NOAA Suddenly Decides It Needs Hurricane Experts

The Washington Post reports:

Some National Weather Service forecasting teams are so critically understaffed that the agency is offering to pay moving expenses for any staff willing to transfer to those offices, according to notices recently sent to employees and obtained by The Washington Post. The 155 vacancies the agency is seeking to fill by May 27 include key weather forecasting positions at offices in coastal Texas and Louisiana that could soon face hurricane threats when the Atlantic season begins in a few weeks.

The solicitations lay bare how significantly the Trump administration has whittled away the corps of public servants responsible for the forecasting, warnings and information that can protect lives and property when extreme weather strikes. An estimated 500 National Weather Service employees have been fired or taken early retirements this year, out of a staff that numbered more than 4,200 before President Donald Trump began his second term, the officials said.

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What a sh*t show:

NOAA scrambles to fill forecasting jobs as hurricane season looms

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— Frank Amari (@frankamari.bsky.social) May 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM