Tony Bark@pawb.social to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHurricane season is here and meteorologists are losing a vital tool for forecasting themabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1266
arrow-up1266external-linkHurricane season is here and meteorologists are losing a vital tool for forecasting themabcnews.go.comTony Bark@pawb.social to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months 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-up2·2 months 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.