If you see your hosts file what the DNS used to show, does the server respond?

That’s usually the real test.

I don't know, it's a good question. I don't have the IP addresses cached.

NPR notes that the report is here [1], so if someone is trying to hide it, they're not doing a particularly good job.

[1] https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/61592