The abrupt cutoff of satellite data crucial for hurricane forecasting is delayed by one month, until July 31, according to a message posted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Monday.

The impending data loss from a Department of Defense weather satellite system was announced on June 25 and slated to take place “no later than” Monday, according to an earlier NOAA announcement.

The decision, which was initiated by the Defense Department, caused an uproar among meteorologists, public officials and the media in the midst of hurricane season. The fear is that the missing information could degrade the accuracy of hurricane forecasts. The move comes in the wake of steep personnel cuts at the National Weather Service and other parts of NOAA.

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    17 hours ago

    Did you type your comment from a country that voted for this? Do you deserve sympathy from other countries? Or do you think every person in the south voted for this?

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      Do you deserve sympathy from other countries?

      No, the US doesn’t deserve sympathy for this. Not until we actually start fighting back.

      The only people right now in the US that have any sympathy from me, as a USian are the people out on the streets, actively stopping ICE, or sabotaging federal equipment and processes.

      The rest of the country? Yeah, we’ll learn our lesson eventually.

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      I don’t expect sympathy from other countries because I feel like america broadly deserves this as punishment for its apathy and I’m saying this as someone who voted Harris. Also most people in the south voted for this. You wanna go cry for those people then be my guest. Im done having sympathy for backwards idiots who hate everyone and everything around them and are actively trying to set us back as a society. As for the small percentage of people who live there who didnt vote for this I feel bad for them and hope they can get out. Other than that they can rot in their disaster ridden meth towns because thats what they voted for.