Posts from — September 2016

So, while I’ve been watching triplets of tropical weather, I’ve been setting up my Computers and getting them back on line. Meanwhile Apple, Ubuntu, and M$ are sending out major updates.

I was lucky on the iPad. I didn’t realize there was a major update, IOS 10, coming out, so I was late to the party. That meant that I got IOS 10.00001 [OK – 10.0.1], the version that didn’t ‘brick’ many older devices.

I am currently upgrading my Linux box to version 16.04, the latest long-term support version.

Then I have to go back and check to see if Windows 10 finished its upgrade. It said it was updating, but then it stopped letting me check to see how far along it was.

Position: 17.9N 32.5W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West [280°] near 14 mph [22 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 45 mph [ 75 kph].
Wind Gusts: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 160 miles [260 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1005 mb ↓.

Currently about 1930 miles [3105 km] East of the Leeward Islands.

Twelve has been upgraded to a tropical storm at 10PM CDT.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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Position: 31.5N 77.1W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: East-Southeast [120°] near 5 mph [ 7 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Wind Gusts: 50 mph [ 80 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 80 miles [130 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1007 mb.

Currently about 190 miles [ 310 km] East-Southeast of Charleston, South Carolina.

Julia is going to hang around just off the coast for a few more days. This afternoon’s Hurricane Hunter reports that Julia has regained tropical storm strength.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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Position: 42.9N 44.9W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: Northeast [040°] near 53 mph [85 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 85 kph].
Wind Gusts: 65 mph [105 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 175 miles [280 km].
Minimum central pressure: 998 mb.

Currently about 995 miles [1605 km] West-Northwest of the Azores.

The storm will probably go post-tropical later today or tomorrow.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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Position: 17.6N 27.5W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West [280°] near 14 mph [22 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 35 mph [ 55 kph].
Wind Gusts: 45 mph [ 70 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1009 mb.

Currently about 255 miles [ 415 km] West-Northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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Position: 32.1N 79.8W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: East-Northeast [060°] near 5 mph [ 7 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Wind Gusts: 55 mph [ 90 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 115 miles [185 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1009 mb ↓.

Currently about 50 miles [ 80 km] South-Southeast of Charleston, South Carolina.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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Position: 33.9N 53.4W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North-Northeast [015°] near 14 mph [22 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 85 kph].
Wind Gusts: 65 mph [105 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 230 miles [370 km].
Minimum central pressure: 998 mb.

Currently about 670 miles [1075 km] East-Northeast of Bermuda.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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Position: 30.3N 81.6W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North-Northwest [345°] near 9 mph [15 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Wind Gusts: 55 mph [ 90 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 45 miles [ 75 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1009 mb.

Currently about 5 miles [ 10 km] West of Jacksonville, Florida.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida to Altamaha Sound, Georgia.

This system is about 300 miles East of me. It has been moving North along the coast all day and finally got organized.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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Position: 27.6N 52.8W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North-Northwest [345°] near 13 mph [20 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 85 kph].
Wind Gusts: 65 mph [105 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 230 miles [370 km].
Minimum central pressure: 998 mb ↓.

Currently about 785 miles [1265 km] East-Southeast of Bermuda.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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Hillary Clinton made the same mistake I did – not getting the pneumonia shot as soon as she turned 65 and started receiving Medicare. The shot is good for 5 years, is available at most major pharmacies, and is paid for 100%.

The three times I have been hospitalized were for pneumonia, and this time I was hospitalized as a precaution because of other symptoms only tangentially related to the pneumonia. They initially thought I might have ebola.

She was dehydrated due to the fever, and the weakness was the result of the dehydration. A course of prednisone & antibiotics with Gatorade available and she should be fine. If you go out and meet the public and you are going to catch something.

For those who think this indicates something more, the first two times I had pneumonia were in 1965 & 1967. Prior to this hospitalization, I hadn’t seen a doctor for 30 years.

Position: 23.5N 51.5W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North-Northwest [330°] near 13 mph [20 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 45 mph [ 75 kph].
Wind Gusts: 55 mph [ 90 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 230 miles [370 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1005 mb ↓.

Currently about 1010 miles [1630 km] Southeast of Bermuda.

Another wave that came off of Africa. It looks like it will be primarily in the Central Atlantic.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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September 11^th, 2001

In the intervening 15 years we have spent hundreds of billions of dollars, trampled on peoples rights, created huge new government bureaucracies, and can’t respond as well as the third world to a natural disaster.

It seems like we are constantly being told that every new group that appears anywhere is capable of another 9/11 attack, so what is the point if we are no safer?

Richard Clarke: “Your government failed you. Those entrusted with protecting you failed you. And I failed you. We tried hard. But that doesn’t matter, because we failed. And for that failure, I would ask, once all the facts are out, for your understanding and for your forgiveness.“

Ratted out by seismographs:

There is a “high possibility” that North Korea has conducted a fifth nuclear test, Yonhap news agency quoted a South Korean Government source as saying.

The comments came after a magnitude-5.3 seismic event was detected near North Korea’s Pyunggye-ri nuclear test site as the country celebrated its foundation day.

“There is a high possibility that it was a nuclear test, given the location and the magnitude of the quake,” said the unidentified official, quoted by Yonhap.

There is also a lot of chatter about a new iPhone being a ‘bomb’, but no one will really know until Apple starts locating suckers willing to pay hundreds of dollars to be beta testers.

Position: 39.5N 71.9W [ 1PM CDT 1800 UTC].
Movement: West [265°] near 7 mph [11 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 85 kph].
Wind Gusts: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 140 miles [220 km].
Minimum central pressure: 999 mb ↑.

Currently about 120 miles [ 190 km] South of the eastern tip of Long Island.

The storm is losing strength and all warnings have been cancelled. This is the final NHC advisory.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

[For the latest information click on the storm symbol, or go to the CATEGORIES drop-down box below the CALENDAR and select “Hurricanes” for all of the posts related to storms on this site.]