83

The abrupt cutoff of satellite data crucial for hurricane forecasting is delayed by one month, until July 31, according to a message posted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Monday.

The impending data loss from a Department of Defense weather satellite system was announced on June 25 and slated to take place “no later than” Monday, according to an earlier NOAA announcement.

The decision, which was initiated by the Defense Department, caused an uproar among meteorologists, public officials and the media in the midst of hurricane season. The fear is that the missing information could degrade the accuracy of hurricane forecasts. The move comes in the wake of steep personnel cuts at the National Weather Service and other parts of NOAA.

top 39 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 week ago

Southeast U.S. can wave their heritage flags and listen to their Trumpy trout while everything they own washes away. Thank you for voting for the last 60 years to fuck yourself.

[-] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

Don't forget, no FEMA funding to rebuild either.

[-] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

A red state has always been fucked by FEMA. I used to live in Florida and there were homes still destroyed from Irma in 2017. The GOP state government always stops FEMA when a Dem is president. Then when a GOP becomes president they don't want to use FEMA.

they will blame the woke leftists dei for the incoming hurricanes

[-] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The homosexuality upsets god and sends hurricanes upon us!

[-] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

1930s didn't have satelite, America was great then, people segregated, supporting Nazis. Make America great again.

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

We also have a pretty radical (compared to today) and vocal left in the 30s.

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 10 points 1 week ago

People will die. Property will be destroyed. This appears to be the plan.

[-] Wytch@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

They want fewer poor Americans. Naturally, the best way to achieve this is to let them die.

[-] ElectricWaterfall@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Property could be purchased for cents on the dollar when people lose everything and have no support.

[-] vala@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Isn't that who voted for them though?

[-] Killer57@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Why would republicans care? They didn't care during COVID

[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online 9 points 1 week ago

They're trying to get rid of the NWS because they want to privatize access to weather data.

Imagine what it will be like when you have to pay to receive severe weather alerts. These bastards are just trying to make it (even more) fatal to be poor.

[-] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I've said this before, first weather. Then GPS. That is going to suck. A lot of people probably don't remember when GPS was obfuscated. We could go back to that, or completely scrambled without a key.

[-] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Good things phones all work with Galieleo

[-] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well about that. The FCC and the EU came to an agreement about use of Galileo gps.

This means the opposite can be true, and they can require a push to revoke Galileo. Or the EU could revoke the gps as well. The license can effectively stop most people from having gps even Galileo. Yes you could avoid the update, try and use the signals anyways, but for the majority of people, a simple update and its gone.

At least in the states anyways.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 9 points 1 week ago

We can't see the hurricanes lalalalala!

-Trump, probably.

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Next time a hurricane hits trump is ready with his sharpie.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

How could Biden do this?

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I wonder how they'll rationalize "Democrats control the weather" now that the Republicans control all three branches of government

[-] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Don't worry he'll just nuke it

[-] nthavoc@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago

It's ok. The returning Trump Sharpie, now offered in gold, will help predict hurricanes with 100% accuracy. Only $999.99. Get all the latest Sharpie updates on your totally-manufactured-in-the-US biggly Trump phone. (big /s there)

[-] hefejefe@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Haha get fucked republicunts.

[-] Karrion409@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Funny thing is this will mostly affect the south. They voted for this shit so they get no sympathy from me.

[-] woshua@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

Did you type your comment from a country that voted for this? Do you deserve sympathy from other countries? Or do you think every person in the south voted for this?

[-] Karrion409@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't expect sympathy from other countries because I feel like america broadly deserves this as punishment for its apathy and I'm saying this as someone who voted Harris. Also most people in the south voted for this. You wanna go cry for those people then be my guest. Im done having sympathy for backwards idiots who hate everyone and everything around them and are actively trying to set us back as a society. As for the small percentage of people who live there who didnt vote for this I feel bad for them and hope they can get out. Other than that they can rot in their disaster ridden meth towns because thats what they voted for.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago

Tell us you don't have a clue how the electoral college works without telling us.

[-] Bonus@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

He's mostly fueled by being a little bitch, isn't he? The Obama roast and Sharpiegate being two of his biggest motivators.

[-] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Why would he do this when democrats can control the weather?

[-] officermike@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Well as of tomorrow, weather modification will be illegal in the state of Florida. As such, Democrats will be powerless to help in the state most likely to see a hurricane.

[-] SoupBrick@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago

Get EARLY tornado warnings!!! Only $29.99 a month!!!

[-] kubica@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

The covid technique? No data about the hurricanes = no hurricanes.

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

But we always have money for shit like attacking Iran

[-] Kurious84@eviltoast.org 1 points 1 week ago

It seems they only care about what affects the billionaires. They are not affected by weather I guess so screw the rest of us who aren't sheltered every second of our lives.

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

And red states take the brunt of hurricanes

[-] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

To the cost to lives, business and welfare. Trump will be the saviour. Middle East being created domestically

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Isn't Mar A Lago literally in the path of hurricanes? How does this help anybody...

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

It won't matter to him. If his property gets hit then he'll just declare that specific spot a disaster area and have what's left of FEMA give him millions of dollars to rebuild and upgrade the whole place. It'd be like the ultimate insurance scam.

[-] Killer57@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Honestly, best hope is he's there when it gets hit head on.

this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2025
83 points (97.7% liked)

News

30859 readers
1950 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS