Anti-Government Group Threatening Weather Radar Stations, Because Libtard Weather Control Freedumb Arglebargle Duuhhrr

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An anti-government group is making threats against weather equipment that it says is a “weather weapon” controlled by the military, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned employees. In emails widely shared with National Weather Service staff this month and obtained by The Washington Post, the NOAA Office of Security warned of threats it said are being coordinated by Veterans on Patrol, an extremist group motivated by anti-government beliefs and conspiracy theories.

NOAA’s central office said in the emails that there were no specific or credible threats at this time, but it did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “Out of an abundance of caution, we are asking all regions to notify their field offices and radar technicians to maintain increased vigilance when at or near radar sites,” NOAA’s central office informed leadership across the country in a May 1 memo, which advised NWS staff to notify local law enforcement of any suspicious behavior.

Experts who track domestic extremism say the group has not taken overtly violent action before, but they say its rhetoric comes amid a rise in domestic extremism fueled by conspiracy theories about the government’s legitimacy. Veterans on Patrol often mobilizes in communities hit by disasters, as it did in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene, and criticizes the government response. Veterans on Patrol’s messaging is “just another cog in the wheel of anti-government conspiracy theories,” according to Luke Baumgartner, a research fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University.

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NOAA said Veterans on Patrol was recruiting people for “penetration drills” on locations hosting Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) systems, which are composed of white, spherical Doppler weather radars that detect precipitation, wind and thunderstorms. The equipment is also operated by the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Air Force to chart aircraft, according to NOAA. Veterans on Patrol believes the infrastructure is a “weather weapon” controlled by the military against Americans, NOAA wrote in an email. The group’s leadership wrote in repeated messages to Telegram that the equipment was “poisoning our skies.”

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/07/anti-government-weather-radar-conspiracy/

[2naSalit]

1. Another reason why...

We can't have nice things.

[Norrrm]

2. Republicans whine that democrats control the weather.

Why can't you republicans control the weather? Are you stupid? God won't let you?

[wendyb-NC]

3. Lol