Andrew Barney

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Winter so soon…

I’d argue the invest naming system needs changing as well. The recycling of numbers frequently causes confusion.

This was just awful the past week in GA.

America’s Brain Drain Could Become the World’s Brain Gain Research-funding cuts and immigration changes threaten some of America’s economic advantages.

Since WWII, America has led the world -- economically and in so many other ways -- in no small part because of its willingness to spend on basic research and its ability to attract the world's best and brightest.

That is changing -- fast. My deep dive on the topic:

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show

The floods ripped through Texas on July 4.

On July 5, FEMA received 3000 calls from survivors. 1% were unanswered.

That night, Trump/Noem fired the people who answer the calls.

On July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls. 65% unanswered.

July 7: 85%.

Sick.

NYT, Page One:

“Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to ‘any city, any university I want,’ he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.”

@nytimes.com

The situation in the weather world is bad right now.

-Large private sector company badgering NWS
-NWS under direct assault by current government
-GOP members of Congress in high weather risk areas believing AI and apps work better than NWS.

All of this makes us less safe. Full stop.

GOOD NEWS - "Thank you to everyone who expressed their strong support for the Regional Climate Center program. Our funding has been restored by NOAA and the Department of Commerce." www.ncei.noaa.gov/regional/reg...

Happy birthday to me

Our rising seas. This is only going to get harder to ignore.

This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/

Every private sector entity dealing with natural catastrophe / weather / climate risk is hugely dependent on the freely available data from NOAA / NASA / USGS / FEMA.

It's quality controlled. It's robust. It's essential.

The private weather / climate enterprise cannot function without it either.

Awesome. Thank you!!

Is there a resource to view this track information publicly?

Hey there. Just wanted to say that I was glad to see you were on the extendeds earlier this week. I noticed you have a real keen eye for big setups ahead of time last year and it’s continuing this year. You do great work - thank you.

Daylight Savings Time is THE BEST

So energized. Sunset is now 6:52pm!

"Perhaps no other federal entity facilitates greater economic and commercial activity than NOAA and its data sources."

Truth.

The value of NOAA from a life safety, forecasting, data collection, research, or commerce perspective provides a return on investment that few federal agencies can match.

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Reckless. Stupid. Short-sighted. Undoubtedly damaging to our own nation. Anger-inducing. A self-own, an own goal.

Not much else describes the NWS & NOAA firings today.

The National Weather Service is THE ONLY source of weather data in the US. Every weather app, local broadcaster, and weather forecast map is based on NWS data from NOAA. This is a ridiculously stupid own goal for the US that will disrupt all kinds of social and economic activity, and endanger lives.

To be clear: If there were to be large staffing reductions at NOAA and NWS—at appears is now indeed underway, with credible reports of larger further cuts on horizon—there will be people who die in extreme weather events & related disasters who would not have otherwise.
10/11

Why Private Forecasting Companies Can’t Replace the National Weather Service NOAA and the NWS provide public weather data that private companies cannot recreate

This is a really nice, simple distillation of the vital role NOAA and the NWS play and how private companies cannot replace what they do.

Thanks sir, appreciate it! This is good stuff to see.

No data from CT?