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Sen. Ted Cruz stripped weather forecasting funds from Trump's megabill. Then the floods came. (www.motherjones.com)

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Among other things, he removed $150 million slated to improve modeling, predictions, and public communications.

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 3 days ago

“Some are eager to point at the National Weather Service and saying that cuts there led to to a lack of warning,” the Republican senator told reporters on Monday. “I think that’s contradicting by the facts and if you look in the facts in particular number one and these warnings went out hours before the flood became a true emergency.” The Trump administration, too, has rejected claims that the service was short-staffed, pointing out that extra forecasters were assigned to the San Antonio and San Angelo field offices. The service’s employees union has said the offices were staffed adequately but were missing some key positions, such as a meteorologist role designed to coordinate with local emergency managers.