“Resigned”
this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2025
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People are gonna die because of this. With no one to monitor the weather situations all around the country, especially severe weather, the results aren't gonna be pretty...
It's become necessary. If the important preventative work we do is devalued, then the only solution is to allow the most severe problems to reappear so a new generation can directly experience life without those mitigation measures. Since they won't listen to anyone without directly experiencing something themselves, then direct experience simply becomes necessary.
About to trade in my weather apps for tea leaves and goat entrails
You might be more accurate than the forecasters lol
No worries we’d love to have you in Europe. It’s just a short hop away
Meanwhile, the EU is gutting the Green Deal. We're not (yet) as far gone as US Americans but that's little consolation.
Is there a count of the number of people that have left (fired/resigned/laid off) any US government agency?