If you didn’t know, the next hurricane to ravage the East Coast might just appear on Miami’s doorstep on Thursday, and Floridians wouldn’t have a moment to pack their pastels. The next Hurricane Andrew might appear out of nowhere – like Godzilla stomping out of the shallows, Floridians would have little to do but point and yell “Gooozilla!” At least that's what you might think it you read articles this week about the Department of Defense shutting down satellite data-sharing with scientists. The US Navy/Space Force have ceased sharing real time data from DoD satellites.
The reason isn’t budgetary. Apparently, the Navy is concerned about cybersecurity. The shutdown didn’t sit well with global warming alarmists who pretty much predicted that hurricanes would jump from the shadows of the Atlantic, and the East Coast would be caught with its pants down.
The propagandist tweeting this news report is just a mouthpiece. One can and should ignore his nonsense. Nonetheless, you should listen to the news report he’s tweeting as you watch the segment. The reporter breathlessly claims:
There will be an increased risk of sunrise surprise, meaning that, a hurricane could rapidly intensify gain speed perhaps becoming more powerful and make landfall sooner than expected.
GOOOZILLA!
The implication is that without DoD satellite data being “real-timed” to scientists, a killer hurricane could suddenly appear on the East Coast with little to no warning. That’s hyperbolic nonsense. Sure, there is a possibility that a hurricane could change from, for instance, a Cat 2 to a Cat 3 overnight, but the implication from these reports is that without the DoD data hurricanes are going to sneak up on America this hurricane season with little warning. There are 17 satellites monitoring weather, and the DoD “birds” comprise three of those 17.
Microwave data like that provided by the DoD satellites is being collected via other sources, also.
Meteorologists have been using microwave observations to monitor tropical cyclone development since the late 1990s, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says:
NOAA spokeswoman Kim Doster said the microwave data “is a single dataset in a robust suite of hurricane forecasting and modeling tools” that includes satellite data in infrared and visible light and observations from ground-based weather stations, buoys, and devices known as radiosondes that scan atmospheric conditions from weather balloons.
There is also an instrument aboard NOAA’s own Joint Polar Satellite System that gathers microwave data — the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder.
“NOAA’s data sources are fully capable of providing a complete suite of cutting-edge data and models that ensure the gold-standard weather forecasting the American people deserve,” Doster said in a statement.
Well, not according to experts on social, Ms. Doster.
In 2022, CNN’s “climate expert” Bill Weir said that all life on Earth was at risk because of climate change.
CNN hasn't predicted that Godzilla will eat the East Coast, but I’m predicting that prediction is next.
In any event, hurricane season has officially started. Prepare for the worst, East Coasters. Without those three DoD satellites, according to the alarmists, the next Katrina could be forming, and you guys won’t know it until it’s flooding Florida's Alligator Alcatraz.
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