Ben Royce 🇺🇦
@benroyce@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

There was a recent #flashflood #flood in #Texas which killed a lot of people. Most tragically a girl's summer camp is still missing many girls

Here law enforcement in Texas blames the #NationalWeatherService. The same #NWS#Trump has cut funding for

If you think #MAGA will learn, no they won't

They blame "libruls" "Demoncrats" and the media. This is a reflexive, almost religious conviction, even when it's obviously their own damn fault

We'll see this again with a disease outbreak

Texas officials blame the NWS for faulty forecasting of recent tragic floods at a news conference
Texas officials blame the NWS for faulty forecasting of recent tragic floods at a news conference
Sebastian Lasse
@sl007@digitalcourage.social  ·  activity timestamp last month
#flashflood#NationalWeatherService
#AmericaParty

NYT – After DOGE, the vacancy rate is roughly double:

„As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials. “ …

Also / related
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/noaa-cuts-hurricane-forecasting-climate
#musk