A simple reminder of the incompetence, idiocy, and insanity that was the Trump presidency. Here’s the original story, in case you forgot:
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/05/hurricane-dorian-sharpie-trump-1482839
To be completely fair…they likely have zero idea what NOAA is and they certainly hate and fear the unknown.
Weather app companies want the information privatized in order to sell the data and subscriptions.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/who-benefits-from-the-privatization-of-weather-data
Eliminating analysis of climate change is only a side benefit. There’s money to be made.
The funny thing is that NOAA and NWS are part of the Department of Commerce, the department that directly works with businesses to ensure that goods and services can plan for the weather. They track ocean currents, wind patterns, and yes temperature changes.
The accuracy of their models have become so good that we have pretty darn good forecasting now.
All so that Walmart can buy shovels in time for the next snow storm.
Yet they want to do a way with the agency because climate change is now a woke issue.
Talk about biting off your nose to spit at your opponent.
Biting off your own nose? What???