poverty goat posted:

poverty goat posted:

Space Camp fuckup posted:

are you lost

El Burbo posted:

It never ends

https://twitter.com/tropicaltidbits/status/1172146638678351875?s=21

enojy posted:

Of course, the GFS has it pushing through southern Florida into the Gulf of Mexico into (wait for it)

SelenicMartian posted:

Alaska?

Craig McLean, NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Assistant Administrator and Acting Chief Scientist posted:

Dear Colleagues,

The fierce storm we know as Hurricane Dorian has concluded its ferocious path through the Bahamas and along the U.S. East Coast. Many of you have contributed to the excellent science that has underpinned the forecasts and current understanding of storms such as this one, which accelerated quite rapidly in intensity. The storm also presented challenges in track which improved with enhanced observations. We know that our collective work, from the scientists in the aircraft penetrating the storm, to the scientists deploying the glider picket line, to the modelers and folks working the physics of the storms, across OAR and in our CI'S, and across all NOAA Lines, we are working the problem in order to give the NWS forecasters the best tools we possibly can to keep America and our neighbors safe. Thank you.

During the course of the storm, as I am sure you are aware, there were routine and exceptional expert forecasts, the best possible, issued by the NWS Forecasters. These are remarkable colleagues of ours, who receive our products, use them well, and provide the benefit of their own experience in announcing accurate forecasts accompanied by the distinction of all credible scientists—they sign their work. As I'm sure you also know, there was a complex issue involving the President commenting on the path of the hurricane. The NWS Forecaster(s) corrected any public misunderstanding in an expert and timely way, as they should. There followed, last Friday, an unsigned press release from "NOAA" that inappropriately and incorrectly contradicted the NWS forecaster. My understanding is that this intervention to contradict the forecaster was not based on science but on external factors including reputation and appearance, or simply put, political. Our NOAA Scientific Integrity Policy and Code of Scientific Conduct make clear that all NOAA employees shall approach all scientific activities with honesty, objectively, and completely, without allegiance to individuals, organizations, or ideology. The content of this press release is very concerning as it compromises the ability of NOAA to convey life-saving information necessary to avoid substantial and specific danger to public health and safety. If the public cannot trust our information, or we debase our forecaster's warnings and products, that specific danger arises.

You know that the value of our science is in the complexity of our understanding, our ability to convey that understanding to a wide audience of users of this information, and to establish and sustain the public trust in the truth and legitimacy of that information. Unfortunately, the press release of last Friday violated this trust and violated NOAA's policies of scientific integrity. In my role as Assistant Administrator for Research, and as I continue to administratively serve as Acting Chief Scientist, I am pursuing the potential violations of our NOAA Administrative Order on Scientific Integrity. Thankfully, we have such policies that are independently cited as among the best in the federal community, if not the best. Your NOAA and OAR management and leadership team believes in these policies and principles. I have a responsibility to pursue these truths. I will.

Thank you for your continued excellent work, and your trust. Carry on.

Craig McLean, NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Assistant Administrator

Assistant Administrator

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

FlamingLiberal posted:

https://twitter.com/nhc_atlantic/status/1172250039919529984?s=21

Here we go...

meowmeowmeowmeow posted:

Not sure if this has been posted yet:

Hazo posted:

What press release was this? I don’t actively follow trumps bullshit because my blood pressure is already high enough but I feel like I would have seen something if he bullied a NOAA scientist into covering for him.

Hazo posted:

What press release was this? I don’t actively follow trumps bullshit because my blood pressure is already high enough but I feel like I would have seen something if he bullied a NOAA scientist into covering for him.

Hazo posted:

What press release was this? I don’t actively follow trumps bullshit because my blood pressure is already high enough but I feel like I would have seen something if he bullied a NOAA scientist into covering for him.

Hazo posted:

What press release was this? I don’t actively follow trumps bullshit because my blood pressure is already high enough but I feel like I would have seen something if he bullied a NOAA scientist into covering for him.

Regrettable posted:

This is exactly what he did, lol.

Hazo posted:

loving lmao, I can’t believe nobody posted about that in this or the Weatherpocalypse thread

Hazo posted:

What press release was this? I don’t actively follow trumps bullshit because my blood pressure is already high enough but I feel like I would have seen something if he bullied a NOAA scientist into covering for him.

Kazak posted:

Nobody follows the Trump thread, you just hop in for a few pages then 500 more posts happen

Stink Billyums posted:

there's the trump lol thread that got moved from gbs, and then there's the regular cspam trump thread that gets 10 times more posts

EL BROMANCE posted:

The idea of a thread having 10x more posts than the old GBS one is terrifying. Half the time I miss the old one for a day and there’s 800 new posts in it, and that’s when nothing happens.

Solice Kirsk posted:

Has anyone made the: "This just in: a second hurricane has just struck the south Bahamas..." joke yet?

If not, this just in: a second hurricane has just struck the south Bahamas...

Solice Kirsk posted:

I don't care what you call it, it still blows.

Solice Kirsk posted:

Has anyone made the: "This just in: a second hurricane has just struck the south Bahamas..." joke yet?

If not, this just in: a second hurricane has just struck the south Bahamas...

EL BROMANCE posted:

The idea of a thread having 10x more posts than the old GBS one is terrifying. Half the time I miss the old one for a day and there’s 800 new posts in it, and that’s when nothing happens.

poverty goat posted:

i hear texas is underwater again

tater_salad posted:

How is Alabama doing

tater_salad posted:

How is Alabama doing

Philthy posted:

How does the economics of tearing down and rebuilding tens of thousands of homes every 2 years work?