Image with a tornado in the background with the IMPACTS logo and the words: “Kentucky lost 19 lives to the recent tornadoes while the Jackson, KY National Weather Service (NWS) office is no longer operating 24/7. NOAA is struggling to staff NWS offices nationwide after federal cuts led to a loss of over 560 NWS employees, leaving nearly half of 122 forecasting offices critically understaffed.” Underneath are the words: “These are real consequences to shuttering. America’s science & tech workforce. Share your IMPACTS story today.” Followed by a QR code and link
This weekend, tornadoes killed 28 people—19 in Kentucky alone. The NWS Jackson, KY office, facing a 31% staffing shortage, had no overnight forcasters for the first time. Tornadoes don't wait till morning.
Cuts to federal science cost lives.
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