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In 1807 the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was established under Thomas Jefferson to provide nautical charts to the maritime community. The weather bureau was established in 1870, and one year later the U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries was founded. These agencies were the first physical sciences dedicated specifically to atmospheric sciences. In 1970 these three agencies were combined to form what we have today as NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). NOAA is under the Department of Commerce. It is tasked with daily weather forecasts, severe weather warnings and climate monitoring. It is parent to the National Weather Service.
TrumpƵs DOGE team has gutted NOAA by firing more than 1,000 employees earlier this year. Weather experts have stated that because of these cuts there will be fewer weather balloon launches, thus affecting vital weather forecasts. Along with the fewer balloons, the agency will no longer track the data regarding the damage costs of these disaster events including hurricanes, tornadoes, hail, flooding, etc. According to Kristina Dahl, who is vice president of science at nonprofit climate organization Climate Central, ƵItƵs critical that we highlight those events when theyƵre happening. All of these changes will make Americans less safe in the face of climate changeƵ.
Now that Trump and his MAGA base have effectively stuck our governmentƵs head in the sand, will God be obliged to call off hurricanes in America under TrumpƵs administration? Will God fall in line with the DOGE budget cuts because Trump makes it so? It appears that Trump and MAGA have decided that ignoring climate change facts will also change scientific reality. For over 200 years, America has had POTUSes that respected scientific data as a vital tool to help protect and preserve American lives. How did we get to where we now are?
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