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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRed Neck States Hammered By Tornadoes As Trump Offers Cuts At Natl. Weather Service.
Trump wants to fire a bunch of weather forecasters as tornado season ramps up. Of course Trumpets still love him as their homes blow away. And it is only February. The worst months are yet to come.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)He thinks he is still doing his reality TV show at everyone's expense.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)dhol82
(9,353 posts)TomSlick
(11,100 posts)remember that some of red necks here in tornado alley are liberal democrats and DUers.
TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Such characterizations are toxic.
TomSlick
(11,100 posts)I come from a long line of rednecks, Scots-Irish folks who bucked the establishment. From the Scottish Covenanters standing up to the bishops, to Appalachian miners organizing against the owners, to poor Southern farmers who survived by helping each other.
I appreciate that some use the term as a pejorative. For me, it's just my heritage.
Xolodno
(6,395 posts)..."tornado alley" states are going to see higher insurance premiums as a result of the cuts. All insurers depend on reports from the National Weather Service in building in the planned catastrophe losses. Without reliable reports...they will be forced to raise rates. And if states object...they pull out. Leaving the burden on state plans...and costing tax payers.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Almost exactly the same as the 2016 electoral one
The just showed it on either MSNBC or CNN
T did the same thing for treatment funding as he did to the NWS