The five living ex -national weather service leaders have written and published an open letter to the American people and warned the impact of the program to the staff National ocean and atmospheric administrationThese cuts called “worst nightmares” lead to “unnecessary loss of fatalities”.
Since the beginning of the year, more than 550 employees have left the National Meteorological Service, it has kept its employees ahead 10% level Hurricane season And the busiest time of the year. And Proposed budget They say that the original meteorological organization published by the White House will reduce the NOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, virtually eliminating NOA’s research functions for the weather, limiting sea data observation and reducing funding for new satellites.
Louis Eusselini, Jack Heis, Brigadier General DL Johnson, Brigadier General John J Kelly Jr. and EW (Joe) worked under the five signatures of the Republicans and the Democratic Administration on Friday.
In their letter, “Our worst nightmare is the weather forecast offices will be so degraded that there will be unnecessary damage to fatalities,” their letter said. “We know that it’s a nightmare that shared the front line in the forecast – and by the people dependent on their efforts.”
Some forecast offices can be so small employees that they only have to do part-time work, they warned.
“The Houston Office lost his three senior meteorologists,” told CBS News on Friday. “We have many offices all over the country that have to be closed at night because they do not have enough staff,” he said.
Indicated Friday Easter-weekly storms and floods in Oklahoma Two people were killed in it, which he said that better forecast could be given.
“These are things that are about to happen with more pressure on the organization,” he said.
Friday said they were hopeful that they would affect the emergency of the situation on the Congressional leaders and the public.
“It is very unusual that we have agreed on any of the five former directors, who live in Oklahoma and retired on Friday.” However, collectively, the group thought the message was important to the organization and science, he said.
In particular, former NWS directors warned that stuffing cuts could have ramification for aircraft that could not fly without proper weather observation and prediction, and the vessels that depend on the forecasts of the storm to avoid dangerous high sea. Farmers also rely on the seasonal forecast for planting and harvesting, they mentioned.
“As a former director of the National Meteorological Services, we correctly know what it takes to make the right forecast and we are United States and the NWS’s damage to the loss of staff and resources and deeply concerned about the NOA. Join us and your voice is raised,” the letter said.
According to the White House, the budget of the President’s proposed fiscal year 2026 will reduce most federal agencies, according to the White House, the average cut will be close to about 5%. It increases the cost of Pentagon and border security. Congress is ultimately responsible for creating and passing the budget.
According to the proposed budget, NOA can see most climate-based research and data collection more than $ 1.5-billion dollars. However, attempts to stop any climate related activities will also affect the ability of weather data collection.
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