What Next: TBD | Death of the Weather Forecast?

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🗓️ 27 April 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The Trump administration has already begun cutting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which includes the U.S. National Weather Service. What’s the advantage to understanding the weather less? Guest: Daniel Swain, weather and climate scientist with the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The new £5 pound meal deal from McDonald's.
0:02.5	Get a cheeseburger or mayo chicken, medium fries, four McNuggets and a medium soft drink for guess what?
0:08.4	That's right, five pounds!
0:10.2	It's not called the £5 meal deal for nothing.
0:13.6	From 11am, not available on delivery.
0:16.6	Carbonated soft drink upgrade fees apply.
0:18.2	Participating restaurants, subjects availability.
0:30.0	Yeah, we are continuing to follow up on some of this storm damage that really has hit Kentucky.
0:35.4	We're currently in Estelle County on Furnace Junction Drive. Take a look at this home behind me.
0:37.9	It has been absolutely crushed by a tree.
0:43.8	Earlier this month, a series of powerful storms ripped across the plains, Midwest, and South,
0:48.0	causing severe damage in Tennessee, Missouri, and Kentucky. The National Weather Service confirms four tornadoes in Middle Tennessee from Thursday night's weather system.
0:53.6	Wind speeds of up to 110
0:55.0	miles per hour were reported, snapping hundreds of trees and causing roof damage to homes.
1:01.2	Multiple people were killed in Tennessee, Missouri, and Indiana, powerful storms spawned dozens of
1:06.5	tornadoes. And as people clean up and assess the damage, a new line of powerful thunderstorms is
1:12.1	moving through this weekend. Typically, when severe weather hits, a constellation of experts
1:17.6	comes together, many of whom work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
1:23.5	or NOAA. They're coordinating with the national offices. They're coordinating with emergency responders, with emergency managers.
1:30.6	We're coordinating with all sorts of people to make sure the word gets out that the warnings
1:36.2	are correct and timely and accurate.
1:38.7	Daniel Swain is a weather and climate scientist with the University of California
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