The National Weather Service has received permission to hire 450 meteorologists, hydrologists and radar technicians just months after being hit hard by DOGE-related cuts and early retirement incentives.
The new hiring number includes 126 new positions that were previously approved and will apply to “front-line mission critical” personnel, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official told CNN.
The NWS cuts have spurred concerns over how well-prepared the country is to withstand hurricane season, which is just starting to heat up in the Atlantic. The staff reductions also have been scrutinized in the wake of the deadly Texas floods in July, with vacancies at weather service forecast offices there.
Surprising no one, as this was laid out in Project 2025.
Finally, we need some good Trump loyalists controlling the weather machines. -s
And the space lasers. We took that back from the Jews, dontchaknow.
More seriously, though…They don’t need to actually control the weather, just the information. They’ve been saying climate change is a liberal hoax for decades and they are out to prove themselves right by any means necessary.
I hope the rehired workers get a higher salary than they had before.
Same but I also really hope that appears on the budget against the cost saving efforts. So we can show a rise in cost where they tried to reduce cost and it can be recorded as the huge failure it is
I hope they get a higher wage.
