國家氣象局的母公司的人員削減可能會危害紐約人的安全

舒默說，在國家海洋和大氣管理局的裁員和支出削減可能會導致可靠的天氣預報和骯髒的大湖區。

Staffing cuts of 10% or more at the parent agency of the National Weather Service could endanger the safety of New Yorkers and lead to less reliable weather forecasting and dirtier Great Lakes, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said today.

美國參議員查爾斯·舒默（Charles Schumer）今天說，在國家氣象局的母公司的人員削減10％或以上可能會危害紐約人的安全，並導致可靠的天氣預報和更骯髒的大湖。

Schumer said that layoffs and spending cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could have serious consequences for New Yorkers.

舒默說，國家海洋和大氣管理局的裁員和支出削減可能會對紐約人造成嚴重後果。

“I am deeply concerned these continuing drastic cuts will harm the emergency preparedness and safety of New York’s communities that face extreme weather,” Schumer said in a letter to a top NOAA official. “The public will suffer if these public services are not re-established.”

舒默在給NOAA頂級官員的一封信中說：“我非常擔心這些持續的急劇削減將損害面臨極端天氣的紐約社區的緊急準備和安全性。” “如果不重建這些公共服務，公眾將遭受痛苦。”

Schumer said that the Albany weather service office, one of five in New York state, has already suspended some of its twice-daily weather balloon launches that help forecast storms. Those balloons provide information from high altitudes, where weather systems develop.

舒默說，紐約州五個的奧爾巴尼氣象局辦公室已經暫停了一些每日兩次的氣溫發射，這有助於預測風暴。這些氣球提供來自天氣系統發展的高海拔地區的信息。

Schumer said New York residents and farmers depend on weather service forecasts to help prepare for severe weather.

舒默說，紐約居民和農民依靠天氣服務的預測來為惡劣的天氣做準備。

“Upstate New York communities uniquely rely on these lifesaving federal services for storm tracking and emergency preparedness, whether it be for lake effect snowstorms, flooding or even extreme wind storms and tornadoes as we saw devastated communities across the state last summer,” Schumer wrote in a letter to Vice Admiral Nancy Hann, acting undersecretary of NOAA.

紐約州紐約州紐約社區獨特地依靠這些救生的聯邦服務來進行暴風雨跟踪和應急準備，無論是湖泊效應暴風雪，洪水，什至是極端的風暴風暴和龍捲風，因為我們去年夏天在全州看到了全州的社區。

A strong tornado struck the Oneida County city of Rome last July. In February, more than 10 feet of lake effect snow fell in two weeks in southern Oswego County.

去年7月，一場強大的龍捲風襲擊了奧尼達縣城市羅馬。 2月，奧斯威戈縣南部的兩週內有超過10英尺的湖泊效應降雪。

Schumer also said the Michigan-based Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, which conducts research and monitors water quality, has now taken an “indefinite hiatus” from public communications.

舒默還說，總部位於密歇根州的大湖環境研究實驗室進行了研究並監視水質，現在已經從公共通信中採取了“無限期的中斷”。

In the letter, Schumer asked for more information on the cuts and the agency’s plans to “maintain and restore already suspended services.”

在信中，舒默要求提供有關削減的更多信息，以及該機構“維護和恢復已經停止服務”的計劃。

A weather service spokeswoman did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

氣象服務發言人沒有立即回復發表評論的請求。

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