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2017 July 31 — Why Now?
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Scaramucci Out?

My BBC alerts just told me that Scaramucci has been removed as White House communications director. He gave up his business and his wife filed for divorce to get this job. He caused Sean Spicer to resign and got Reinhold [Reince is a nickname] Priebus axed, and now he’s gone in 10 days.

The Guardian and CNN have chimed in the same news. Could be real, or just another ‘fake news’ operation by the White House, or General Kelly is taking his new job seriously.

Update: The Harvard Law School alumni directory lists Scaramucci as “deceased”. That’s cold. It was just a job.

July 31, 2017   10 Comments

Tropical Storm Emily

Tropical Depression EmilyPosition: 27.5N 81.0W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: East [095°] near 9 mph [15 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 30 mph [ 45 kph].
Wind Gusts: 45 mph [ 70 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1010 mb ↑.

Currently about 35 miles [ 60 km] West of Vero Beach, Florida.

Last night this was an area of interest in the Gulf. At 10am it is approaching the mouth of Tampa Bay. At 1pm the storm was inland Southeast of Tampa. At 4pm the system was downgraded to a depression and all watches and warnings were cancelled.

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.]

July 31, 2017   Comments Off on Tropical Storm Emily