It was afternoon and I was on my way to a chemistry class. I had stopped for a drink of water when the news came over the speakers in the classrooms.

For those who weren’t alive at the time: remember what you felt on September 11, 2001 for a taste of November 22, 1963. It was a massive change for the worldview of my generation and it marked the beginning of a period of disruption and decline in the civility of American society. Arthur had died and Camelot fell.

At his inauguration John Kennedy made the point: “If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”

The colors of my world will never be as bright as they were on November 21, 1963. Now we have elected Trump…

Position: 10.7N 79.8W [ 9PM CST 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [285°] near 3 mph [ 6 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 75 mph [120 kph].
Wind Gusts: 90 mph [145 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 70 miles [110 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 10 miles [ 20 km].
Minimum central pressure: 988 mb ↑.

Currently about 285 miles [ 460 km] East-Southeast of Bluefields, Nicaragua.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Limon, Costa Rica to Bluefields, Nicaragua.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for the Costa Rica/Panama border to south of Limon, Costa Rica and Nicaragua from Bluefields to Sandy Bay Sirpi.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Panama from Nargana to Colon, San Andres Island, and Nicaragua from Bluefields to Sandy Bay Sirpi.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Panama West of Colon to the Costa Rica/Panama border.

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

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