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Beau of The Fifth Column

Let's talk about DOGE failing, the NWS, and NOAA....

Beau of The Fifth Column

Beau of The Fifth Column

Society & Culture

4.8965 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Let's talk about DOGE failing, the NWS, and NOAA....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's spell again.

0:05.0

So today, we're going to talk about Doge's inefficiency.

0:10.0

Early on in the Trump administration, Doge, which was supposed to be an office to boost efficiency, and get rid of waste, made mistake after mistake after mistake.

0:22.2

Everything from the funny, like mistaking millions for billions in basic math,

0:27.6

to frightening, like cutting crews that protect the nation's nuclear arsenal,

0:32.4

and the list just goes on and on.

0:35.5

Doge's move fast and break things idea of efficiency just became an

0:40.4

endless loop of repeated Chesterton fence moments. Oh, so that's why they did it like this.

0:48.0

Remember those emails they wanted from federal employees asking for five things they did this week?

0:54.3

I wonder what Doge reviewers would say if a federal employee's email was,

1:00.4

had to redo the stuff I did last week because I did it wrong.

1:04.8

One of the most controversial moves was going after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

1:10.5

Administration and the National Weather

1:13.3

Service. Well, NOAA and the NWS are hiring. Or should I say rehiring? Hundreds of people,

1:23.6

radar techs, meteorologists, and so on. The move to rehire people for the agency came after all the scrutiny over the Texas floods.

1:33.7

It's important to remember that a former NOAA administrator suggested Doge cuts made an impact on the response to the floods,

1:42.8

on top of the outrage from citizens and the pushing

1:46.4

from the Democratic Party. Republicans in tornado-prone areas pushed as well. Representative Mark

1:54.3

Alford of Missouri said, quote, hundreds of unfilled positions have caused NWS offices across the country to cancel weather

2:04.1

balloon launches, forego overnight staffing, and force remaining meteorologists to overwork

2:11.3

themselves. While I welcome this overdue news to hire more meteorologists. We need to pass our bipartisan bill

2:19.3

to ensure these new hires are permanent and protected from any future cuts. Experts suggest that

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