Trump administration proposes 8 percent budget cut at NWS, reduction in staff
Posted by
Chris in Tampa on 2/12/2018, 10:58 pm
Hopefully this never happens:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/02/12/trump-administration-proposes-8-percent-budget-cut-at-national-weather-service-reduction-in-staff/
"Fresh on the heels of the costliest year on record for weather disasters, with economic damages exceeding $300 billion in the United States, the Trump administration has proposed cutting the National Weather Service's budget by about 8 percent. It also recommends eliminating 355 jobs at the agency, including 248 forecasting positions
The overall budget decrease for fiscal 2019 totals just over $75 million."
Last week there was some extra funding as part of the disaster relief approved.
"The package includes $100 million for improvements to support weather supercomputing infrastructure and forecasting."
But cutting positions is a terrible idea. They already have staffing issues at the NWS. |
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