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Friday, December 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM

Job Cuts ‘Impairing’ Weather Forecasting

July 7, 2025 Editor, The News-Gazette: The tragic Texas hill country flood occurring this past weekend reminds me that Rockbridge County is subject to floods too. Twenty three people died in Rockbridge County from the aftermath of Hurricane Camille in 1969, with an estimated property damage of $30 million. Would better forecasting and alert communication have altered our Camille tragedy?

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