Specially trained NWS Incident Meteorologists (IMET) have been deployed to Australia to assist with fire weather forecasting. The spot forecasts these experts have been and will continue to provide are essential to firefighting safety, tactics, and strategic planning.
"Honored to served the forecasters, technicians, hurricane hunters and so many federal employees of the National Weather Service Employees Organization." --Membership Director Christy Fox
44th Annual NWSEO National Convention
As Chair of the Subcommittee on the Environment of the @HouseScience Committee with oversight of NOAA, the priorities & concerns of the U.S. National Weather Service employees are important to me. Great to meet with @pres_nwseo on Tuesday to hear them.
SCOOP: A cabinet secretary threatened to fire top staff at NOAA after one of the agency's offices contradicted Trump's tweets about Alabama and Hurricane Dorian.
By @cflav, @LFFriedman + @peterbakernyt https://t.co/tMypELsbqt
Mr. (Richard) Hirn, who said he has worked with the agency through six administrations, added that, “Never before has anybody tried to politicize the weather in all the administrations I’ve worked with.”
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