U.S. Rep. Mike Flood (NE-R) seeks to protect the National Weather Service from cost-cutting (link corrected)

[Omaha Steve]

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Source: Omaha World Herald

Julie Anderson 4 hrs ago

Critical National Weather Service staff would be classified as part of the nation’s public safety apparatus, like FBI agents and air traffic controllers, and protected from future reductions in force under a measure Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., introduced Friday.

The Weather Workforce Improvement Act, which has received bipartisan support from representatives of several other stormy states, also would grant the agency temporary direct hiring authority for positions important to public safety — meteorologists, general physical scientists, hydrologists, computer specialists and electronic technicians.

“I know this means a lot to the men and women of the National Weather Service,” Flood said in a media call Friday. “They’ve wanted this classification for a long time, and I’m hopeful that we can get it done here in this Congress.”

Flood got involved in weather service staffing in March, not long after officials at the National Weather Service office in Valley announced that they would stop twice-daily weather balloons because of staffing shortages.

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Welll he did vote FOR the damn bill in the first place!

[generalbetrayus]

1. I really have to wonder if these RethugliKlan congresscritters actually read the bills they pass

or at least have competent aides who read the bills and report on items that might hurt their constituents .. but I never wonder for long because I know the answer. Many of them probably don't realize that TV weatherpersons like Al Roker depend on National Weather Service data for the predictions they make.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

2. This just feels so schadenfreudey FAFO. It's like after years of saying that...

...the reason people gain weight is because they have a stomach and the whole thing should be eliminated to solve that problem--proudly proclaiming that experts in anatomy and biology have no idea what they are talking about when they are adamant that the body actually needs that vital organ--they finally get their long-awaited opportunity to remove it and realize things don't actually work that way.

I guess you don't what you've got 'till it's gone.

[kimbutgar]

3. Ironic that a guy who's last name is flood wants to protect the National weather services from being cut!

[Iamscrewed]

4. Repugnuts

Do not work for the good of all.

[maspaha]

5. Sucks to FO after FA

….we told you so!

[maccafan]

6. He didn't even read the "big, ugly bill" and still voted for it

This is what he told his constituents at his latest town hall when they were questioning him about health care and SNAP cuts. I can't give him much credit. He is just trying to save his seat (and his ass)!

[dchill]

7. It's not an a la carte menu, Mike.

Did someone lead you to believe that it is?

[twodogsbarking]

8. Some advice Mr. Flood. Don't go night fishing on Lake Tahoe with anyone. If you do, say a Hail Mary. To be renamed Hail

Donald.

[ananda]

9. Yeah, you've got to wonder why so many R's vote for a bill...

and then later on want to change it.

Maybe they don't know much about the country or the
government since they see their job in two parts:
Trump-serving and self-serving.

[angrychair]

10. Republicans don't have

An altruistic bond in their body. With them there is always an agenda. Something that puts money in his pocket or screws over climate science or some other component that hurts women or LGBTQ+ people.
No good ever comes of Republican legislation.