#Project2025 would defund, privatize, and cripple the public #weather and disaster response efforts of the federal government, including the National Weather Service and NOAA.

But, until then, you might be interested in this (free) image from NOAA satellites of the swath of power outages caused by

@Gargron @peachfront Thanks, Eugen! Cos we really rely on Mastodon here for #HurricaneHelene and other emergencies here in #Florida. I know that might not be the best thing to do, but it's the best we've got during emergencies when other social networks aren't reliable anymore.

@Gargron: Hey #Mastodon / #fedeverse : At NO POINT IN TIME YESTERDAY - on my web page "explore" page on mastodon.social - did #Hashtags contain:

#HurricaneHelene, #Hurricane, or #Helene

None showed up - even though when I typed them, they had FAR MORE USES in the "autocomplete" drop-down than the hashtags that DID SHOW UP!

Fix this please!