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UDU Board of Directors member. Weird gay 🏳️‍🌈 Travel professional

[Dr. Levi Cowan @TropicalTidbits]

I never publicly comment on political matters because they are usually irrelevant to my work of providing hurricane data and forecasts to people in my personal capacity. Today though, it is highly relevant, and as a member of the meteorological community, I am angry.

Planned or ongoing bulk workforce cuts would irreparably harm the National Weather Service, NOAA, and their scientists who save innumerable lives by warning people in advance of tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, tsunamis, blizzards, and other life-threatening hazards. Many of you reading this may knowingly or unknowingly be alive today because of their work, or know someone who is. As a direct consequence of wounding the NWS and NOAA, the public would be less safe.

My personal mission to bring hurricane science, data, and forecasts to the public would not be possible without the weather observations, doppler radar stations, computer models, hurricane hunter aircraft, and weather satellites provided by NOAA and the NWS. Your favorite weather apps, TV meteorologists, and private weather companies would also be unable to function without this data or the civil servants who live and breathe it to synthesize it into public safety information.

All of these benefits cost each taxpayer the equivalent of a few cups of coffee per year, and surveys show most would be willing to pay much more. The American weather enterprise saves many, many times more money than it costs to run, making it one of the biggest bangs for your buck in the government. The impact of quality weather forecasts and infrastructure on society is multiplied many-fold by preventing economic disruptions, keeping public transportation efficient, and providing lead time to prepare for and mitigate disasters. Most importantly, it saves priceless lives.

Careful, long-term plans to streamline or reorient the weather enterprise in an evolving world are not bad, but *this plan* is insane. A feverish rush to take a cleaver to this workforce is self-destructive and dangerous to Americans who rely on the services they provide. It also cuts off the legs of young, passionate scientists who represent the future of meteorology in the new age of AI and other emerging technologies -- the very people we need in the field right now.

As a part of this community since the age of 8 when I began analyzing hurricanes with dial-up internet, I am heartbroken and concerned by what appears to be planned or already in motion. It also directly impacts my friends and family. I cannot be silent, despite knowing I do myself no favors by speaking out. I ask you to join me in advocating for @NWS and @NOAA if you value their work or the work that I am able to do because of them. There are many ways to make your voice heard.

That's all for now, thanks for reading.

[Erin O'Toole @erinotoole]

My post congratulating the new CDS who also happens to also be the first woman to become a 4 leaf General led to a torrent of toxic and stupid posts and it gives us a small glimpse of what women have to put up with online. A few elements really bothered me. 1/4

[Andrew Nadeau @TheAndrewNadeau]

these were the same people that wouldn’t wear a mask because they aren’t sheep

[Code B @CommutingStew]

We have NINETY SECONDS to evacuate an aircraft, 90. So when we ask you to put your seat back and tray tables in their full upright position, buckle your seatbelt and stow bags completely under the seats, it's for this type of situation. To get everyone off the airplane alive.

[Gravantus @Gravantus]

This is the LAST day you can retweet this

[shoe @shoe0nhead]

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okay

[Daniel @growing_daniel]

oh okay my bad

[Jonathan Rosenthal @rosenthal_jon]

I have been struggling to articulate the complex emotions I've been feeling since Saturday morning as a Jew, a liberal/progressive, a believer that Palestinians and Jews have a right to a homeland, to safety and dignity. A thread 1/

[Simbuilder | McKale Olson @Simbuilder]

Release me.

[Caitlyn Yaede (she/her) @caitlyn_yaede]

The front page of tomorrow's @dailytarheel –

I shed many tears while typing up these heart-wrenching text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday. Our campus was on lockdown for more than three hours.

Beyond proud of this cover and the team behind it.

[Chris 🦝 (READ BIO!!) @TrashPanda08x]

"AMERICA CANT BE SAVED"

America:

[Renaud @RBX_Ren97]

@REMgrandmtl Est-ce qu���il y aura plus de fréquence demain? Aux 7 minutes avec l’affluence prévue, ce n’est pas du tout assez…

[Gal Shir @galshirart]

Can I suggest this little change?

[leon alpuche @skyferrori]

“i know you’re gay just go with it” IJBOLLL https://t.co/JQyZot3p0y

[sam @sam_d_1995]

online conservatives are so fucking weird

[Haroun Bouazzi @HarounBouazzi]

80% des immigrants ne travaillent pas a dit quelqu’un qui est assez qualifié pour continuer à être ministre dans le gouvernement Legaut.

[Evan Bentley @evan_bentley]

Let’s talk about the SPC High Risk.

This is my opinion, but I am confident most SPC forecasters would agree.

Everyone wants to know if the SPC will go High and the weather community goes wild when we do.

And that is exactly how we like it.

[Nick Mark MD @nickmmark]

It’s shocking that the massive ecological & public health disaster in East Palestine OH isn’t the lead story on every network.

Years ago I saw a man with angiosarcoma from vinyl chloride. It was unforgettable.

The long term harms of exposing thousands to this will be terrible.