US weather agency plans to fire 1,000 in second round of cuts

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Reuters

March 9, 2025 6:45 PM EDT Updated an hour ago


WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. government agency that provides weather forecasts is planning another round of mass layoffs as part of President Donald Trump's plan to thin the ranks of the U.S. civil service, a person familiar with the plan said on Sunday.

The planned layoffs of 1,029 workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration follow 1,300 who have already been fired from the agency, which also conducts climate research and other scientific tasks.

The two rounds of layoffs and a buyout program will shrink the agency's headcount by roughly 20% since the start of the year. The planned cuts were first reported by the New York Times and CBS.

All U.S. government agencies have been ordered to come up with layoff plans by March 13 as part of President Donald Trump's unprecedented campaign to overhaul the government. Scientists and researchers have been warning that layoffs at NOAA will put American lives at risk and stifle crucial climate research.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/memo-says-mass-layoffs-veterans-affairs-will-begin-early-june-2025-03-09/

[Karasu]

1. Of all the things to cheap out on at this point in history. Er...excuse me...make "efficient."

[irisblue]

2. February 2024 tornados killed 3 people in Ohio. If not for NOAA calling take cover how many more?

"Ohio's worst tornado of 2024 struck the Indian Lake region
It left a nearly 32-mile path of destruction, killed three people and injured dozens more. The Logan County Sheriff's Office identified Darla Williams, 70; Marilyn Snapp, 81; and Neal Longfellow, 69, as the deceased.Feb 28, 2025"
https://www.dispatch.com

Ohio & February & tornados....not common. Gee what will happen later this summer?

[AmericaUnderSiege]

3. It's mostly the Plains and South that need accurate weather data, so go right ahead.

Pray for weather that doesn't obliterate your redneck towns, and then pray for your Glorious Leader to deliver you when it does. Then we'll watch you blame some helpless minority when the clown you picked over your own country laughs in your face, as everyone other than you knew he would.

I wish I could put up a billboard. I swear, I wish I could put up a billboard.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. I find your assertion questionable.

It's mostly the Plains and South that need accurate weather data, so go right ahead.

I note that SAME codes exist for every city and county from sea to shining sea, so bad things can happen anywhere, even western North Carolina.

SAME Weather Radios

[AmericaUnderSiege]

9. I'm just venting.

Tired of Midwest and Southern Republicans literally living off the government tit while waging eternal war on the poor.

[benfranklin1776]

4. This is insane and must be stopped 🤬

People WILL die as a result if it is not. This is an essential service these professionals provide to each and every one of us and is vital to our safety. 😡

[jeffreyi]

7. I believe wildfire spot forcasts are affected, basically eliminated.

If so, people will definitely be killed.

[benfranklin1776]

8. Sadly yes not to mention lethal delays in issuing tornado and flash flood warnings 🤬

And why oh why, why the fuck why??? So these bastards can have tax cuts for the obscene malefactors of great wealth?! 🤬As with the savage USAID cuts which killed and are killing people they show that human life of anyone who can’t afford to buy membership in their exclusive psychopath club is utterly meaningless to them 😡😡 They are the very essence of evil 🤬🤬

[NotHardly]

5. Simply unconscionable shit storm of their making.