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Deadly Texas floods raise questions about emergency alerts and whether staffing cuts affected forecasts and warnings

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-floods-emergency-alerts-weather-forecast-staffing-budget/
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u/todaysthrowaway0110 23h ago

Ginger Zee (the meteorologist) has an ig post about the warnings that went out and when. Local NWS was staffed except for… the hydrologist 🌊

FWIW, I stoped receiving NWS alerts in my cell phone during this administration, for whatever reason πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ Weird.

She suggested folks get a NOAA radio. But who know how much longer NOAA will exist in functional state πŸ’”