Sunday, March 09, 2025

Life-saving Avalanche Forecasts could be Hindered by Trump Budget Cuts

Avalanches kill about two dozen people a year in America, the Associated Press reports. Experts fear that number could increase after the Trump administration fired hundreds of meteorologist and other environmental scientists which could hinder efforts to get early warnings of unstable snow out to the public.

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-- WCVB NewsCenter 5, Boston (@wcvb5.bsky.social) March 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM

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It seems dotard want avalanches to be as common as plane crashes on his watch.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-03-08 12:14 PM

Bury Fat Bloated -------- and tRump.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-03-08 09:50 PM

Good job for AI

#3 | Posted by itchypossum at 2025-03-10 12:55 PM

Spoken like an AI ignoramus.

#4 | Posted by YAV at 2025-03-10 12:59 PM

It's only a dozen per year.

Soon to be zero! It will stop by itself after summer gets here.

#5 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-03-10 01:13 PM

lol

#6 | Posted by YAV at 2025-03-10 01:30 PM

Musk doesn't go into the back country and travels by private plane so why should Rs care if avalanche forecasts go away?

#7 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2025-03-10 02:15 PM

JV should be encouraged to ski more often ...

#8 | Posted by catdog at 2025-03-10 08:21 PM

How can there be any avalanches if there aren't any numbers?

#9 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-03-11 09:29 AM

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