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Post by greenavocado »

lukev wrote: post #8
greenavocado wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I could barely care less because NOAA weather models are garbage. The NOAA GFS and NAM models are basically dinosaurs at this point compared to what Meteoblue is running. I've been tracking this stuff for ten years and it's not even close anymore. GFS still limps along at 13km resolution and only updates four times a day. Like, are we still in 2010? It completely screws up thunderstorm timing and can't handle mountai…

Can we get a disclosure on your experience and who you work for, if you’re going to weigh in so heavily on important public vs private sector issues like this?

I'm an avid cyclist with a keen interest in not getting struck by lightning on a 60-100 mile ride in the rainy season.

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Post by jrflowers »

mp05 wrote: post #7
kristopolous wrote: post #3

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> This is part of the plan to gut and privatize NOAA because the billionaire behind AccuWeather says so. Source?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Myers

>Myers faced criticism in 2005 when he supported the National Weather Service Duties Act of 2005, a bill introduced by U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) that some argued would have prohibited the National Weather Service from publishing weather data to the public when private-sector entities, such as AccuWeather, perform the same function commercially.[34]

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Post by kristopolous »

greenavocado wrote: post #6
kristopolous wrote: post #3

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I could barely care less because NOAA weather models are garbage. The NOAA GFS and NAM models are basically dinosaurs at this point compared to what Meteoblue is running. I've been tracking this stuff for ten years and it's not even close anymore. GFS still limps along at 13km resolution and only updates four times a day. Like, are we still in 2010? It completely screws up thunderstorm timing and can't handle mountai…

Before Covid, Trump

* disbanded the NSC Pandemic Unit,

* cut the CDC, specifically the overseas pandemic tracking and response units

* withdrew the CDC Representative in China

* shutdown the PREDICT Program tracking coronavirus and zoonotic diseases

* Eliminated the Global Health Security Office

Basically T-balled Covid-19.

These people slash, burn and dismantle organizations that have successfully prevented disaster, then disaster happens.

We're going to see staggering levels of death and destruction from things like hurricanes because of this wild corrupt foolishness and I'm sure they'll blame it on some black person or woman somewhere, like they did with the bridge collapse and California fires

Re: Beta.weather.gov

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Post by alabastervlog »

mp05 wrote: post #7
kristopolous wrote: post #3

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> This is part of the plan to gut and privatize NOAA because the billionaire behind AccuWeather says so. Source?

Trump tried to nominate the CEO of accuweather to run NOAA his first term, but was blocked. That CEO has lobbied to get Congress to limit the services NOAA provides so it doesn’t “compete” with companies like accuweather.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/14/politics/noaa-nominee-accuwea...

Project 2025 calls for moves similar to that.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-what-pro...

Key quotes:

> The document describes NOAA as a primary component “of the climate change alarm industry” and said it “should be broken up and downsized.”

> Project 2025 would not outright end the National Weather Service. It says the agency “should focus on its data-gathering services,” and “should fully commercialize its forecasting operations.”

> It said that “commercialization of weather technologies should be prioritized to ensure that taxpayer dollars are invested in the most cost-efficient technologies for high quality research and weather data.” Investing in commercial partners will increase competition, Project 2025 said.

Should be enough from here for you to find your way with Google to further details, including the primary sources on the P2025 stuff.

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Post by ivewonyoung »

gbear605 wrote: post #12
tptacek wrote: post #9

What did this site do? I use forecast.weather.gov as my weather site; it still works.

It was an in progress rewrite of the weather.gov frontend, to make it more user friendly and accessible.

Does anyone know if it was actually good or a trainwreck like the Reddit redesign.

New doesn't always mean better.

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Post by joshuaturner »

mp05 wrote: post #7
kristopolous wrote: post #3

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> This is part of the plan to gut and privatize NOAA because the billionaire behind AccuWeather says so. Source?

> The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories.

https://web.archive.org/web/20241129041037/https://static.pr...

Also worth noting AccuWeather CEO was nominated to lead NOAA in 2017 by Trump but withdrew after waiting more than 2 years for Senate confirmation.

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Post by thesuperbigfrog »

mp05 wrote: post #7
kristopolous wrote: post #3

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> This is part of the plan to gut and privatize NOAA because the billionaire behind AccuWeather says so. Source?

'Project 2025 would not outright end the National Weather Service. It says the agency “should focus on its data-gathering services,” and “should fully commercialize its forecasting operations.”

It said that “commercialization of weather technologies should be prioritized to ensure that taxpayer dollars are invested in the most cost-efficient technologies for high quality research and weather data.” Investing in commercial partners will increase competition, Project 2025 said.'

Source: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-what-pro...

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Post by esseph »

greenavocado wrote: post #6
kristopolous wrote: post #3

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I could barely care less because NOAA weather models are garbage. The NOAA GFS and NAM models are basically dinosaurs at this point compared to what Meteoblue is running. I've been tracking this stuff for ten years and it's not even close anymore. GFS still limps along at 13km resolution and only updates four times a day. Like, are we still in 2010? It completely screws up thunderstorm timing and can't handle mountai…

The entire fishing industry relies on NOAA.

This is not good.

Re: Beta.weather.gov

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Post by kristopolous »

random3 wrote: post #10
mp05 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This is part of the plan to gut and privatize NOAA because the billionaire behind AccuWeather says so. Source?

It’s an opinion - he/she is the source

It's explicitly stated as an intentional plan, out in the open, loudly, documented, widely reported, going back many years in many outlets, both domestically and internationally.

If your head is so far up the right wing bullshit machine that you can't bother to find out this extremely widely documented fact then this comment isn't going to help you.

Keep drinking that koolaid brother

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