly accurate forecasts were made possible by a fully funded NOAA.
“Despite the worsening climate and extreme weather impacts being felt across the country, the Trump administration has proceeded with its inhumane agenda that will leave people on the frontlines of disasters at greater risk,” Alessi added.
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Great turn off your Doppler radar system my ears hurting evil people at the top in Tampa peace 🕊️ love 💕
Don’t call 911, call your neighbor 😂
Sounds like you guys are fear mongering. You know that no vital resources are being touched. This is a sad and predictable way to stir up political discourse. People aren’t this dumb today.
How stupid do you have to be to support the maga fascist regime.
No, it is all automated. The Left of course breed fear in all they do to garner POWER to themselves.
Screw Florida, this is exactly what they voted for
This is such a lie if you want to find out what's gonna happen with the weather all you have to do is look at a farmer's almanac or just use artificial intelligence in Google what's the weather gonna be like today.
Don't worry pIeanty of money for chemtrails and weather modification to increase the power of storms
Which fact do you dispute
They voted for Trump. Florida is Republican. Too bad. This is their fault.
First thing I do when I see that cat 5 coming, is ask "Where are the NOAA people and how are they going to help me" lol
Floridiots are paying the stupid tax!
Local weather stations are all we need. NOAA doesn’t do anything but try to elevate panic. Floridian whom has been through hurricanes since 1955.
Trump will be all over it , don't worry … and don't listen to fake news
Like any do goody goods help anyone unless getting to steal lots of money 🤣👹
There is no "may" in this scenario, only definitely's! So, maga the butt hole of our country, is about to get their comeuppance! Florida voter's were stupid enough to elect a well documented hateful, convicted, compulsive liar! Face it, maga, you've been played! Good luck with your economy as you continue to lose tourism revenue and the retirees flock to the north!
And those weather satellites will be deorbited.
So, Cutting Money to NOAA's Budget "will impact hurricane season "?… Money , or No Money, Hurricanes have Come and Gone for Thousands of years…
Licking my chops
Is everyone scared yet?
Put up your democrat signs or FEMA will skip over you
Maybe stop sending so much money to Ukraine.
The only people crying are the ones that lost in November.😊
If there ever was a comment I posted that I want People to read, this would be the One. People! we are being lied to on a Grand Scale, both the Democrat Radical Left and almost every Legacy News Media Outlet is pandering a Lie to the American People. All I can urge and or ask is that you search for the Truth on ALL platforms and in doing so hopefully avoid what the Democrat Radical Left is trying to turn this Country of ours into, it's not a Country we will even remotely Recognize.
God Bless us All, Amen!
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Would be a shame if they could no longer forecast weather for Mar a Lago.
Its ok, god has a plan for florida !! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🎪🎪🎪🤡🤡🤡🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🟥🟥🟥🟥🤣🤣🤣🤣
The left media coming up with a false narrative because the media is in bed with the deep state/demoncrats.
Good, Florida needs to learn…
We’re all going to die.
Yeah, or it may not.