'Cuts have consequences': Floridians cheer as Miami meteorologist issues 'chilling' warning

03 June

Flooding in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida from Hurricane Irma in 2017 (FotoKina/Shutterstock.com)

John Morales, a veteran meteorologist for Miami's NBC affiliate WTVJ-TV Channel 6 News, has been on South Florida's weather since the early 1990s. And he has covered a lot of hurricanes.

But during a Monday, June 2 broadcast, Morales candidly told viewers that because of the Trump Administration's cuts to the National Weather Service, he may not be able to continue offering the type of up-to-date reporting he has providing all these years.

Recalling his coverage of Hurricane Dorian's trajectory, Morales explained, "I'm here to tell you I'm not sure I can do that this year. Because of the cuts — the gutting, the sledgehammer attack on science, in general, and I could talk about that for a long, long time and how that's affecting the leadership and science over the years and how we're losing that leadership, and that is a multi-generation impact on science in this country."

The cuts, Morales lamented, have "degraded forecast accuracy."

Morales posted video of that broadcast on X, formerly Twitter, and commented, "Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV."

Morales' warning is receiving some reactions on X.

X user Richard Donelan posted, "This is chilling to every single Floridian. John Morales is a distinguished Florida meteorologist and not some Chicken Little."

Retired musician Ottoline Morrell tweeted, "Reckless endangerment of the public. Unforgivable. Must be awful for these professionals.

Writer Bo Gardiner commented, "Thank you. It's hard to believe our government could be so foolish as to degrade life-saving weather forecasting."

Art designer Paul Biedermann wrote, "Telling it like it is. How refreshing.

Watch the video below or at this NBC Miami link.

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