When NOAA Speaks, the World Reaches for Sandbags: How a U.S. Hurricane Forecast Becomes Global Economic Theater
The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—better known as NOAA—has once again opened its seasonal spectacle of Technicolor panic maps, politely reminding the rest of the planet that when America sneezes, the world catches a cold front. Every June, like clockwork, the agency’s hurricane outlook drops onto global newsrooms with the subtlety of a…