Trump’s Cuts to Science Are Already Killing Us
South Florida weatherman breaks down on air: “I’m not sure I can do this anymore.”
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This week, a veteran South Florida weatherman paused his forecast on live television. Not to warn viewers about an approaching hurricane, but to warn them about Donald Trump.
John Morales, who has been tracking storms for 34 years, admitted that he no longer knows if he can accurately predict deadly storms this season. The reason is sweeping Trump-era cuts to the National Weather Service and NOAA. These are not hypotheticals. These are real consequences of the Trump administration's attack on science and data.
“I’m not sure I can do this anymore,” he said, visibly emotional on air.
“NOAA is understaffed by 20 to 40 percent in South Florida. We’re seeing fewer weather balloons, degraded forecasts, and hurricane aircraft grounded. Lives are at stake.”
This is what it looks like when policy meets reality. While MAGA influencers post AI thumbnails and rant about tacos, we are heading into hurricane season with degraded systems and no backup plan.
Over 600 weather employees are gone. The administration froze hiring, then made partial exceptions. Forecast offices in multiple regions cannot even operate overnight. The systems we built to keep people safe are now crumbling.
Morales described it as a multi-generational assault on science. He is right. Science does not work in isolation. Every breakthrough is built on top of previous discoveries. If you cut the chain, you stall everything. You do not just delay innovation. You erase it.
This is not just about weather balloons. This is about whether the country your kids grow up in will still value evidence, competence, and reality.
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