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Primary Election Today

Voting Sticker

The polls close at 7PM CDT on the Panhandle, so it you haven’t voted yet, go do it.

There were actually two other people voting when I did, which is unusual for any election, but especially a primary election at my polling location.

August 26, 2014   2 Comments

Hurricane Cristobal – Day 4

Hurricane CristobalPosition: 30.4N 71.5W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North [360°] near 15 mph [24 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 80 mph [130 kph].
Wind Gusts: 95 mph [150 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 240 miles [390 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 60 miles [ 95 km].
Minimum central pressure: 983mb ↓.

Currently about 415 miles [ 670 km] West-Southwest of Bermuda.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Bermuda.

The storm is expanding and generating large swells and surf that will cause coastal erosion, rip currents, and high dangerous surf along the East Coast of the US and Bermuda.

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.]

August 26, 2014   Comments Off on Hurricane Cristobal – Day 4