Mark and Rusty certainly do look pretty excited, based on their expressions and gaping mouths. So far, it seems as if the rest of the class may have moved on to something else. Call me ignorant, but I don’t follow Mark’s statement in panel 2 or Rusty’s assessment in panel 4. 

Those storm symbols are supposed to be enough to explain about storms and environmental health? I don’t think so. I think the docent is a bit lazy. A better argument could have been made by showing how NOAA observes the weather and makes assessments or maybe show how that knowledge has helped minimize damage and death. Take a whole week to work this into the strip.  Otherwise, I don’t see how this will influence anybody on the anti-NOAA side, if that is Rivera’s goal.