Dan Barrie
Dan Barrie
@dbb.bsky.social
A warning system for this part of the Guadalupe River would have cost about a million dollars.

Those 100+ lives were not worth $1M dollars to these politicians.

abcnews.go.com/US/flood-pro...
'We are very flood prone': Local Texas officials spent years discussing potential warning system
Flooding has been at the top of Texans’ minds this week, but this is not the first time that the need for flood-related measures has come up among local officials.
abcnews.go.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Literally the worst time possible for this to happen as the Senate considers killing the industry

www.yahoo.com/news/1-hurt-...
1 hurt in windmill blade incident on Maryland highway
A windmill turbine blade became loose Monday morning, crossing the median on Interstate 70 in Maryland and causing traffic to be backed up for several miles.
www.yahoo.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Cool to see the surface layer highlighted so clearly, although the last thing we need are more surface-level smoke particles.

View from Silver Spring MD looking south toward D.C. panning from west to east.
June 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Look at this work
🧵 I'd like to share some of the recent and ongoing collaborative projects I’m most proud of from my time at NOAA. Some will continue on in one form or another, but others will not - a direct result of the cuts hitting science across the board.
March 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Ordering a wellness check for the guy in the NY Times ad who said "Wordle makes me feel things that I don't feel from anyone else"
March 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
😂
Imagine landing upside down in this thing
The JetBlue x Nintendo Cloudtop Cruiser is ready for takeoff! Keep your eyes on the sky, because this Mario & Friends-themed plane might be landing on a runway near you. ✈️
March 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Reposted by Dan Barrie
I worry that the focus on NOAA's weather predicting value is ignoring the millions of other ways NOAA researchers enrich communities and local economies.

There are no oysters without NOAA. There are no blue crabs without NOAA. NOAA trains teachers. NOAA is the lifeblood of coastal communities.
March 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
well timed, frog and toad
February 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
3 3/4" to 4 1/2" at 9am in Chevy Chase, MD with a band coming through right now

@capitalweather.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Highlights the SW US' regional trend, which is driving changing drought risks there.
85-year annual temperature trend. 🔥🔥🔥
January 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Reposted by Dan Barrie
After three years of work by a team of over 750 scientists, we are releasing the US 5th National Climate Assessment today!

We see greater impacts of climate change on the US since the 2018 NCA4 report, but also some encouraging signs of progress. nca2023.globalchange.gov
Fifth National Climate Assessment
The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the ...
nca2023.globalchange.gov
November 14, 2023 at 7:00 PM