Miles O’Brien:
And yet the Weather Service and its parent organization, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, are facing an uncertain financial forecast.
The Trump federal spending overview, known as the skinny budget, released by the White House on May 2, calls for a 24 percent cut to NOAA’s budget. The Department of Government Efficiency terminated more than 800 NOAA employees, raising concerns about the frequency of essential forecasting tasks like launching weather balloons.
And the science budget is hit even harder. Trump proposes a 74 percent cut to the Office of Oceanic Research.
Waleed Abdalati, University of Colorado Boulder: I think these numbers are very difficult to believe, frankly.
