Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

When a hurricane or tornado starts to form, your local weather forecasters can quickly pull up maps tracking its movement and showing where its headed. This data comes from analysts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , known as NOAA, and its National Weather Service. weather forecasts. President Ulysses S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Hurricane Katrina had just happened, and many experts viewed it primarily as a failure of the government to take care of its weakest citizens in the face of a natural disaster, not as climate change’s early shot. That’s where government, national labs, universities, angel investors and venture capital come in. The list goes on.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Net Tuesdays became a series of national and international face-to-face meetings connecting industry and nonprofit techies. In the end analysis, nonprofits and NGOs build communities and are sustained by communities. " The year was 2005.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So they got the whole nation covered, which is also cool. Because it’s really important to evaluate and do a little self-analysis and say, “Are we still sending these offers?” you know, when Puerto Rico had that hurricane, you know, that was huge here. Combined decades of experience. Jackie: Exactly.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

And last year, during Hurricane Helene, an AI-generated image of a sobbing child and adorable puppy being rescued via boat went viral on Twitter. After its authenticity was questioned, one member of the Republican National Committee continued to call it a photo and said she didnt care about its backstory.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 9, 2025

Layoffs last week at NOAAs Office of Aircraft Operations, home of the NOAA Hurricane Hunters, threaten to reduce the quality of data critical for hurricane monitoring, prediction, and warning. Hurricane Hunters fly into active storms to collect data used for weather forecasts.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

At the same time, lawmakers in Texas and about two-thirds of states have introduced legislation this year that would make it easier to opt out of vaccines or otherwise put up barriers to ensuring more people get shots, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. As long as theres warm water, the hurricane will continue to accelerate.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is most well known for the National Weather Service, providing forecasting that underpins local meteorological reports and major sites like AccuWeather. But the data that NOAA collects is also crucial for private-sector industries, from airlines to insurance.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

Then Donald Trump arrived in the White House, and the headwinds turned into hurricane-force gales. A single automotive component can cross national borders as many as seven times during the production process. by as much as $12,000. Even in a rich and auto-dominated country like the U.S.,

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

An analysis of a Trump tweet that contained misleading information about mail-in voting shows most of the spread had likely already occurred by the time Twitter stepped in. The phenomenon was on full display at this week’s Republican National Convention. Hurricane Laura toppled the statue atop of the monument overnight.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 20, 2025

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has confirmed at least nine tornadoes touched down in central Alabama, with damage surveys still underway. The death toll for the tornadoes this week and in 2011 likely would have been higher if not for warnings provided by the National Weather Service and broadcast by Spann and others.

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