The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service are at odds over President Trump’s inaccurate assertion that Hurricane Dorian was on course to hit Alabama…
Sobien wasn’t alone. Elbert Friday, former director of the NWS, also criticized the NOAA.
“We don’t want to get the point where science is determined by politics rather than science and facts. And I’m afraid this is an example where this is beginning to occur,” he toldThe back-and-forth was sparked by a tweet last weekend from Trump, saying Alabama was among the states that “will most likely be hit” by Dorian.
After being called into question, Trump presented a map that appeared to have been altered by a sharpie. Dorian was expected to make landfall in Canada this evening. The storm has left more than 40 people dead in the Bahamas.
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