A NOAA official is going to investigate if the agency violated its own ethics when it backed President Trump's tweets about Hurricane Dorian over a tweet from the National Weather Service's Birmingham, Alabama, office that contradicted Trump's claim
The move is the latest development in an ongoing controversy surrounding the President's false assertion last week that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama. On Friday, NOAA disavowed a tweet from the National Weather Service's Birmingham, Alabama, office that had contradicted Trump's claim. In an internal email obtained by The Washington Post, NOAA Acting Chief Scientist Craig McLean called the response"political" and"a danger to public health and safety.
My understanding is that this intervention to contradict the forecaster was not based on science but on external factors including reputation and appearance, or simply put, political."CNN has reached out to NOAA for comment. Read MoreTrump's tweet that Hurricane Dorian would affect Alabama caused confusion last week.
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