The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was established in 1970 for the purpose of studying the Earth’s atmosphere, coastal areas and oceans within the regions of the United States. It falls under the Department of Commerce and consists of six offices:
- The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, for distributing global environmental data.
- The National Marine Fisheries Service, for managing and conserving coastal fisheries within the 200-mile exclusive economic zone of the United States.
- The National Ocean Service, for activities related to the health and productivity of the oceans and coasts bordering the United States.
- The National Weather Service, for providing weather-related forecasts and warnings for the United States, its possessions, and its marine and freshwater approaches.
- The Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, for performing environmental research.
- The Office of Program Planning and Integration, for merging and monitoring the performance of the other offices.
There are seven research laboratories managed by NOAA and about 20 Cooperative Institutes (CIs) allied with over 40 institutions, including Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts, that are also supported by NOAA.
But let’s focus on the National Weather Service. Did you know weather forecasts here in America (like most other countries) are a convenient government resource? Through this office weather alerts and predictions are issued, we are warned of impending tornadoes and hurricanes along with predicted severity, we get warnings of extreme heat and rainfall. All this instant information is available through our radios, TV’s, cell phones or newspapers, annually costing the American taxpayer about $4.00 per person. How ever you get your weather report it originally comes from meteorologists who work for the federal government.
For days before Hurricane Helene hit the United States as a Category 4 storm, the National Weather Service was diligently issuing warnings to those who resided in the path of it. Additionally, they were issuing tornado warnings. At last count, 52 people were killed in five states, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Three firefighters, a mother and her 1-month-old twins and an 89-year-old woman who was struck by a tree hitting her house were among those who did not survive. Property damage is already estimated to be in the billions!
Could this have been much, much worse without the National Weather Service warning and advising anyone in the path of the storm who was listening? Possibly.
Now for Project 2025 . . .
The authors of Project 2025 have written that an incoming administration should “break up” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under which the National Weather Service operates. They would like to eliminate or privatize most of its functions, claiming the agency is “one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry and, as such, is harmful to future U.S. prosperity.” (emphasis added)
Page 674 of the mandate is where you will find the information written by Thomas F. Gilman former Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration of the US Department of Commerce in the Trump administration. According to Gilman, the National Weather Service should “fully commercialize its forecasting operations” and sell data to private companies.
The mandate would minimize the research arm of NOAA, which studies events like natural disasters, climate change and the ozone layer. Again, according to Gilman, that branch is “the source of much of NOAA’s climate alarmism.” (emphasis added)
The real cause for alarm sounds like it should be Project 2025!