The livestream featuring hundreds of meteorologists and climate scientists began on May 28 and is scheduled to run through June 1, the first day of the Atlantic hurricane season.
"Weather stations are understaffed. Research grants are being canceled. Scientists are being kicked out of their offices. These cuts threaten the forecasts we all rely on, putting us all at risk." "We ended up with an organization that has holes throughout its staffing structure all over the place. I've referred to it as a piece of Swiss cheese. Let me assure you that we're already seeing negative impacts." "You're looking at cuts across, in the Marine Fisheries, National Ocean Service, and to the research wing of NOAA, at O.A.R. These are all going to lead to there being less information, less knowledge going forward, less people making the forecast for you. And the biggest fear is obviously that people are going to get hurt."