When I see 14 dead in Kentucky. I think 14 people murdered by Elon DOGE cuts.

[Duncanpup]

DOGE cuts eliminated overnight storm warning forecaster job. This is now fourteen funerals it is heartbreaking this administration our lives are cheap.
We even have secretary of Health and human services saying vaccines are bad. Yet he goes and swims in a creek full of shit.
After 2026 mid terms we have to have congressional hearings.
I’m just extremely pissed off.

[marble falls]

1. It's easier to hide the victims of DOGE. It'll devolve into a war of numbers and assumptions. A tornado leaves ...

... cold, hard undeniable facts and evidence.

[MadLinguist]

14. Cold hard facts are being made harder to come by

The accounting of deaths, of dollars, of resources used, of damages caused, and on & on -- across agencies the jobs and departments that collect these data, do this accounting are especially targeted precisely to deny the facts. Winning the propaganda war is everything to these hunques of shyte

[sop]

2. MAGA thinks it's God's will.

[SheltieLover]

3. Fleaon is a murderer, imo

Not only of the people killed by this recent storm, but those who are literally starving to death every day because he cut USAID.

[Duncanpup]

4. MAGA is cruel

[marble falls]

7. That's their motto and their pleasure.

[SheltieLover]

10. And their intention

[SheltieLover]

9. The cruelty is the point for them, Dunc

None of those assholes need the money. They are doing it to hurt people.

[Littlered]

5. Terrible news.

These storms are growing stronger and more common. Is there a link to these job cuts?

[marble falls]

8. Not to the events: they can't make tactical effects on hurricanes and tornadoes, but they sure as hell affect the ...

... after effects and remediation. Firing rescue agencies can be tied to that.

[barbtries]

13. here's one.

of many. this one's older
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/noaa-workers-report-intentional-chaos-personnel-cuts-rcna201625

more recent
https://www.newsweek.com/kentucky-nws-staff-cuts-before-deadly-tornado-hit-reports-2073733

many links at google

[Littlered]

19. Thank you.

I was really worried about the noaa cuts as they do a lot more than correct imbeciles hurricane forecasts. I am pretty active as a civilian. I have a local weather station that reports to madis. I enjoy making sure my data is as precise and accurate as possible. I rarely use noaa for tornado warnings. Our local meteorologists are all over it. They are using noaa radar but they have access to data we don’t and can reliably pinpoint areas of concern.

Even though the cuts are not attributed to any of these deaths. It certainly sounds like it created the need for more local cooperation, which in turn will be paid for at the local level. And we all know who pays for that.

Anyway, from the second article… The deaths were not attributable to the staffing cuts," he said, according to the outlet. "Everybody was there last night. We had a full team."

[BoRaGard]

6. G.O.P. is crapping on the poor in order to make tax cuts for the wealthy

so sick

[The Madcap]

12. The "poors" will die

Unless they can be productive slaves. It's the Nazi way. They're just doing it by attrition at this point.

[Diamond_Dog]

11. I am just as pissed off as you are Duncanpup.

[irisblue]

15. The adults in Kentucky (and Ohio) chose this by voting for *that* being.

I am feeling grief, anger and 'we freaking told you' so as we bury our dead country women & men.

It would have been different if the people of Kentucky (and Ohio) chose better.

[ShazzieB]

17. Especially Ohio.

Ohio has 17 electoral votes; Kentucky only has 8.

[irisblue]

18. Too right. Ohio messed up badly

[chouchou]

16. Next on the far-right idiots list: "We need to dig up Galileo and burn him for Blasphemy!"