One of the TV pioneers in Florida warned the viewers on the air that he might not be able to properly inform them of the hurricanes due to the cuts before Trump administration To predict federal weather.
John Morales, veteran meteorologist in NBC 6 South Florida, He said Viewers on Monday night Donald Trump‘s Discounts For climate and weather agencies, the predictors will be “fly” in what is expected to be active tornado season.
call Hurricane DorianThat destroyed the Bahamas in 2019 and it seems directly head FloridaMorales said he was able with confidence to confirm the anxious viewers, that he would move away from the state.
“I am here to tell you that I am not sure that I can do that this year,” he said. “Because of the discounts, the attack, a hammer attack on science in general.”
Morales said that the attacks before Trump administration On the science, it will have a “multi -generations effect on the science in this country” and will specifically impede its function due to the reduction in hundreds of jobs in the national weather service, the national administration of oceans and atmosphere (Noaa).
“Did you know that the national weather offices in central and southern Florida are currently ranging from 20 % to 40 %, from Tamba to Ki West?” Morales said, referring to Lack of employees on a large scale in the weather offices along the coast.
“This type of deficiency in employment has effects throughout the country because there was a 20 % decrease in the weather balloon versions, and the launch. What we have started to see is the quality of prediction deteriorating.”
Television forecasts such as Morales, in addition to weather forecasting and private applications, depend on federal scientists for data collected from sources such as satellites, the release of the weather balloon and aircraft surveys. Morales warned the viewers that the “Hurricane Hunter” may not be able to fly this year and “with a lower survey we may fly blind and we may not know exactly how strong a hurricane is before reaching the coast.”
On Thursday, Morales told Al -Wasil newspaper that he stood beside his statements and that “the message was clear” for the viewers. When asked if he was concerned about revenge on the administration that sought this Devon And extraction The scholars said, Morales: “No, not at all. Science is science.”
Noa expected that the hurricane season in the United States, which officially started on Sunday, It will be more active than usualWith up to five main hurricanes with 111 miles per hour (179 km/h) or more. This has increased concerns about the consequences of financing discounts by Trump as part of the president’s attempts to reduce the federal workforce.
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After losing 600 employees in the demobilization of workers and early retirement, which caused the recognition of “deteriorating operations” with fewer employees to deal with expectations, it was the national weather service. this week Looking at a special permission to employ 100 predictors, radar technicians and others, despite the freezing of government employment. The Trump administration has insisted that the American public will be properly informed of the risks of the hurricane despite the cuts.
But experts said that more should be done to ensure that the weather will not be seduced, and the United States is better prepared for the harsh weather effects that are escalating due to global heating. Trump regularly rejected the science in force for climate change, describing it as a “giant trick” and “nonsense”.
In the air on Monday, Morales said viewers should gather to protect the national weather service. “What you have to do is call your representatives and make sure to stop these cuts,” he said.
