Acting (Of Course) Head Of NOAA Sends Email To "Boost Morale" After Shitstain's Sharpie Meltdown

[hatrack]

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The Washington Post learned Jacobs and NOAA chief of staff Julie Kay Roberts were involved in crafting the statement, which admonished the Weather Service’s Birmingham office for speaking “in absolute terms.” However, Jacobs fought issuing such a statement and also tried to block the paragraph that called out the Birmingham Weather Service office but lost both those arguments, according to two people who spoke to The Post.

The Post subsequently reported that the statement resulted after Jacobs was ordered by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to fix things at the request of Trump, through his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.

In the email to staff released Friday, with the subject line “Keeping NOAA’s Mission in Focus,” Jacobs showered praise on forecasters for their efforts during Dorian — specifically calling out the efforts of the Birmingham office. “During hurricane Dorian, our Weather Forecast Offices, including Birmingham and the National Hurricane Center, did their utmost to produce accurate and timely weather forecasts to inform the general public and ensure public safety,” Jacobs wrote.

Michael Halpern, deputy director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, wrote in an email that Jacobs and NOAA are “taking the right steps to repair the damage” from this whole saga. “The question will be whether Secretary Ross and the White House will make that same commitment,” Halpern wrote. “So far, their silence has been telling.”

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https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/09/in-agency-wide-email-noaa-chief-moves-to-regain-scientists-trust-after-defending-incorrect-trump-tweet.html

[Iliyah]

1. Resign, now.

Weather experts trying to save lives and property. Weather experts who are educated in the field of all things weather. And assholes disses them for a ignorant fool.

Fuck you. Resign.

[Phoenix61]

2. Who, exactly do you want to resign?

The acting head fought for the forecasters and sent an e-mail praising them. Twitler’s communication appointee issued the statement. Considering she worked on his inauguration campaign I’m sure she is feeling quite proud of herself for supporting him even if she had to throw forecasters under the bus to do so.