#hurricanes
2 entries with this tag
Incompetence
Gutted NOAA and National Weather Service
Trump fired 880 NOAA employees including hurricane modelers, proposed a 28% budget cut, ended Spanish weather alerts, and transferred hurricane-tracking satellites to the Pentagon. Weather forecasting capacity was severely degraded.
Incompetence
Suggested Nuking Hurricanes
Trump reportedly asked officials multiple times "Why don't we nuke them?" about hurricanes, suggesting dropping nuclear bombs into the eye of a storm. NOAA literally has a FAQ page explaining why this won't work.