Whistle requests: very light for a while, desultory printing, not a lot going on The last two days: 60 requests in 48 hours, tens of thousands of whistles requested Whistle goblins: have claimed 98% of the requests, and they're all moving out post haste

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Michael was the first Cat 5 hurricane to impact the Florida Panhandle, the fourth-strongest landfalling hurricane in the contiguous United States in terms of wind speed, and the most intense hurricane on record to strike the United States in the month of October. Isaias is a sign of things to come.

Dr. Jeff Masters@drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 13h ago

The largest storm surge at any NOAA tide gauge from #Isaias was at Panama City Beach: 5.6' above Mean Higher High Water (MHHW). This is their highest water level on record, beating the 3.79' set during Hurricane Michael in 2018. Records are not very long-term, though, extending back only to 2008.

just did a walk around outside - lotsa flotsam, mostly snapped small limbs but it's STILL windy now we wait 'til morning to see what happen to the west... everybody's still hyperventilating, so waiting to see what happened (still taking power hits, though) thank you for your kind wishes k&w;-) 🙏

👋 yeah, we're okay - as we thought, lost power a bunch of times, still taking power hits currently sustained winds 47 mph, gusts to 59 and all those green blocks below are flash flood warnings i have no idea how much water it dropped that was/is one seriously fucked up storm

I shit you not… El Niño sheared this freakin' storm in half, and it's _still_ trying to rebuild its eye 😳 it's a freaking zombie storm 🧟‍♀️

And there’s our first full power outage, duration 15 seconds theoretically, the storm has not made landfall

up to 26 power drops, growing more frequent & longer in duration ⚡️🫥

The whistle goblins spun back up so fast it was incredible to witness. We're churning out whistles and can get em to you too. linktr.ee/3dwhistles

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · yesterday

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amid protests, the Grand Saline, TX city council voted 4–1 to evict Pip, the library cat, over scratching & biting. He'll now live with the librarian. a cat was installed in public office, performed public service, & was removed for being a cat. this is injustice. this is a crime. Justice for Pip!

When they’re asking _me_ to vote Republican, you can tell these chuckleheads are freakin’ desperate

It's an impressive storm: it may be getting sheared to death by El Nino, but this GOES-19 GIF shows Isaias' clouds covering over 1/3 of the country (p.s. climate change is a hoax 🤬)

weirdest ass thing about this storm: by the time this comes to shore, it will be eight years _to the day_ of Hurricane Michael beating the living shit out of the Panhandle & this area still hasn't completely recovered The only good thing: even though it's a Major storm, Isaias is _not_ Michael

currently at eight - ooops, nine drops in electricity

actually, the entire freaking panhandle is getting its ass kicked - adding in the eastern section of the panhandle, including Tallahassee

these radar captures are 120+ miles of storm just getting started

ummm, a rather to-the-point Tropical Cyclone Local Statement issued by NWS Tallahassee 😳

meanwhile, while we've been concentrating on the hurricane, the aliens have landed

Alright, we're coming up on the 4:00PM NHC full update, and the tropical storm level winds are definitely here... And below, courtesy of NWS Radar is Isaias... And it looks like Isaias is trying to line up a bowling strike on the entire Western Florida Panhandle...

Remember kids, public executions were the OG weapons of censorship.

annnnnd now we've entered the wind & waterspout portion of our program 🌬️💨🌪️🌀

i hate hate HATE lopsided storms they're... problematic 😱

The storm is up, and all is on the hazard.

national hurricane center is now putting out hourly updates 12Noon: Isaias is now 160 miles south of Pensacola (it's truckin' now) and will be coming to shore as a Cat 3, with 120mph sustained winds and no, they don't have edibles on sale 🤔

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I love this wording - "drifted a little bit east" ummm, I'd say 😳 And it's coming in hot as a Major... 8 years almost to the day Michael slammed us wheeeeee

Well, fuck.

while finishing up storm prep in the middle of the night, finished up Terror In Resonance on Criterion... nicely done surprised I really liked it 😬👍

Well, we're still in the Hurricane Warning bucket. Yeah. 🙄 Here's the 10P CDT Cone of UhOh - NHC thinks Isaias might gently trip into being a low-Cat3 (yup, a Major) but El Nino ramps up the shear after that. Late Fri/early Sat landfall as mid-Cat1 to low-Cat2 & rapidly loses power once on land.

something something execution something something live-streaming something 😵 guess it's time for today's reminder from ed hamell

Hamell On Trial - "Don't Kill"

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