In its proposed 2026 budget released Monday, NOAA closes all federally funded weather and climate research labs, including the one responsible for maintaining the nation’s top hurricane models
: “No more stealing, commie! Let porky handle this!”
: “Nah, I don’t feel like it.”
: “Oh well…uh…we shouldn’t have this because it was funded by the T-word! People unexpectedly dying in hurricanes is a small price to pay to make sure property rights are respected!”
What’s really the kicker is that private weather companies repackage the same data that NOAA amd the NWS provide for free. They just slap some graphics on the data, nothing more.
What’s really the kicker is that private weather companies repackage the same data that NOAA amd the NWS provide for free. They just slap some graphics on the data, nothing more.