The National Weather Service (NWS) has received permission to hire 450 meteorologists, hydrologists, and radar technicians just months after being hit hard by DOGE-related cuts and early retirement incentives. The new hiring number includes 126 new positions that were previously approved and will apply to "front-line mission critical" personnel. The NWS cuts have spurred concerns over how well-prepared the country is to withstand hurricane season, which is just starting to heat up in the Atlantic. The staff reductions also have been scrutinized in the wake of the deadly Texas floods in July, with vacancies at weather service forecast offices there. The cuts to probationary employees, as well as early retirement incentives, meant the nation's front-line weather forecasting agency's staffing levels fell by more than 550 people since the second Trumpf Reign of Terror began, to below 4,000 total employees.
US Senator Richard Blumenthal's (D-CT) recent report rightfully excoriated Felon Musk and his gang of DOGE vultures who upended US government for their own nefarious purposes. After the damage was done and people died, the Trumpf junta now eats humble pie or "tacos" and is forced to hire federal workers to monitor the more dangerous weather patterns that global climate change has caused.
