... cold, hard undeniable facts and evidence.

The accounting of deaths, of dollars, of resources used, of damages caused, and on & on -- across agencies the jobs and departments that collect these data, do this accounting are especially targeted precisely to deny the facts. Winning the propaganda war is everything to these hunques of shyte

Not only of the people killed by this recent storm, but those who are literally starving to death every day because he cut USAID.

None of those assholes need the money. They are doing it to hurt people.

These storms are growing stronger and more common. Is there a link to these job cuts?

... after effects and remediation. Firing rescue agencies can be tied to that.

of many. this one's older
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/noaa-workers-report-intentional-chaos-personnel-cuts-rcna201625

more recent
https://www.newsweek.com/kentucky-nws-staff-cuts-before-deadly-tornado-hit-reports-2073733

many links at google

I was really worried about the noaa cuts as they do a lot more than correct imbeciles hurricane forecasts. I am pretty active as a civilian. I have a local weather station that reports to madis. I enjoy making sure my data is as precise and accurate as possible. I rarely use noaa for tornado warnings. Our local meteorologists are all over it. They are using noaa radar but they have access to data we don’t and can reliably pinpoint areas of concern.

Even though the cuts are not attributed to any of these deaths. It certainly sounds like it created the need for more local cooperation, which in turn will be paid for at the local level. And we all know who pays for that.

Anyway, from the second article… The deaths were not attributable to the staffing cuts," he said, according to the outlet. "Everybody was there last night. We had a full team."

so sick

Unless they can be productive slaves. It's the Nazi way. They're just doing it by attrition at this point.

I am feeling grief, anger and 'we freaking told you' so as we bury our dead country women & men.

It would have been different if the people of Kentucky (and Ohio) chose better.

Ohio has 17 electoral votes; Kentucky only has 8.