I really don’t know. I’ve read claims that say that, but I have no proof. I don’t know exactly where the cuts were made, what experts were cut, how the Weather Service was affected.
And I will tell you three other people who don’t know the answer to that question: Elon Musk, Kristi Noem, and Donald Trump. The cuts were made with no rationale, no careful analysis, no studies. It was all a P.R. stunt with potentially dangerous consequences.
Trump, of course, thinks NOAA is the guy who built the ark. Musk will say those cuts didn’t have anything to do with the death toll to cover his ass for what his teenage minions did. And Kristi Noem is too busy pretending to care and no doubt offering prayers while pushing ICE to separate more families. Noem is also the one who bragged about taking funds from NOAA to help construct Alligator Auschwitz. In the meantime, the death toll in Texas approaches 100.
To quote Timothy Snyder, " . . . the stupidest mother-fuckers on the planet!"
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