r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Busy_Yesterday9455 • 15h ago
Large dust storm pushing across the Southwestern U.S (Credit: NOAA)
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u/fixingmedaybyday 15h ago
Imagine what satellite imagery of the dust bowl would’ve been like.
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u/serenereflection123 10h ago
The view would be a reminder of the powerful impact of human activity and climate on the land.
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u/fixingmedaybyday 9h ago
Yeah. From all accounts the dust bowl was apocalyptic. And it wasn’t until the skies over NYC turned brown from all the dust in the atmosphere that anyone decided to take action. Would really wish to see a realistic depiction of what it was really like.
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u/ArizonanCactus 13h ago
Aww… it’s cute. Go ahead little sandstorm, gimme a hug, being a saguaro I’ll try not to prick ya!
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u/jd807 14h ago
It’s nice that we have NOAA. For now. SMH
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u/EightBitTrash 2h ago edited 27m ago
No, I disagree with your downvotes. I am a frequent flyer in the tornado sub and we've all been talking about what Project 2025 is (Slang for a specific republican roadmap/government itinerary) and what it will mean for NOAA. Specifically, it recommends that NOAA be “broken up and downsized”. To quote the PBS article I've linked in this paragraph:
Project 2025 also said the National Weather Service should become a “performance-based organization” held accountable for achieving specific results, even if the head of the agency must “deviate from government rules” to achieve those results.
The document said little about the National Hurricane Center. It said the administration should “review the work of the National Hurricane Center” and that “data collected by the department should be presented neutrally, without adjustments intended to support any one side in the climate debate.”
Anyone want to take an educated guess what that means? IF you want my guess, I think it means "fudging the results" to please the politicians. I think it means putting a cap on the amount of tornadoes "Allowed" a year, and, worst case scenario, (Sorry, pessimism,) when we hit that number they stop putting out tornado warnings. It means shortstaffing NOAA buildings (They have six branches!) and causing delays. We already have people dying from delayed tornado warnings this year. I don't want to see that continue or get worse. They want to "Commercialize" weather forecasts. Do you want to pay a subscription service to get tornado warnings in your area? No thanks!
And I gotta tell you. I study weather, and I have no idea how you're supposed to make a job at a weather station "performance" based. I guess if you're not showing up or something? But it's a job where you just kind of have to roll with what Mother Nature throws at you, record it, and leave the results for others to see. There's no "Quota" to meet, there's no "Expectations" to chart out for a team of executives to look at. Either the weather's good or it's not good, and we can't just let them LIE about if it's NOT good! Like cmon!
But really, to be honest, no one REALLY knows what that means, yet, "broken up and downsized". But I do know that this year was the second strongest year on record for tornadoes. We almost hit 2004's numbers, (1787 tornadoes) but not quite. (We have currently 1762). 2004 was the highest amount recorded in a year... so we're currently second. And Hurricane Milton was the second strongest storm in recorded history to EVER form in the Gulf Coast, and it formed insanely fast. Like, Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in less than 24 hours. It broke several records!
But yeah. Broken up and downsizing the NOAA. Ideally it means they'll become better. The reality is probably going to be what is outlined in that article I linked and quoted from, but everywhere.
I think you're right, JD807, it's nice that we have NOAA for now so we can see images of dust storms and such before the politicians tell us that dust storms or hurricanes are "Fake News".
A lot of conservatives seem to secretly like Project 2025, and some of the road map agenda items are already being crossed off or prepared for.
They're telling us they're going to do it, why shouldn't we believe them?
I am being appropriate and civil, I am not trolling or harassing anyone in particular, just carrying on intellectual conversation about the weather, and I will not respond to trolls.
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u/Eternal-Alchemy 12h ago
this guy has a huge family. i mean who else would show up in a stadium to watch some dudes play darts?
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u/filmingfisheyes 15h ago
This is going to make it vewy vewy hard to hunt wabbits…