After Dorian, US weather service rocked by political storm

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— The White House September 4, 2019 WASHINGTON - Dorian may have blown out to sea, but the US weather service now finds itself buffeted by strong political winds, with senior government meteorologist

s in open rebellion against Donald Trump.

Trump hit back with eight more tweets in the following days, and a now infamous episode in which he presented a forecasting map that was doctored to include the southern state, apparently using a black Sharpie pen. That has not stopped commerce secretary Wilbur Ross from threatening to fire senior officials if they do not issue a public communique defending the president, the New York Times reported Monday.Meteorologists were stunned by what they saw as political interference, and the head of the NWS, Louis Uccellini, publicly defended his employees at an annual conference held Monday -- in Alabama.

The NHC's predictions about possible hurricane pathways lead in turn to evacuation zones, and creating a zone that is too small based on a faulty forecast can cost lives.

 

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