It is a legitimate question and deserves to be answered. Not unlike questions about DEI programs in the military under the last administration hurting recruiting and readiness.
When government makes significant staffing changes affecting service provided to the citizens of the nation, the citizens have the right to understand the impact and to question the decision.
In the corporate world I’ve seen headcount cuts negatively impact sales, production and other key functions. Decision often result in unintended consequences. Successful organizations recognize their mistakes and make adjustments.
“ When government makes significant staffing changes affecting service ”
What would the government do in such a case, in particular?
I’m a few miles from the Guadalupe here and I’m dry. My porch furniture is taking a beating
Do I thank the government for that? What have they done, in particular?
“It is a legitimate question and deserves to be answered.”
Are you so suggestable that the mere positing of the question by a Trump hating paper makes you think it is legitimate?
The answer is no.
-It is a legitimate question and deserves to be answered. -
Did the DOGE layoffs at the National Weather Service just kill a bunch of people?
No!
complete nonsense ...
the NWS forecast model is automated: the model produces a new U.S. national forecast four times every 24 hours with an individual forecast for every model gridpoint on the national map, with each gridpoint representing an area approximately .25 square miles ... boundary conditions for the model are also automatically fed into the model from automatic measurements made at thousands of NWS stations around the country ...
model output is automatically output to multiple public feeds including a public website ...
here’s an example:
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-105.275&lat=40.027
cutting a few hundred NWS staff doesn’t do squat, and certainly doesn’t cause flash flooding warnings from the model to be ignored by local governments ...
You think it takes six hundred people to issue a flash flood warning?
It is a legitimate question. But based on the responses I’ve seen from people who are probably a lot more familiar with the situation than I am, it doesn’t appear the cuts had an impact on the response. But it’s absolutely a fair question.