Trump's proposed budget cuts will get thousands of Americans killed.

[Elwood P Dowd]

He is gutting the very agencies responsible for predicting, tracking, studying, and responding to natural disasters. The National Weather Service, NOAA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard are all on the chopping block. He even proposed cutting the agency in charge of our satellite tracking by 513 million dollars.

http://www.newsweek.com/harvey-approaches-trump-weather-cuts-loom-654844

Edit to add: James Franklin, who headed the hurricane forecast team at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, a part of the National Weather Service, laments the budget cuts that are being proposed, including to the Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program that was launched in 2009. “It’s hanging on really by a thread in terms of funding,” said Franklin.

Trump has yet to nominate an administrator to lead NOAA. By contrast, President Barack Obama had named his pick before his 2009 swearing in. Speculation has centered on Barry Myers, the CEO of Accuweather—a weather business—but he is not a scientist.

[TheMastersNemesis]

1. Do You Think Trump, His Base And The GOP Really Cares?.

They will shed crocodile tears and use the Houston disaster to make political hay. Otherwise they show they do not care. Trump has even proposed cutting disaster funds and FEMA.

[Elwood P Dowd]

2. The Dems in Congress need to be screaming at the top of their lungs about the repukes

and their plans to put millions of Americans in danger.

[NCjack]

3. Most likely, Trump will attempt to privatize NWS, NOAA, FEMA, USCG, etc. n/t