The NYTimes reported last Summer that 17% of those at the NWS had lost their jobs. One hundred new openings happened then after the nearly 600 had been terminated.
It was as if no planning went into this — storm within the service.
What I have noticed is the constant change in the forecast. Beyond about 48 hours, there are changes changes changes! Drama yeah. It's like, "we will just check with the guys a couple of hundred miles upwind and just stay with that for a week."