Yeah it'll be interesting if they privatize weather forecasting in the US FWIW, there is already a massive industry of private weather forecasting. I know per

Yeah it'll be interesting if they privatize weather forecasting in the US FWIW, there is already a massive industry of private weather forecasting. I know personally, or have met, at least six fully trained meteorologists who don't work for the government. Most are in the oil industry, but one is in aquaculture, and another in shipping. Most big energy, aviation, and logistics companies employ meteorologists. Probably other industries, too. That said, the loss of the NWS would be a national tragedy, and one of the worst mistakes in American government history.