Weather doesn’t care about politics, but preparedness absolutely does.

There’s still no clear plan for where these programs or scientists go, how the work continues, or how disruptions are avoided. Congress could intervene but for now, this is a deliberate move to dismantle core public-safety science under the banner of ideology.

This decision doesn’t just affect researchers. It affects:
- Early warning systems
- Disaster preparedness
- Farmers, insurers, airlines, utilities
- America’s leadership in science

Breaking NCAR apart fragments expertise, slows research, and weakens forecasting systems that directly protect lives and property. You can’t just scatter teams and expect the same results weather models, supercomputing, and long-term datasets depend on continuity.

Its science underpins:
- Hurricane and severe-storm forecasting
- Drought, wildfire, and flood prediction
- Infrastructure and disaster-risk planning
- Climate models used by governments, universities, and emergency agencies worldwide

NCAR isn’t an advocacy group. It’s one of the most important weather and climate research hubs in the world.

Let people be their true selves, as they know and understand them. Let children explore their identities. Celebrate difference and variety and the incredible spectrum of humanity. The only alternative denies an opportunity to celebrate the joy of human flourishing and is ultimately unspeakably cruel