Per the author:
Also in jeopardy: Engineering + IT support for N-Wave, NOAA’s internet + network provider. N-Wave transmits weather forecasting data. Internal email warns of "significant service disruptions” if contracts aren’t extended.
Edit:
Since this was published, there has apparently been a bit of a reprieve as word got out about how bad this would be
Is this all because they made fun of his sharpie on the hurricane map and nuke the storm idea?
That’s part of it, but they’re destroying everything in the US government which benefits people over billionaires, and this is just another piece of that.