When DOGE started cutting National Weather Service staff, there were also cuts in the number of daily balloon launches to gather weather data. The graphic on the left is what went up today at 8 am EDT (1200z). The graphic on the right is from May 2, 2023.
unbelievably grim that you can ignore the prompt of an assignment to go on a barely coherent screed where you call your professor a "demon," then when your professor gives you undeservedly thoughtful feedback and a bad grade you can run to the media and get her placed on leave
It cost the average taxpayer about $3 to keep NOAA up & running for an entire year.
Yep a cup of coffee is about all it costs to bring you keep you and your family/loved ones safe from Mother Nature & to keep things like weather satellites, radars, and weather alerts up + running.
Also, whether you realize it or not, if you get any weather information from television, weather apps, etc., they also likely are *very* dependent on NOAA in a major way to give you said information.
NOAA is probably the most bang for your buck that you are going to get out of almost any federal entity.
Cutting their funding is just downright asinine. It absolutely will not make a measurable difference to the federal budget or to your taxes. Cutting their funding will however have outsized, and potentially disastrous consequences for the average American, particularly when Mother Nature decides to come knocking at your doorstep.
Mind you— this is the governor who was caught colluding with energy companies to price gouge Texans after our power grid failed in the middle of a winter storm.
Hurricane Milton intensifies further with sustained winds now up to 180 mph and central pressure down to 905 mb.
You are looking at one of the strongest hurricanes ever observed in the Atlantic basin.