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Please enjoy my last ever post at Climate.gov/ENSO Blog. This afternoon I was fired by the Trump Administration 15 days before my 2yr probationary period ended on March 13.
I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.

27.02.2025 23:22 — 👍 4706    🔁 1605    💬 266    📌 60

The MAGA Plan to End Free Weather Reports Project 2025 would all but dissolve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Some people were pretty incredulous when we published this before the election www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

28.02.2025 00:02 — 👍 1241    🔁 471    💬 21    📌 42

Are you affected by the @noaa.gov layoffs?

I'm a longtime environment reporter interested in NOAA, EPA and USGS.

Send me tips: lisasong.42 on Signal

Here's what I cover and some examples of my work: www.propublica.org/people/lisa-...

27.02.2025 22:11 — 👍 611    🔁 343    💬 7    📌 7

Something that deserves recognition:
At federal labs such as NOAA’s NSSL, ESRL, or EMC, most employees are first hired on as contractors through a company or cooperative institute. After several years, many get “promoted” by being hired as Feds. These are the “probationary employees” getting fired

28.02.2025 00:21 — 👍 325    🔁 113    💬 6    📌 4

I just got fired from NWS . This email is all I know. Read if you want.

27.02.2025 21:10 — 👍 2637    🔁 943    💬 283    📌 96

I am now hearing from multiple folks in the past two hours (including some who have personally been fired) that mass firings have now commenced within NOAA--including, yes, at the National Weather Service.

27.02.2025 21:17 — 👍 2301    🔁 1040    💬 126    📌 286

Layoffs hit federal climate, weather agency NOAA The cuts could affect NOAA's weather forecasts, climate research and other functions.

New: Layoffs underway of probationary employees at @noaa.gov Unclear so far how many were exempted for public safety reasons at the Nat'l Weather Service, NOAA Satellites and other units. www.axios.com/2025/02/27/l...

27.02.2025 20:46 — 👍 276    🔁 130    💬 13    📌 40

We haven’t chatted in awhile Zack but I’ve seen you progress immensely in the skillset you have & you’re an inspiration to us younger guys still trying to enter the field. Don’t give up my friend.

14.02.2025 04:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We are all in grave danger… If anybody was still wondering.

05.02.2025 19:41 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Good to be here. Just getting the gears turning again & currently monitoring the situation down here in Southern California tonight into tomorrow…

26.01.2025 04:52 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0