The report says the Commerce Department ran a “flawed process” that went against the interests of NOAA and the National Weather Service, which it oversees. We repeat, no impacts from Hurricane #Dorian will be felt across Alabama. Officials in the Commerce Department knew this but ordered the NOAA statement rebuking the Birmingham office anyway. The inspector general’s memo did not name the employee; however, the separate NOAA scientific integrity investigation said it was Roberts, who now works at another Commerce Department agency. Volunteers wade down a flooded road against wind and rain brought on by Hurricane Dorian to rescue families near the Causarina bridge in Freeport, Bahamas, on Sept. 3, 2019.

Source: Washington Post June 30, 2020 14:53 UTC