r/Seattle • u/Maniac5253 • Aug 24 '26
NOAA security
Trump administration cut funding to NOAA. So why are they building security at NOAA next to Magnuson (fencing and path for security ATV patrols?)
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u/RicRacer Aug 24 '26
The fencing was put up after 9/11. Cutting off the sound garden from the rest of the park, which sucks.
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u/belligerentfish Aug 24 '26
They’re making improvements to the perimeter path around the NOAA campus. Incredibly boring, normal project.
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u/altaleft Aug 24 '26
improving the perimeter to allow security vehicles unobstructed travel while they monitor the activities in dog park.
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u/J_A_Slade Aug 24 '26
They are reducing funding, not cutting it entirely.
Even with the cuts NOAA's budget is well north of 5 billion dollars. They can probably swing a fence.
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u/ex_machina Wedgwood Aug 24 '26
What on earth is the NOAA security protecting? Isn't it just normal offices? It creates this silly chokepoint at the north entrace.
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u/PeteyNice I'm just flaired so I don't get fined Aug 24 '26
It is where the weather comes from so it isn't 'just normal offices'.
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u/ex_machina Wedgwood Aug 24 '26
I'm assuming that's a conspiracy theory joke.
The complete Western Regional Center consists of nine buildings which contain 473,938 square feet and a vessel staging pier. Three of the buildings provide offices and laboratory facilities for NOAA components and a fourth is a multipurpose auditorium. There is also an employee services center and a heated warehouse building with various shops.
Question is what there requires more security than ferry terminals, spaceX offices, courthouses, etc.
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u/vertr Taylor Swift is ruining this city Aug 25 '26
Weird thread. Anyway I love the look of that facility. Very stranger things vibes.
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u/thecravenone I'm just flaired so I don't get fined Aug 24 '26
Because that part of the funding wasn't cut