Early voting in Okaloosa County for the General Election started on Monday, October 20^th and runs through Saturday, November 1^st from 9AM to 7PM CDT daily.

The locations are more convenient than last time for the South County.

[Thanks for reminding me about Early Voting, Steve.]

Monday: One member of the Canadian Defense Forces was killed and a second injured on Monday by a hit-and-run driver outside their station near Montreal, Quebec. The police gave pursuit and finally ended up shooting the driver.

Tuesday: In Winnipeg, Manitoba the bodies of 6 dead babies were found in a storage locker. The police have arrested the woman who rented the locker.

Today: In Ottawa a soldier was shot and killed while guarding the War Memorial, Canada’s equivalent of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The gunman then went to the Parliament and was killed in a shoot-out with the Parliamentary Sergeant-at-Arms and police.

This sort of thing isn’t supposed to happen in Canada. Canada is supposed to be polite and dull.

Position: 18.9N 90.9W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: East-Southeast [105°] near 6 mph [ 9 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 30 mph [ 45 kph].
Wind Gusts: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1004mb.

Currently about 75 miles [ 120 km] South-Southwest of Campeche, Mexico.

As the depression is weakening, Mexico cancelled the Watch at 7PM.

At 10PM the system moved inland and became a remnant low. This is the final NHC advisory.

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

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