{"id":1788060,"date":"2019-11-14T18:28:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T23:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1788060"},"modified":"2019-11-14T18:28:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T23:28:47","slug":"inside-noaa-during-trumps-sharpie-mapmaking-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/11\/inside-noaa-during-trumps-sharpie-mapmaking-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside NOAA During Trump\u2019s Sharpie Mapmaking Period"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the nuttery surrounding President Trump, his erroneous warning that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama, and his Sharpie-adjusted hurricane map? That was two whole months ago. It all put NOAA and the National Weather Service in an awkward spot. <em>Mother Jones<\/em> put in a Freedom of Information Act request for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/hurricane-dorian-related-records\">their internal emails<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2019\/11\/trump-sharpie-hurricane-dorian-noaa-emails-foia\/\">found out just how uncomfortable things were inside NOAA during that period<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Previously: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/10\/trump-maps-and-manipulation\/\">Trump, Maps and Manipulation<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/09\/a-defilement-of-a-sacred-trust\/\">\u2018A Defilement of a Sacred Trust\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the nuttery surrounding President Trump, his erroneous warning that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama, and his Sharpie-adjusted hurricane map? That was two whole months ago. It all put NOAA and the National Weather Service&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/11\/inside-noaa-during-trumps-sharpie-mapmaking-period\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[662,159,198,448],"class_list":["post-1788060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-weather-and-climate","tag-hurricanes","tag-noaa","tag-nws","tag-trump","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1844780,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/07\/sharpiegate-investigators-placed-on-leave\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788060,"position":0},"title":"Sharpiegate Investigators Placed on Leave","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"26 July 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"CNN reports that two NOAA officials who led the internal \u201cSharpiegate\u201d inquiry\u2014which found that NOAA leadership violated its ethical standards and scientific integrity policy when they backed Trump\u2019s Sharpie-adjusted hurricane forecast map\u2014were placed on administrative leave on Thursday. In a complete coincidence, one of the officials they found in violation,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weather and Climate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weather and Climate","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/weather-and-climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1843342,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/06\/defense-department-cuts-off-noaa-nasa-from-key-satellite-data-used-in-hurricane-forecasting\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788060,"position":1},"title":"Defense Department Cuts Off NOAA, NASA from Key Satellite Data Used in Hurricane Forecasting","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"30 June 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"Citing cybersecurity concerns, the U.S. Department of Defense is cutting off NOAA and NASA access to data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), throwing a wrench into the NOAA\u2019s ability to forecast hurricanes, CNN reports. Of particular concern is the loss of access to the Special Sensor Microwave Imager\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weather and Climate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weather and Climate","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/weather-and-climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1844800,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/07\/noaa-will-continue-to-receive-vital-satellite-data-after-all\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788060,"position":2},"title":"NOAA Will Continue to Receive Vital Satellite Data After All","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"31 July 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"NOAA\u2019s hurricane forecasts will continue to be able to use data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). Michael Lowry reports that in a last-minute reversal, the U.S. Department of Defense will continue to allow NOAA to have access to that data for the remainder of the satellites\u2019 lifespan (about\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weather and Climate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weather and Climate","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/weather-and-climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3007,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/10\/hurricane-matthew-map-roundup\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788060,"position":3},"title":"Hurricane Matthew Map Roundup","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"6 October 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Start with the National Hurricane Center, which has lots of different maps of Hurricane Matthew's\u00a0predicted path, weather warnings, rainfall potential and so forth.\u00a0See also maps from Weather Underground. Google's Crisis Map includes evacuation resources\u2014Red Cross shelters, evacuation routes, traffic data\u2014in addition to storm track and precipitation information. 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(See this 2020 post on the difference in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Surveying&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Surveying","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/surveying\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1814423,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/05\/noaas-aurora-forecasts\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788060,"position":5},"title":"NOAA&#8217;s Aurora Forecasts","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"12 May 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"It turns out that auroras are a thing you can generate weather maps for. NOAA\u2019s Space Weather Prediction Center has this experimental Aurora Dashboard that predicts the visibility of the aurora borealis and australis for the next two nights. 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