Hurricane season has just 2 weeks remaining. For the first time in a decade there have been zero hurricanes that made US landfall and zero Gulf hurricanes.Is this the result of renaming it the Gulf of America? https://t.co/K15q1MPF4o ...

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Hurricane Forecasting Concerns - Staff shortages and data loss could reduce hurricane forecast accuracy [1] - Unmanned sail drone contract delayed until 2026 due to Doge buyouts and staff shortages at NOAA [3] - Loss of sail drone data impacts wind and sea surface data collection used by the National Hurricane Center [2][3] - Potential reduction in hurricane hunter flights raises concerns about data loss from above [4] - Hurricane hunter data improves track and intensity forecasts by 15% to 20% [5] Impact of Data Loss - Forecast models rely on data from sail drones, hurricane hunter flights, and weather balloons [7] - Poor data quality leads to inaccurate forecasts [8] - Potential for increased loss of life due to reduced preparedness compared to pre-2024 levels [11] Mitigation Efforts - National Weather Service to rehire 450 employees lost through Doge cuts and buyouts [9] - NOAA maintains commitment to delivering gold standard weather forecasting [10] - Rehires may take months, coinciding with the most active part of hurricane season [10] Historical Example - Hurricane Otis in 2023 intensified rapidly, more than doubling in strength in 37 hours, reaching 165 mph winds, causing nearly 100 deaths [6]

How soon do you want to see FEMA eliminated. And what's your message to the governors about how much more an expense is going to fall to states. Well, it's not going to be so much the states.We're going to give out less money. We're going to give it out directly. It'll be from the president's office.We'll have somebody here. Uh could be Homeland Security, but we're going to give it out through a a method where it's given out. As an example, I just gave out 71 million dollars to a certain state.They were loo ...