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Former NOAA Leadershp Responds To Duh Grate Leedur's Cat 5 Whining And The Whores Who Serve Him
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Elbert “Joe” Friday is a former director of the National Weather Service and a former President of the American Meteorological Society. He wrote publicly on his Facebook page:
The NHC and the WFOs (Weather Forecast Offices) are to be commended for the accuracy of the warnings and forecasts and their efforts to communicate the dangers to the emergency management community and to the public. The blemish to a Federal Government carrying out its duty to protect life and property was the erroneous warning issued by a Presidential Tweet. At the time of our glorious leader’s tweet, the chances of significant impact to the state of Alabama was essentially zero. The recent communications by a ‘NOAA Spokesman’ which tried to rewrite history in deplorable. Chastising WFO Birmingham for correctly pointing out that there was no danger to Alabama was unconscionable. NOAA is a great agency with an important mission for the nation. This rewriting history to satisfy an ego dimishes NOAA
Elbert “Joe” Friday, former NWS Director
Former National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read expressed his dismay over the NOAA press release in social media. He wrote on Facebook:
My understanding is the employees have been told they are not to comment on the issue. So I will. As I see it there are two possible drivers leading to the statement. Either NOAA Leadership truly agrees with what they posted or they were ordered to do it. If it is the former, the statement shows a lack of understanding of how to use probabilistic forecasts in conjunction with other forecast information. Embarrassing. If it is the latter, the statement shows a lack of courage on their part by not supporting the people in the field who are actually doing the work. Heartbreaking. I disagree with the essence of this statement. What the Birmingham NWS office sent out Sunday morning was correct and served the public well. It clearly let the public know that they were not at risk from the impacts of Hurricane Dorian. So disappointing.
Bill Read, former directof of the National Hurricane Center
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2019/09/07/former-noaa-leadership-weighs-in-on-the-agencys-rebuke-of-a-national-weather-service-office/#29276b3e1eff