John Amaechi

So when you take a sledgehammer to that three-legged stool, the stool won't stand. It's going to fall. It is alarming and disconcerting to everybody in the profession. I don't know of a single meteorologist out there or hydrologist or climatologist, climate scientist, oceanographer, all the related sciences. I don't know of anyone who is not alarmed and appalled by this approach.

uh which which has been anything but surgical it's the opposite uh you know just taking a sledgehammer to it and to the detriment of the american people uh because at the end of the day it's not just so i mean the the most important thing is the mission of saving lives and property right so that is being hindered and when you when you're talking about government services like you just did billy you know it's about the welfare of the people i mean if there's one job

uh which which has been anything but surgical it's the opposite uh you know just taking a sledgehammer to it and to the detriment of the american people uh because at the end of the day it's not just so i mean the the most important thing is the mission of saving lives and property right so that is being hindered and when you when you're talking about government services like you just did billy you know it's about the welfare of the people i mean if there's one job

That government has is the safety and welfare of the population and the education and so on and so forth. So these services are essential. But so that's being degraded by these moves. But on top of that...

That government has is the safety and welfare of the population and the education and so on and so forth. So these services are essential. But so that's being degraded by these moves. But on top of that...

you know how much of the american economy is impacted by weather the vast majority of it so we're talking you know two-thirds or more of our gdp is impacted in one way shape or form by weather no wonder noah and the national weather service are inside the department of commerce right lies are being put at risk Property damage is likelier now because of these moves.

you know how much of the american economy is impacted by weather the vast majority of it so we're talking you know two-thirds or more of our gdp is impacted in one way shape or form by weather no wonder noah and the national weather service are inside the department of commerce right lies are being put at risk Property damage is likelier now because of these moves.

And negative impacts to our GDP are likely to occur as well, simply because, again, you're taking a sledgehammer to this essential service of protecting the economy and protecting the American people.

And negative impacts to our GDP are likely to occur as well, simply because, again, you're taking a sledgehammer to this essential service of protecting the economy and protecting the American people.

Well, let's start with the basics. Observing the weather. Right. So, you know, we can't predict the weather unless we observe it first. To observe the weather, you need satellites. Weather satellites fall under the NOAA umbrella. You need radars. Radars fall under the National Weather Service umbrella, NWS being an agency inside of NOAA. These things sometimes break down.

Well, let's start with the basics. Observing the weather. Right. So, you know, we can't predict the weather unless we observe it first. To observe the weather, you need satellites. Weather satellites fall under the NOAA umbrella. You need radars. Radars fall under the National Weather Service umbrella, NWS being an agency inside of NOAA. These things sometimes break down.

Sometimes you need technicians, whether they are for IT or whether they are hands-on technicians like electricians, let's say, to repair some of these apparatus. And if we lose, think of a day with a severe thunderstorm outbreak or a potential tornado outbreak here in Florida with Hurricane, I think it was... Well, I'm blanking on which one. We had so many this last fall.

Sometimes you need technicians, whether they are for IT or whether they are hands-on technicians like electricians, let's say, to repair some of these apparatus. And if we lose, think of a day with a severe thunderstorm outbreak or a potential tornado outbreak here in Florida with Hurricane, I think it was... Well, I'm blanking on which one. We had so many this last fall.

We had a ton of tornadoes, is my point here. And when we had all these tornadoes, what do we need the most to be able to see where the tornadoes are, how they're evolving and where they're moving and how to properly warn people? We need radars. If the radars are broken down, we can no longer track tornadoes and can no longer warn people. You're subtracting people from this workforce.

We had a ton of tornadoes, is my point here. And when we had all these tornadoes, what do we need the most to be able to see where the tornadoes are, how they're evolving and where they're moving and how to properly warn people? We need radars. If the radars are broken down, we can no longer track tornadoes and can no longer warn people. You're subtracting people from this workforce.

So those are two examples, satellites and radars within observations. Let's think about that. Now, what about modeling?

So those are two examples, satellites and radars within observations. Let's think about that. Now, what about modeling?

Modeling is where we use the equations that define the behavior of the atmosphere, plug in everything that's going on right now in the atmosphere and what's going on in the past few days, plug it all in, let the equations work through it through computers, very powerful computers, and come up with a model of the atmosphere going forward. These models have improved so much

Modeling is where we use the equations that define the behavior of the atmosphere, plug in everything that's going on right now in the atmosphere and what's going on in the past few days, plug it all in, let the equations work through it through computers, very powerful computers, and come up with a model of the atmosphere going forward. These models have improved so much

that our seven-day forecasts these days are as good as our three-day forecasts used to be just a couple or three decades ago. That's how good our forecasting has become. When these researchers are laid off, fired, you were losing the ability to continue to improve our models so that that type of improvement that we saw in the seven-day forecast can continue going forward.