Is the National Weather Service Ready for an Extreme Summer?
Science Quickly
Scientific American
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:35.7 | Thelman. About 317 billion times per year, members of the U.S. public check the weather on their |
| 0:42.5 | phones, TVs, or some other source. |
| 0:46.0 | Those updates and alerts do everything from saving campers from rainy days to saving lives |
| 0:50.7 | during big disasters. |
| 0:52.4 | But what most of us don't realize is that behind those forecasts, there's a single, often |
| 0:56.9 | invisible engine, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service. |
| 1:03.6 | Now this federal agency, which serves as the backbone of U.S. forecasting, is under threat. |
| 1:09.2 | What happens when the country's most trusted source of extreme |
| 1:12.1 | weather alerts can't staff the night shift? Our guest today is Andrea Thompson, editor at |
| 1:17.4 | Scientific American, who covers the environment, energy, and earth sciences. She's here to talk about |
| 1:22.8 | how deep staffing cuts and proposed funding reductions are straining this vital agency |
| 1:27.3 | right as the summer |
| 1:28.5 | months begin, bringing the threat of tornadoes, hurricanes, and wildfires. |
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