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Disabled people are almost twice as likely to be displaced by natural disasters, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. For some groups, like those who require nonverbal communication methods, the likelihood of displacement can be even higher.
Disability amid disaster: People with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by natural disasters
After disasters, people with disabilities are more likely to be displaced, more likely to never return home and more likely to receive scam offers, Census Bureau data shows.
www.nbcnews.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Disabled people are almost twice as likely to be displaced by natural disasters, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. For some groups, like those who require nonverbal communication methods, the likelihood of displacement can be even higher.
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NEW: NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk's DOGE task force access to all of the agency's Google sites by the end of business Wednesday.
Nothing in the engineer's background suggests any special expertise relevant to his new role.
Nothing in the engineer's background suggests any special expertise relevant to his new role.
This DOGE Engineer Has Access to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sources tell WIRED that NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk's DOGE task force access to all NOAA Google sites by the end of business Wednesday.
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February 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
NEW: NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk's DOGE task force access to all of the agency's Google sites by the end of business Wednesday.
Nothing in the engineer's background suggests any special expertise relevant to his new role.
Nothing in the engineer's background suggests any special expertise relevant to his new role.
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Why does this work? I couldn’t even get past NOAA security to make my meeting on time.
“They apparently just sort of walked past security and said: ‘Get out of my way,’ and they’re looking for access for the IT systems, as they have in other agencies,” said a former Noaa official. “They will have access to the entire computer system, a lot of which is confidential information.”
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Why does this work? I couldn’t even get past NOAA security to make my meeting on time.
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You won't encounter a less-political and more publicly beneficial organization than NOAA. It's filled with scientists, technicians, and analysts who entered their fields because they love what they do. The competence-to-fat ratio is probably higher at NOAA than anywhere. Destroying it is abhorrent.
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
You won't encounter a less-political and more publicly beneficial organization than NOAA. It's filled with scientists, technicians, and analysts who entered their fields because they love what they do. The competence-to-fat ratio is probably higher at NOAA than anywhere. Destroying it is abhorrent.
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The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!
February 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!