NOAA backs Trump on Alabama hurricane forecast, rebukes Weather Service for accurately contradicting
Source: The Washington Post
The federal agency that oversees the National Weather Service has sided with President Trump over its own scientists in the ongoing controversy over whether Alabama was at risk of a direct hit from Hurricane Dorian.
In a statement released Friday afternoon, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stated Alabama was in fact threatened by the storm at the time Trump tweeted Alabama would most likely be hit (much) harder than anticipated.
Referencing archived hurricane advisories, the NOAA statement said that information provided to the president and the public between Aug. 28 and Sept. 2 demonstrated that tropical-storm-force winds from Hurricane Dorian could impact Alabama."
In an unusual move, the statement also admonished its National Weather Service office in Birmingham, Ala., which had released a tweet contradicting Trumps claim and stating, Alabama will NOT see any impacts from #Dorian.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/09/06/noaa-backs-president-trump-alabama-hurricane-forecast-rebukes-weather-service-office-that-accurately-contradicted-him/
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)Who was told to lie so turdface could continue the charade?
mbusby
(822 posts)...Barry Myers, trump appointee.
I just read the thread in GD.
I hope reporters will follow up on this...
Turbineguy
(37,206 posts)PSPS
(13,512 posts)area51
(11,868 posts)Should read:
There fixed it for ya, WaPo.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)I did see that the people from the National Weather Service are hopping mad.
BumRushDaShow
(127,260 posts)Mets from all over the country are raging (including on a weather forum that I post on).
Delphinus
(11,808 posts)I recently bought the NOAA weather app that I now want to take off because I don't want to support them.
BumRushDaShow
(127,260 posts)due to some political appointee ass who used to be an exec. at Accuweather, sadly an organization that has had a long-standing, often "public" beef with the NWS.
BumRushDaShow
(127,260 posts)Link to tweet
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NOAA Communications
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NOAA Statementhttps://www.noaa.gov/news/statement-from-noaa
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5:50 PM - Sep 6, 2019
Link to statement with embedded clickable link - https://www.noaa.gov/news/statement-from-noaa
That link goes to the series of their "wind probabilities" cones for the storm - https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2019/DORIAN_graphics.php?product=wind_probs_34_F120
And the referenced ones had nothing to do with the situation at the time of the press conference.
Chemisse
(30,793 posts)The Wizard
(12,482 posts)that goes in the "not to be trusted" category. Why did it take 5 days for them to take this position? Given Trump's history, they were waiting for the bribe check to clear. This one could carry serious consequences as the majority of Americans do not trust Trump, and could reasonably ignore warnings coming from NOAA.
Roy Rolling
(6,853 posts)At the time the Moron-in-Chief warned that Alabama was targeted, the NWS had the hurricanes path clearly avoiding Alabama.
dalton99a
(81,062 posts)Bayard
(21,801 posts)This should have just been a blip on the idiot radar. Not a full blown scandal that keeps getting covered.
Not like tRump's latest grift scheme with ordering the military to stay at his palaces.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Sadly, we should expect more of this from all federal agencies - including the military.
The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)jeffreyi
(1,934 posts)Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)older information that wasn't valid any longer. You know, like a normal person would do.
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)Paladin
(28,202 posts)She's not even close to being any sort of weather scientist.
The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)Is should trump lose the next election (like he already did in the first place) he will not accept the results.