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The U.S. Republicans' 'Project 2025' says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ‘should be broken up and downsized’ (www.poynter.org)

submitted 13 hours ago by tardigrada to c/politics

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As Florida braced for Hurricane Helene, some weather and politics observers were mad about Project 2025.

“Reminder that Project 2025 would dismantle the National Weather Service and NOAA,” wrote the League of Conservation Voters on X.

NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, founded in 1970.

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“Project 2025 wants to get rid of NOAA, wants to get rid of the National Weather Service — the people that tell you the weather and help you prepare for hurricanes,” said Moskowitz, a past Florida emergency management director under Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla.

Moskowitz quipped about how hurricane forecasting would function under Project 2025 and a Trump administration.

“Maybe we will just do it with a Magic 8 ball or maybe with a Ouija board. Or maybe we will do hurricane cones like President Trump did, right where he just circled in another state that wasn’t in the cones,” Moskowitz said.

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[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 hours ago

I agree. If we don’t study the weather, there is no weather. And hell, do you know how much we’d save in sharpies that redirect weather?

[–] FlashMobOfOne 1 points 5 hours ago

It's stupid, agreed.

But it's not like any major changes are made because of the data we collect on the oceans or the weather, so it feels irrelevant. We still dump tons of garbage in the ocean every day, are still grossly overfishing, and it's a 'historic' hurricane season every year.

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 7 points 11 hours ago

Just kill the messenger, that has always done the trick in the past.

[–] tardigrada 7 points 13 hours ago

Dozens dead as Helene unleashes life-threatening flooding and knocks out power to millions across Southeast

Hurricane Helene continues to unleash its fury across the Southeast after leaving 49 people dead in multiple states, leveling communities and stranding many in floodwaters after the historic storm made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region Thursday night as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane with roaring 140 mph winds.