Posts from — June 2015

Position: 29.5N 97.0 [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North [350°] near 12 mph [19 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Wind Gusts: 50 mph [ 80 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 150 miles [250 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1000 mb ↑.

Currently about 45 miles [ 70 km] North of Victoria, Texas.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the coast of Texas from Port O’Connor to San Luis Pass.

At 1PM CDT the storm was inland over Matagorda Island.

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.]

Position: 27.1N 94.2W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: Northwest [320°] near 12 mph [19 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 85 kph].
Wind Gusts: 65 mph [105 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 160 miles [260 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1005 mb.

Currently about 155 miles [ 250 km] South-Southeast of Galveston, Texas.

The NHC finally declared Invest 91L a Tropical Storm. The real threat is for flooding as the storm brings even more rain into an area that has been waterlogged since Memorial Day.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the coast of Texas from Baffin Bay to High Island.

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.]

John, by the grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and count of Anjou in the meadow which is called Runnymede, between Windsor and Staines, on the fifteenth day of June, 1215, signed the Great Charter in the presence of assorted heavily armed peers of the realm, who assured him it was the right thing to do.

The British Library has pictures of the Magna Carta available, and Wikipedia has a nice discussion of the document.

The Magna Carta of 1297 is permanently residing in the US National Archives.

The Avalon Project’s translation of the 1215 version with an index and definitions.

John abided by the charter for several months, before he returned to business as normal, but the principle was established – no one is above the law.

The National Hurricane Center designated a low pressure area on the Yucatan Peninsula Invest 91L on Saturday.

Today the area moved over the Gulf of Mexico and was investigated by a Hurricane Hunter mission this evening. Currently it has 80% chance of becoming a tropical system in the next two days as it moves northwestward across the Gulf.

If the computer models are correct, this will be a rain event for East Texas which is still saturated from its last rain event.

Adopted as the flag of the United States of America by the Flag Resolution of 1777 enacted on 14 June, 1777.

The flag was first flown from Fort Stanwix, on the site of the present city of Rome, New York, on August 3, 1777. It was first under fire three days later in the Battle of Oriskany, August 6, 1777.

An official flag has a rise to run ratio of 1 to 1.9 [the flag should be 1.9 times as long as it is high] with the canton [the dark blue part] that rises over the top seven stripes with a run of 40% of the flag’s run.

The only time you will see a “correct” US Flag is if you see the official colors of a military unit. Most flags are 3’X5′ or 4’X6′ instead of 3’X5.7′ or 4’X7.6′.

Frances Bellamy, the Baptist minister and socialist who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance was from Rome, New York.

Leisure Class

[Editor: Hadley doing what he does best … nothing.]

Friday Ark

Because my recovery is not proceeding as quickly as I had hoped, new content will be sparse for a while yet. Hopefully the medical system will start resolving some of my issues in the near future.