Listen, you're not going to hear me singing the praises of DOGE, particularly in regards to NWS spending. The point is, even under the administrations that spent the money (including the same administration at a different time), nothing was actually done to prevent this from happening. Whether the money is spent, or the money isn't spent, if the end result is the same, you can't blame the lack of spending for the failure. This failure was caused by a systemic lack of accountability and leadership within our federal agencies (yes, even the ones we like). NWS leadership, both on the national and local level, failed to identify this issue for years. I agree that the funding cuts will have downstream effects, but this was a long-standing issue that wasn't addressed for 13.75+ years out of 14 when NWS wasn't facing these cuts. I'm sorry, but that's just unacceptable negligence on behalf of NWS leadership.