Milton’s impacts still keep coming, and will be for weeks. Tampa dodged the potential catastrophic storm surge, but nearby Pasco County was among (already-saturated before Milton) communities drenched with huge rain totals, and the water will take weeks to work thru the river sys … | Continue reading
Stars & Stripes: LAKE LURE, N.C. — Federal emergency response personnel on Saturday had employees operating in hard-hit Rutherford County, N.C., stop working and move to a different area because of concerns over “armed militia” threatening government workers in the region, accord … | Continue reading
Anyone that’s not wealthy is re-evaluating their dream home.Those rich enough to build storm proofed retreats will be taking over. This change might be happening a lot sooner than planners and leaders realize, with far reaching consequences, as yet unmapped. Fast Company: In the … | Continue reading
Beware of a lot of bogus posting out there about an imminent hurricane threat. There is none. That said, the latest atmospheric wave off Africa is heading towards historically warm waters. Fox Weather has perspective above. | Continue reading
Buttigieg pushed back on Elon Musk spreading misinformation on the x platform, and ended up clarifying some misunderstandings. | Continue reading
The age of MAGA means a percentage of people believe the TV meteorologist is actually part of the globalist cabal of skin-suited Lizard people controlling the weather and directing hurricanes at their enemies, or remotely managing Jewish Space Lasers. Then there are the run of th … | Continue reading
Help with be needed for “months, if not years”. Snapshot of the physical and emotional toll of Helene. No conspiracies, no complaints – just a thoughtful look at day to day life in a changed landscape. | Continue reading
Hundreds of thousands of Floridians still out of power, and because Gas stations without power are inoperable, a knock-on crisis of residents unable to move because they are dependent on ICE vehicles. Try to imagine an alternative scenario with significant number of EVs, solar ro … | Continue reading
Florida lawmakers in awkward position of having voted against disaster relief, but wanting more of it now. Washington Post: The earliest estimates suggest the latest storm, Hurricane Milton, may have unleashed roughly $50 billion in damage across Florida, destroying countless hom … | Continue reading
Some rivers till rising.Survivors filtering back to soaked, stinking and rotting homes.Gas stations paralyzed due to power outages, and increasingly desperate citizens turning on each other. Consider an alternative situation, but with rooftop solar, community solar, microgrids an … | Continue reading
WRAL Raleigh, NC, report.Mountains of debris, wreckage, and trash in Helene’s wake are a toxic, and ironically, Greenhouse gas, threat. | Continue reading
Study: Hurricane have a long tail of casualties that includes thousands of additional deaths in years after a storm.Surviving a major storm is a risk factor, apparently as real as smoking. Washington Post: But Helene’s lasting damage to homes, health systems, economies and social … | Continue reading
Still a long way to go before clean up can even begin in Florida, as record rains leave rivers swollen and communities cut off. | Continue reading
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NBC News: The inspiration for the hurricane rescue images meme format apparently stems from a viral post from a public official on X, who shared a fake image of a child crying while holding a puppy with a flooded backdrop amid Hurricane Helene, which some recirculated as if it we … | Continue reading
Above, Alex Jones still owes parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims a billion dollars for defamation, but that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to grift his brain dead followers with hurricane disinformation in the midst of a crisis. Associated Press: Hurricanes are humanity’s … | Continue reading
The Florida economy has been compared to a Ponzi scheme that depends on a steady flow of money into a real estate mill.What if that flow slows down? or reverses? So far, the “sucker born every minute” adage seems to be holding.New York Times graphic below shows how Americans cont … | Continue reading
WFLA in Tampa breaks in to regular programming to issue a special flood advisory and discussion. Days after Milton spared the Tampa area the most feared storm surge, but dropped torrential, record breaking rains – water is still rising, and people are being asked to leave, some a … | Continue reading
Ahead of Michigan’s new clean energy siting reforms taking effect this fall, there has been a rise in saner voices about rural clean energy.Cooler heads have been empowered, and enough communities are starting to gain experience with clean energy – turns out the lurid tales of zo … | Continue reading
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I think this is what they call neuro-divergent. Daily Beast: Elon Musk’s X social media platform has reportedly worked with Donald Trump’s campaign to censor material that could be harmful to the former president’s White House chances as part of a pattern of election interference … | Continue reading
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Guardian: The risk of winter blackouts in Great Britain has tumbled to its lowest in four years even after the shutdown of the UK’s last coal plant, thanks to investments in low-carbon electricity sources. The National Energy System Operator (Neso) expects Britain’s winter power … | Continue reading
It went viral, veteran John Morales, in describing the incredible rapid intensification of Hurricane Milton this past week, found himself choking up with emotion. Morales, a 40 year veteran of Hurricane reporting as Meteorologist in the Miami TV market, was overcome by emotion, b … | Continue reading
1-2 punches will be more common. Stronge hurricanes will come more often. Nature – Increasing sequential tropical cyclone hazards along the US East and Gulf coasts: Two tropical cyclones (TCs) that make landfall close together can induce sequential hazards to coastal areas. Here … | Continue reading
Wall Street Journal: “When we moved to Florida from New York City, I knew we might face natural disasters, like hurricanes and floods,” said Picardo, who was following Milton’s trajectory and thought he was out of harm’s way. “I was not anticipating tornadoes.” After twister-pack … | Continue reading
Pete Buttigieg is one of the most effective messengers on a generally hostile platform, and Neil Cavuto is fair enough to call things what they are. Below, here’s a 7 minute clip from Barack Obama’s masterful speech in Pittsburgh thursday night. This is the best and most importan … | Continue reading
The image above is making fun of a disturbing reality that catastrophic impacts of Helene and Milton have stretched the tether to reality beyond the breaking point for MAGA. Marjorie Taylor Green, famously the stupidest member of the US congress, posted notoriously the X this wee … | Continue reading
Inside Climate News: The Midwest is once again being highlighted as a potential refuge from the threats of climate change, which continues to fuel increasingly destructive natural disasters around the world. In the United States, devastating wildfires and hurricanes have sent ins … | Continue reading
There’s going to be a major reset in Real Estate evaluations in the wake of Helene and Milton.Florida bubble seems quite fragile. Washington Post: Potential home buyers are increasingly weighing the environmental threats their homes could face as the effects of climate change int … | Continue reading
Much like the climate scientists who were getting death threats starting in the 90s, Meteorologists who simply forecast the weather are now being targeted as part of some nonexistent globalist cabal – due to very intentional messaging by the leader of the Republican Party, his me … | Continue reading
President Biden, and Vice President Harris Speak to Hurricane Emergencies in Florida, NC.Calls out “reckless and irresponsible” Misinformation and Lies. Harris warns “we are monitoring ” for Price Gouging, whether at Gas pumps, Hotels, or Airports.“Please Listen to local official … | Continue reading
Andy Revkin Substack: You’ve already seen the toxic and dangerous output of public figures like U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene making specious claims about weather control at the scale of hurricanes. I was glad to see atmospheric scientist Roy Spencer among those tryi … | Continue reading
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Above, WFAA Dallas. Below, WRAL Raleigh with virtual reality Storm Surge explainer. | Continue reading
Raw Story: Firebrand Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday blamed America’s evils on God’s “punishment” for “murdering babies” and separately said she doesn’t want to give the Federal Emergency Management Agency “a damn penny” despite the agency’s desperate p … | Continue reading
Chuck Edwards, Republican House Member, North Carolina: Dear Friend, Over the past 10 days, I have been proud of how our mountain communities have come together to help one another. We have seen a level of support that is unmatched by most any other disaster nationwide; but amids … | Continue reading
Raw Story: “You wonder about the editorial standards of the Wall Street Journal, which we respect and read all the time, talk about on the show, just publishing uncritically what J.D. Vance is saying about the management of this hurricane,” said co-host Willie Geist. “We’ve been … | Continue reading
Above, summary of the morning briefing (sorry I forgot to post this immediately) Afternoon updates below. Milton restrengthening after eyewall replacement. | Continue reading
So many uninsured across the affected areas, big doubts as to who pays for astronomical damages. Average policies in Florida will not protect from storm surge, some policies will not protect from hurricane wind damage.One thing sure, policy prices going up.Average property insura … | Continue reading
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Different from Sandy in 2012, which did not affect critical swing states. The Hill: The intensification of Hurricane Milton into a Category 5 storm headed straight for Florida will pose a serious test for the Biden-Harris administration, which has already been stretched by the de … | Continue reading
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I keep seeing more and more new footage from North Carolina, things I had not seen before, and the accounts that come out keep repeating that the damage is beyond anything the media is even capable of capturing. | Continue reading
National Hurricane Center October 8: The structure of Milton has changed significantly overnight. The pinhole eye seen yesterday has filled and earlier aircraft data showed a double eyewall structure. More recent microwave images show only one larger eyewall, and it is clear that … | Continue reading
Apropos of nothing – this interview I did with Rolling Stone Senior writer Jeff Goodell, in Miami Beach in 2016, comes to mind. | Continue reading
Miami Herald (registration): No matter how perfect conditions may get, a hurricane can only get so strong. At least that’s what the science says. Milton, which blew up into a Category 5 hurricane Monday and kept going, is pushing the boundaries, approaching what’s known among hur … | Continue reading