Makes sense. Sharpies are like $2 each, so why do you need to spend more.
LucyTheBrazen on
Makes absolute sense. I bet Florida wouldn’t have been hit that hard by the hurricane if there were less accurate predictions about and data on it!
/s
davechri on
Less data, more sharpies.
Fucking republicans.
Ambitious-Joke-4695 on
Turns out the country that didn’t have barbarians at the gates had barbarians within the gates
onceinawhile222 on
Is this like when Donald didn’t want to test so much for Covid. Isn’t that the Ostrich school where you stick your fingers in your ear and go nanananana?
Metal-Dog on
It’s all because they want to keep denying that climate change is happening.
APhoneOperator on
I get the “less information, better controlled population” bit of fascism, but what exactly does a Trump presidency get out of this? Neglecting to tell states about natural disasters so economies won’t be situated until it’s too late? Or do they just want to tell everyone the country is LITERALLY filled with sunshine and rainbows everywhere with no opposing sources?
Awkward_Squad on
These people are your enemies, you know that don’t you.
SolidCat1117 on
This is what we should be talking about, not $100k watches.
hanakuchimimi on
Companies like AccuWeather really want to privatize forecast data so we all have to pay for it.
This is about climate change and the fact the NOAA’s data and scientists support the fact that climate change is occurring… something conservative republicans just can’t seem to deal with
buttergun on
Get ready to pay a subscription fee for that free weather app you’ve used for the last decade.
DramaticWesley on
How do you break up a national weather service? A lot of weather systems cover huge swaths of the United States. What a bunch of morons.
ProjectFantastic1045 on
Literally the most functional and valuable agency they want to destroy so they can become lords in their new serfdom scheme. They hate progress and science anytime it gives power to regular people, to the greater good, and to the individual—to the little guy. In this case, they want to take away the power afforded by the basic knowledge that a storm pattern is coming. MAGA is so SO evil and nasty.
confusedVanWorden on
It’s much easier to lie about climate change when the agency that measures its effect has been gutted.
LookOverall on
Simply because they are one of those organisations that tell governments things they don’t want to hear. The EPA will, no doubt, go as well
benchcoat on
Barry Myers, former CEO of Accuweather (current CEO is his brother) has been lobbying for years to get NOAA and the National Weather Service banned from providing easily available free weather forecasts. He wants taxpayer money to keep running the services, but make the data locked up for his paid service to provide. Trump nominated Myers to run NOAA during his first term.
…fun fact from wikipedia on Myers:
“In 2018, an investigation by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs found rampant, pervasive and severe sexual harassment at AccuWeather, and determined that the company, under Myers’s leadership, ignored the harassment and retaliated against victims who complained.”
unslainACHILLES on
Republican people have to be alien lizard people who will thrive in climate change. They act like lizard people, they must be.
thelionsnorestonight on
IIRC, the last chapter of Michael Lewis’ [The Fifth Risk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Risk) covers NOAA (tornado forecasting in the Midwest in particular). Great book.
Antisocial-sKills on
Let me take a wild guess and say Republicans want to ‘privatize’ NOAA.
With the GOP it’s ALWAYS about greed and grift at the expense of a functioning society.
CrestedWave78 on
Yeah! They spread lies and misinformation while they devastate us with their massive storms!
Ihathreturd on
Why is this a news article? The real attention grabber should be Page 750 of Project 2025 which states states they should get rid of financial recovery for people affected by natural disasters.
squintamongdablind on
Highly recommend watching John Oliver’s segment on Accuweather and its owners the Myers brothers. Helps explain the right wingers’ obsession with defunding NOAA.
whydatyou on
which ELECTED republican in congress has actually introduced project 2025 into legislation? answer = zero,,, point,,, zero.
thereverendpuck on
Yeah. Duck those commie socialists and their weather predicting! You don’t need this beaurcracy after we partner with COBRA and their Weather Dominator!!’
AdkRaine12 on
Privatized. You know, like AccuWeather which gets all its data from NOAA.
Alib668 on
Its so the guy who owns weather stuff gets the ability to make a shit tonne of money providing weather data he gets for free.
arlmwl on
Republicans won’t break up big business monopolies that could actually help the average American. But they will break up one of the most useful public services that government provides!
The evilness, malice, and stupidity of right wingers never fails to amaze me.
gauchoman2002 on
Privatized weather forecasting is just another Republican dream. “There may be a life threatening storm about to HIT YOUR LOCATION!!! Subscribe now for details about how to avoid death. Surge pricing may apply.”
Natoochtoniket on
People who live in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and along the Gulf coast need to know:
If Trump had been President, there would have been NO WARNING that a hurricane was coming.
Kannigget on
Republican policies are a deadly threat to our lives.
Interesting-End6344 on
They’re just pissed that the real experts fact checcked their twit with a sharpie.
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Makes sense. Sharpies are like $2 each, so why do you need to spend more.
Makes absolute sense. I bet Florida wouldn’t have been hit that hard by the hurricane if there were less accurate predictions about and data on it!
/s
Less data, more sharpies.
Fucking republicans.
Turns out the country that didn’t have barbarians at the gates had barbarians within the gates
Is this like when Donald didn’t want to test so much for Covid. Isn’t that the Ostrich school where you stick your fingers in your ear and go nanananana?
It’s all because they want to keep denying that climate change is happening.
I get the “less information, better controlled population” bit of fascism, but what exactly does a Trump presidency get out of this? Neglecting to tell states about natural disasters so economies won’t be situated until it’s too late? Or do they just want to tell everyone the country is LITERALLY filled with sunshine and rainbows everywhere with no opposing sources?
These people are your enemies, you know that don’t you.
This is what we should be talking about, not $100k watches.
Companies like AccuWeather really want to privatize forecast data so we all have to pay for it.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AccuWeather#National_Weather_Service](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AccuWeather#National_Weather_Service)
This is about climate change and the fact the NOAA’s data and scientists support the fact that climate change is occurring… something conservative republicans just can’t seem to deal with
Get ready to pay a subscription fee for that free weather app you’ve used for the last decade.
How do you break up a national weather service? A lot of weather systems cover huge swaths of the United States. What a bunch of morons.
Literally the most functional and valuable agency they want to destroy so they can become lords in their new serfdom scheme. They hate progress and science anytime it gives power to regular people, to the greater good, and to the individual—to the little guy. In this case, they want to take away the power afforded by the basic knowledge that a storm pattern is coming. MAGA is so SO evil and nasty.
It’s much easier to lie about climate change when the agency that measures its effect has been gutted.
Simply because they are one of those organisations that tell governments things they don’t want to hear. The EPA will, no doubt, go as well
Barry Myers, former CEO of Accuweather (current CEO is his brother) has been lobbying for years to get NOAA and the National Weather Service banned from providing easily available free weather forecasts. He wants taxpayer money to keep running the services, but make the data locked up for his paid service to provide. Trump nominated Myers to run NOAA during his first term.
…fun fact from wikipedia on Myers:
“In 2018, an investigation by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs found rampant, pervasive and severe sexual harassment at AccuWeather, and determined that the company, under Myers’s leadership, ignored the harassment and retaliated against victims who complained.”
Republican people have to be alien lizard people who will thrive in climate change. They act like lizard people, they must be.
IIRC, the last chapter of Michael Lewis’ [The Fifth Risk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Risk) covers NOAA (tornado forecasting in the Midwest in particular). Great book.
Let me take a wild guess and say Republicans want to ‘privatize’ NOAA.
With the GOP it’s ALWAYS about greed and grift at the expense of a functioning society.
Yeah! They spread lies and misinformation while they devastate us with their massive storms!
Why is this a news article? The real attention grabber should be Page 750 of Project 2025 which states states they should get rid of financial recovery for people affected by natural disasters.
Highly recommend watching John Oliver’s segment on Accuweather and its owners the Myers brothers. Helps explain the right wingers’ obsession with defunding NOAA.
which ELECTED republican in congress has actually introduced project 2025 into legislation? answer = zero,,, point,,, zero.
Yeah. Duck those commie socialists and their weather predicting! You don’t need this beaurcracy after we partner with COBRA and their Weather Dominator!!’
Privatized. You know, like AccuWeather which gets all its data from NOAA.
Its so the guy who owns weather stuff gets the ability to make a shit tonne of money providing weather data he gets for free.
Republicans won’t break up big business monopolies that could actually help the average American. But they will break up one of the most useful public services that government provides!
The evilness, malice, and stupidity of right wingers never fails to amaze me.
Privatized weather forecasting is just another Republican dream. “There may be a life threatening storm about to HIT YOUR LOCATION!!! Subscribe now for details about how to avoid death. Surge pricing may apply.”
People who live in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and along the Gulf coast need to know:
If Trump had been President, there would have been NO WARNING that a hurricane was coming.
Republican policies are a deadly threat to our lives.
They’re just pissed that the real experts fact checcked their twit with a sharpie.