Tony Bark@pawb.social to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoHurricane season is here and meteorologists are losing a vital tool for forecasting themabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down11
arrow-up1259arrow-down1external-linkHurricane season is here and meteorologists are losing a vital tool for forecasting themabcnews.go.comTony Bark@pawb.social to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoSo, no saildrones to monitor surface conditions, and now no realtime satellites. We have to rely on Japan to get those images. The knockout punch will be when they don’t allow NOAA to fly the hurricane hunters.
minus-squarespamfajitas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThere are still a couple satellites operated by Canada and the EU that provide hurricane data to the US…until something fucks that up too, I guess.
So, no saildrones to monitor surface conditions, and now no realtime satellites. We have to rely on Japan to get those images.
The knockout punch will be when they don’t allow NOAA to fly the hurricane hunters.
There are still a couple satellites operated by Canada and the EU that provide hurricane data to the US…until something fucks that up too, I guess.