"When tornados recently swept through Missouri and Tennessee and Kentucky, there were a few reports about local NWS office staffing shortages. The reports were explained away the next day by Caroline Leavitt at the White House saying that the cuts had not affected 'overnight' staffing at local offices."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump#Texas #NWS#NOAA
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https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/this-is-what-happens-when-everything

"Follow up reporting proved her statement about local NWS offices to be a lie, but reports about her lies had become so numerous that the one about the NWS just disappeared down the memory-hole with all her other lies.

The tornado that tore through Kentucky happened back in late May. It killed 19 people, according to the Louisville Courier Journal. Do you remember that number? I didn’t. I had to look it up."

#Trump#Texas #NWS#NOAA
/13

"Reporter: Why was the NWS not pinging their phones before 7? Was it a fundamental failure of the federal government’s responsibility to keep us safe? [Kristi] Noem: 'Trump is currently upgrading the technology in the NWS. We needed to renew this ancient system that has been left in place with the federal government.'”

~ Ron Filipkowski

#Trump#Texas #NWS#NOAA
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weekend-in-politics-bulletin-a79