EXCERPT:
TROVER: "I think something that gets lost in this is that DOGE costs have actually not taken effect. They don‘t take effect until October 1st. And if you talk to the National Weather Service, they say, 'We had five staffers instead of the normal two that were on hand. We were giving alerts on Thursday warning about this.' You talk to the union head of the National Weather Service staffers and said, 'Yeah, we did every single thing we could possibly do. And you‘re right, it did go back to the localities. But that‘s where the money goes, and it‘s up to a local municipality or town to say, 'Hey, yeah, we can afford this or we can‘t afford this.' They put in for a federal grant. They didn‘t get it. I mean, it‘s a terrible situation, but I do think the National Weather Service followed through on everything they were supposed to do, based off of all the current reporting."