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🌀 Day 1 of hurricane season, but NOAA & FEMA aren't ready
• Forecast: up to 13 hurricanes, 7 major (Cat 3+)
• NOAA workforce ⬇️ ~1,000
• 8 NWS offices can't staff 24/7
• 18% upper-air stations ✂️ balloon launches (critical for forecasts)
• FEMA staff ⬇️ 30%
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/05/hurr...
• Forecast: up to 13 hurricanes, 7 major (Cat 3+)
• NOAA workforce ⬇️ ~1,000
• 8 NWS offices can't staff 24/7
• 18% upper-air stations ✂️ balloon launches (critical for forecasts)
• FEMA staff ⬇️ 30%
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/05/hurr...
Hurricane season is upon us, but NOAA and FEMA are not ready » Yale Climate Connections
The turmoil at key U.S. agencies threatens everything from forecast quality to storm recovery.
yaleclimateconnections.org
June 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🌀 Day 1 of hurricane season, but NOAA & FEMA aren't ready
• Forecast: up to 13 hurricanes, 7 major (Cat 3+)
• NOAA workforce ⬇️ ~1,000
• 8 NWS offices can't staff 24/7
• 18% upper-air stations ✂️ balloon launches (critical for forecasts)
• FEMA staff ⬇️ 30%
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/05/hurr...
• Forecast: up to 13 hurricanes, 7 major (Cat 3+)
• NOAA workforce ⬇️ ~1,000
• 8 NWS offices can't staff 24/7
• 18% upper-air stations ✂️ balloon launches (critical for forecasts)
• FEMA staff ⬇️ 30%
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/05/hurr...
Important reminder of the stakes of even a “limited nuclear exchange”…
Nuclear winter from a Pakistan-India war could kill 2 billion yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/05/nucl...
Nuclear winter from a Pakistan-India war could kill 2 billion yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/05/nucl...
Nuclear winter from a Pakistan-India war could kill 2 billion » Yale Climate Connections
Even a limited nuclear conflict could cause years of potentially devastating impacts to climate and societies.
yaleclimateconnections.org
May 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Important reminder of the stakes of even a “limited nuclear exchange”…
Nuclear winter from a Pakistan-India war could kill 2 billion yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/05/nucl...
Nuclear winter from a Pakistan-India war could kill 2 billion yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/05/nucl...