NOAA's Storm Prediction Center facility among planned DOGE cuts

The facility employs over 500 scientists, engineers, meteorologists and climatologists.

With last weeks “latest” storm killing over 40 people and “lashing California with an atmospheric river, fueling wildfires in Oklahoma and spawning tornadoes from Missouri to Alabama.” (NYT’s quote) the Storm Prediction Center fulfilled its mission to give the country advance notice.

Despite the notice, the destruction from “more than 970 severe storm outbreaks… and a three-day tornado outbreak” across nine states still cost over 40 lives.

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How many lives would a storm claim if we shut down the central hub responsible for predicting its path and alerting the nation?