The National Weather Service is standing strong against politics | By Jackie Bray for CNNOpinion
Jackie Bray served during the Obama administration as a Deputy Chief of Staff at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 2011-2014 and Acting Chief of Staff at the National Weather Service in 2013. She now is director of New York City's tenant protection office. The opinions expressed in this commentary are her own. View more opinion at CNN.
To fully appreciate the significance of what happened last week with Hurricane Dorian, Alabama, a reckless President, and a federal science agency, you have to understand the trajectory the National Weather Service has been on. In 2011 there was a massive tornado outbreak in the Southeast United States. The events killed over 300 people. That same year during an EF5 tornado in Joplin, Missouri an additional 161 people died. By all measures, the Weather Service did a brilliant job predicting, forecasting and issuing warnings for the storms. They had nailed the forecasts. Then NOAA and NWS did something government agencies rarely do. They committed themselves to a significant change.
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