A quick glance into the Hurdat2 dataset suggests that Rachel and Simon are about to become the first pair of named storms to come ashore on the same day in the Eastern Pacific since continuous records began in 1949. A pair did it in 2011, but one was a Tropical Depression that was never named.

“.. In Maine, the cost to fill a standard heating-oil tank as of Wednesday was $1,650, up roughly 80 percent from a year earlier ..” @nytimes.com #MEsen www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...

Note the right lateral offset of the yellow centerline of you look across the fault. (Traffic spotters had my back for this quick snap).

Garry Hayes@geotripper.bsky.social · yesterday

The San Andreas fault crosses the highway near pinnacles National Park

In guessing this means they have run out of interceptors?

NPR@npr.org · 13h ago

A projectile struck a passenger terminal at the international airport in Riyadh on Sunday, a day after a missile hit the same terminal and killed 12 people, officials said. n.pr/4B1yUOK

Kind of amazing how well the hurricane models and many CAMs did with this. Looked weird but verified!

Chris Fogarty, PhD@cyclone-fogarty.bsky.social · 16h ago

The sting jet from Hurricane Isaias showed up in striking detail as seen by Sentinel SAR instruments. This marked the early signs of extratropical transition. #Isaias

Boston, Cleveland and New York City are combining housing complexes with public library branches in a bid to add affordable units and boost community services.

A New Space for Affordable Homes: Above the Library

Several cities are looking combine apartment complexes with public library branches in a bid to add new housing units and boost community services.

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Turns out the friction of having to learn photoshop was a crucial firewall protecting society from the terrible taste of small business owners

terra firma, terra eterna 🚱🌉@kavi.bsky.social · last mo.

When I first heard about AI being used for menus and advertisements, my concern was largely that it would be used to idealize the food and make it look better than it actually was. At no point did I imagine that restaurants would willingly put out horrific looking images of their food on purpose

This is your annual reminder that honeybees aren't native to North America

The Atlantic might not be done? DeepMind has been showing higher chances of development in the western Caribbean or southern Gulf as early as next weekend. Climatology says storms that form there most often affect the Caribbean or south Florida. We’ll see.

The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.

Jared@jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 3d ago

Things got more insane just about as soon as I posted this last night. DHS is now arguing that we cannot even put the names of ICE officers in our lawsuit against those officers. Their position is that, if a defendant works for DHS, they cannot be named in a lawsuit. Never seen anything like it.

El Niño is fueling record-breaking sea surface temperatures (SST) off the coast of SoCal. Warmer-than-normal seas take up more volume and push tides higher. SST anomalies of +13F along the coast of Baja California will aid the intensification of Tropical Storm #Rachel as it approaches land.

Sequence of OFCL and Google DeepMind forecasts verifying ~at the time of landfall for Isaias. GDMI was never more than ~50 nm to the left of landfall and never more than ~4 h slow - very consistent and impressive. OFCL started with larger left and slow biases but corrected them very quickly.

BREAKING: Trump says Ukraine should get a new president as he blames Zelenskyy for U.S. diesel prices.

Trump says Ukraine should get a new president as he blames Zelenskyy for US diesel prices

Former President Donald Trump says Ukraine needs a new leader, suggesting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hasn't done enough to end the war with Russia.

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This looks like a carjacking. I think any reasonable person would hit the gas.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d ago

The NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera). Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas.

New @who.int update on the suspected plague case in Russia: „The NFP [National Focal Point] informed WHO that the case and all contacts had been tested for a range of microorganisms, including high-threat pathogens. Test results were negative for the tested high-threat pathogens.“

BREAKING: A missile struck a passenger terminal at an airport in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh and wounded many, an official says.

The airport in the Saudi capital has been attacked again, officials say

The airport in Saudi Arabia's capital has been attacked again, according to two regional officials. They say the Riyadh airport has been evacuated and air traffic has stopped.

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My weather service subscriptions are about to exceed my streaming subscriptions

Have to wonder if the coastal flooding in SoCal is a harbinger of the El Niño winter to come.

The Eyewall@theeyewallwx.bsky.social · 2d ago

We have an update on the remnants of Hurricane Isaias, as it spreads heavy rain and the potential for tornadoes across the Southeast. Also, another look at Rachel, which is already impacting Southern California with coastal flooding. Below or at theeyewall.com.

Houthis making progress, says RAPIDAN:

This is where I monitor the situation from

Preliminary track verification statistics for #Isaias show that the Google Deepmind model dominated the model guidance by a huge margin. The National Hurricane Center closely and wisely followed it. Details at bmcnoldy.blogspot.com/2026/10/isai...

President Donald Trump fumed at the Norwegian committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize, saying that the fact it didn’t go to him “is just another sign of how Norway and all these others are ripping off our country”

Trump Warns Norway He Won’t Forget Nobel Peace Prize Snub

President Donald Trump fumed at the Norwegian committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize, saying that the fact it didn’t go to him “is just another sign of how Norway and all these others are ripping off our country.”

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Wx folks, anyone got a stream in the Fort Walton Beach/Destin area? (Looking for footage from the FFE)

It’s actually illegal to write a Waffle House Index news story now without mentioning the teleporting.

No snowfall is expected with major Hurricane Isaias.

An Extreme Wind Warning has been issued for portions of the Florida Panhandle as #Isaias approaches. Hurricane force winds are imminent in these regions. Treat this as you would a tornado warning and get into your safe place immediately!

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The United States is now importing fuel from Russia, per President Trump.

10/9/26: A Tornado Watch is in effect for parts of the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend, far southwest Georgia, and far southeast Alabama until 9pm EDT. The tornado risk will continue increasing this afternoon as rainbands associated with Isaias continue spreading northward.