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Isn’t there also some issues around the Trump admin revoking crucial data access from a satellite? My understanding is that the satellite was nearing EOL anyway but the fact that nothing was done to replace that up til now seems like a major fumble on the part of the government. A lot of meteorologists I follow online seem pretty concerned about accuracy in their models as a result of it
Yes, you're thinking about this guy https://apnews.com/article/climate-hurricane-forecasting-noaa-satellites-74ab96aecbca46162e08341fd0941fbe