The importance of NOAA

I have a good friend who was second in command of NOAA back in the day, a conservative republican who understood science at deep level. His respect and affection for the researchers tracking the world's weather knew no bounds as his agency's been a treasure and life saver to the world for many years. Now, the second stable genius deems said agency to be a threat to propensity so it should be place under control of DOGE as Musk and company know best, right?

Elon Musk in Capitol Hill in Washington DC, on 5 December 2024. Photograph: Benoît Tessier/Reuters

Staffers with Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) reportedly entered the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) in Silver Spring, Maryland, and the Department of Commerce in Washington DC today, inciting concerns of downsizing at the agency.

“They apparently just sort of walked past security and said: ‘Get out of my way,’ and they’re looking for access for the IT systems, as they have in other agencies,” said Andrew Rosenberg, a former Noaa official who is now a fellow at the University of New Hampshire. “They will have access to the entire computer system, a lot of which is confidential information.”

Project 2025, written by several former Trump staffers, has called for the agency to be “broken up and downsized”, claiming the agency is “harmful to US prosperity” for its role in climate science.

Question, what will the stable genius do when he doesn't get notified by a now compromised NOAA regarding a fast moving tornado heading toward Space X just when Star Ship launches, with 4 astronauts aboard.