Part of recovering from this historic and horrifying disaster is of course understanding whether we were ready for it, whether we could have done more. Quote, "Staff vacancies hit Texas weather offices as they brace for a busy hurricane season. " This was May of this year from KY in Austin. Warnings, fears of impacts of staffing cuts at National Weather Service. This was from even earlier from from April from KXAN in Austin. Head of local weather warnings takes early retirement as Noah cuts continue. That o ...