lightning researcher at UMD/ESSIC/CISESS. former NWS met. 'GLM evangelist.' FRQ LTG ALQDS. Louisiana born, raised & frequently. tweets do not represent any orgs
Apr 4 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
MAJOR IMPACTS TO NOAA SERVICES COMING
all of the listed websites/services from NOAA are set to disappear tonight due to contract terminations with no backups or recovery possible. this is almost unimaginable
do you use the drought maps from ? gone
does some of your funding come from WPO? their website: gone
the website serving the half of all ocean observing on Earth? gone drought.noaa.gov
Jan 18 • 19 tweets • 9 min read
Allen Media Group, who owns and operates 22 local "big 4" television stations across the US, and also coincidentally, The Weather Channel, has decided to cut costs by eliminating the jobs of every local meteorologist at all of their stations. all of them. a🧵
WTVA (ABC/NBC) in Tupelo/Columbus, MS, one of the most vulnerable areas in the entire country for deadly tornadoes, will have no local meteorologists starting March, right for southern severe storm season. MS has had 4 EF tornadoes since 2020, killing at least 30 people