#storm tracking

It's a highly valuable system that costs very little relative to the rest of the federal budget and is a drop in the bucket relative to the tax cuts that the wealthy don't need. And,

“This decision will kill people,” [hurricane researcher Jimmy Yunge] wrote. “I seriously urge all of those involved to reverse this policy, and call on those who have any amount of leverage in the upper administration to push back at any and every level under moral and practical grounds.”

The Christian nationalists charged with slashing the budget for USAID, have already claimed the lives of an estimated 300,000 people according to research by a professor of public health at Boston University.

Where are my oceanographers and meteorologists of tumblr at? Grew up coastal and heavily rely on NOAA to bring accurate information on storm tracking and hurricane landing estimates. This is incredibly concerning in addition to everything else that is being targeted. I never would have expected the weather and ocean studies to be on the butcher block.

pic of the storm in AL - you holding up ok?

I figured out why I'm not desperately churning out fics where Blish doesn't die, didn't die, is incapable of dying, comes back, we time-travel backwards - I did all this for Trahearne but I'm not for Blish.

And I figured out why.

It's because it's so blatantly obvious that he can't be dead that I'm waiting for Anet to say 'haha got you there' and bring him back. Like, yay, we had all the trauma and character growth and emotional awfulness of that, can he come back now? it's getting tiring.

Plus we kinda need him for Taimi. There's no way he's actually dead.

So I'm not writing my own fics because Anet will do it. It's just obvious.

Now, knowing Anet, they might not - but my emotions are just going 'haha funny, is the joke over now?' because it doesn't make sense.

Or maybe I'm just getting so tense over Taimi's thing being drawn out for so long that my brain snapped and is just waiting patiently for Anet to do something?

Who knows.

As we here in the Gulf Coast of Louisiana prepare for not one but two hurricanes currently tacking towards our state, it’s hard not to think of our Nash Roberts Hurricane Papers as a timely collection to post about today. 

When you mention Nash Roberts, generations of New Orleanians, who have never met him in person, will remember a treasured friend. For more than 40 years, anxious residents of the "city in a bowl" listened and watched attentively as this meteorologist-turned-reluctant TV celebrity calmly and thoughtfully explained and predicted the paths of hurricanes. He gathered all the technical information available and distilled it for presentation to the TV audience with the simplest of tools -a magic marker and erasable board. And when his forecast was complete, the public was reassured and better prepared. 

The Nash Roberts Hurricane Papers consist of reconnaissance data and weather reports with extensive collections of material about hurricanes Betsy (1965) and Camille (1969) which include first-hand accounts of personal experiences. The collection contains maps, ranging from hand-plotted tracking charts to satellite images, 35-millimeter radar films and 16-millimeter KTS satellite time lapse film (all pertaining to Camille).

Here is a short piece on Nash produced for the New Orleans tricentennial for local TV station WYES (who Nash was also a founder of).

Stay Safe and Take Care.

Hurricane Dorian is currently a Category 2 Hurricane. Its sustained winds are 110 MPH and its gusts are 125 MPH. This hurricane is 1-2 MPH under a Category 3 storm. Remember, the highest category is 5.

Its moving northwest at 12 MPH. By Wednesday, September 4th, it will make landfall on Florida, being a CATEGORY 4. Please read on how to prepare for a Hurricane. Article 1. Article 2.

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Things to know about Dorian and Hurricanes (Helping for Emergency Preparation):

Currently, the Hurricane would be a CATEGORY 4, making landfall on Florida on September 4th. It wont just hit Florida. Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama will be hit with these winds. Up to 10 inches of rain are expected currently. Flash floods are very likely. Please stay in tune with your weather channel about the storm for more later news. source

Category 4 hurricanes have maximum sustained winds of 130 to 156 mph. Gusts can be 30% higher or more than the sustained winds. Mobile homes, buildings without fixed structures, and sheds can be completely destroyed. source

Reminder that there is also flying debris, trees, and power lines.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE CATEGORY 1 HURRICANES. Category 1 winds can reach up to 74 to 95 mph, causing damages to power lines and well-constructed homes. Power outages can last for days or even a week. See the picture below:

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