The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the agency and the Trump administration limiting federal government resources on climate change.

NOAA falls under the U.S. Department of Commerce and is tasked with daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings and climate monitoring. It is also parent to the National Weather Service.

The agency said its National Centers for Environmental Information would no longer update its Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database beyond 2024, and that its information — going as far back as 1980 — would be archived.

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    OK. I assure you, the insurance industry will continue to track it.

    This is the same logic as “if we stop testing, the disease goes away”

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      Been screaming this. If climate change isn’t happening, then why are the military and insurance companies making plans and adjustments.

      OK, the entire insurance industry is woke. Say the military is a woke piece of shit. SAY IT.

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      Costs will go way down next year because the president x’d out hurricanes. All better now.

      In other news, car crash injuries are up because seat belts keep saving those pesky survivors. The stats were better when corpses didn’t count.

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    19 hours ago

    The year is 2039, Florida has been perpetually under hurricanes for 3 weeks straight as hurricane after hurricane makes landfall. After careful review, it’s been determined that the hurricanes have caused $0.00 in damage. There’s nothing to be concerned about. FEMA has not been dispatched as there is no emergency.

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    Out of sight out of mind. Kind of like the wasteland the south is going to become after the next couple of years of storms.

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    Yes, that will really make it all better and stop any further damage from climate related issues. Just like not looking at the power bill means that I don’t have to pay it.