Former top officials of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who served under Democrats and Republicans alike say the agency undermined its forecasters by lending support to President Trump's comments on Hurricane Dorian and Alabama.
Former officials saw a political hand at work in NOAA’s statement disavowing the Birmingham tweet. The statement was issued by an anonymous “spokesperson,” a departure from the norm for federal agencies that employ people to speak for them by name.
The White House declined to comment Saturday when asked if it had directed NOAA to release the statement. The president spent the morning at his Virginia golf club. NOAA officials also didn’t respond to requests for comment. “For people who look for excuses not to take action when their lives or property are threatened ... I think this can potentially feed that,” Titley said.
Bill Read, who became director of the National Hurricane Center director during the Republican George W. Bush administration, said on Facebook the NOAA statement showed either an embarrassing lack of understanding of forecasting or “a lack of courage on their part by not supporting the people in the field who are actually doing the work. Heartbreaking.”on Twitter that the NOAA statement had thrown the Birmingham office “under the bus” — a phrase several ex-officials used.
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