Posts from — October 2020

Position: 32.6N 61.6W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North-Northwest [345°] near 9 mph [15 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 85 mph [140 kph].
Wind Gusts: 100 mph [160 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 240 miles [390 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 15 miles [ 30 km].
Minimum central pressure: 968 mb.

Currently about 190 miles [ 300 km] East of Bermuda.

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

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Position: 29.6N 60.6W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [285°] near 8 mph [13 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 115 mph [185 kph].
Wind Gusts: 125 mph [200 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 345 miles [555 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 25 miles [ 35 km].
Minimum central pressure: 953 mb ↑.

Currently about 310 miles [ 500 km] Southeast of Bermuda.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Bermuda.

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

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Position: 28.5N 56.8W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: Northwest [310°] near 13 mph [20 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 75 mph [120 kph].
Wind Gusts: 85 mph [135 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 345 miles [555 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 25 miles [ 35 km].
Minimum central pressure: 987 mb ↓.

Currently about 545 miles [ 875 km] East-Southeast of Bermuda.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Bermuda.

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

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Position: 25.3N 55.3W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North [360°] near 2 mph [ 4 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 45 mph [ 75 kph].
Wind Gusts: 55 mph [ 90 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 275 miles [445 km].
Minimum central pressure: 998 mb.

Currently about 750 miles [1210 km] Southeast of Bermuda.

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

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Michael Tomasky wrote an article in the New York Times telling Democrats how to deal with Republicans. It was featured by Mustang Bobby and Athenae. Tomasky suggested that Republicans had some regard for John Stuart Mill.

The Victorian Web covers one of my favorite quotes from JSM:

In reply to an attack made upon him by Sir John Pakington for calling the Conservative party “the stupid party,” Mill, admitting the phrase to occur in his Representative Government, went on to say, “I never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally Conservative. I believe that is so obviously and universally admitted a principle that I hardly think any gentleman will deny it. Suppose any party, in addition to whatever share it may possess of the ability of the community, has nearly the whole of its stupidity, that party must, by the law of its constitution, be the stupidest party; and I do not see why honorable gentlemen should see that position at all offensive to them, for it ensures their being always an extremely powerful party.

Mill also favored women’s suffrage, which is not exactly in favor with the current Republican Party.

BTW, the link to Considerations on Representative Government is to Gutenberg so you can read it for yourself to see if there is any intersection between J.S. Mill and Republicans.

It’s the second Monday in October, so it is Thanksgiving Day / Jour de l’Action de grâce in Canada. Have a happy one.

The US Federal government has decided to call it Columbus Day, even when it isn’t on the 12^th of October which was the second Wednesday in 1492. But it’s okay that the holiday can be on the wrong day, because Christopher Columbus [AKA: Cristoforo Colombo, Cristóbal Colón] didn’t find what he was looking for and identified what he did find incorrectly. The important thing is that a large area of the map got changed from “here be dragons and sea serpents,” to “here be gold and cannibals” and no mention was made of the oppressive heat, mosquitoes, or hurricanes.

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Position: 33.1N 90.8W [10AM CDT 1500 UTC].
Movement: Northeast [035°] near 16 mph [26 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 35 mph [ 55 kph].
Wind Gusts: 50 mph [ 80 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 994 mb ↑.

Currently about 65 miles [ 105 km] North-Northwest of Jackson, Mississippi.

This is the last Public Advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center on this system.

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

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Position: 30.6N 92.6W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North-Northeast [025°] near 15 mph [24 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 75 mph [120 kph].
Wind Gusts: 90 mph [145 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 160 miles [260 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 35 miles [ 55 km].
Minimum central pressure: 972 mb ↑.

Currently about 70 miles [ 110 km] Northeast of Cameron, Louisiana.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the northern Gulf coast from east of High Island, Texas to Morgan City, Louisiana.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the northern Gulf coast from east of Morgan City, Louisiana to the mouth of the Pearl River, including New Orleans, Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas.

A Storm Surge Warning is in effect from Cameron to the mouth of the Pearl River , including Vermilion Bay, and Lake Borgne.

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

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Position: 25.7N 93.6W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North-Northwest [340°] near 12 mph [19 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 120 mph [195 kph].
Wind Gusts: 130 mph [210 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 160 miles [260 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 40 miles [ 65 km].
Minimum central pressure: 955 mb ↓.

Currently about 285 miles [ 455 km] South of Cameron, Louisiana.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the northern Gulf coast from east of High Island, Texas to Morgan City, Louisiana.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the northern Gulf coast from west of High Island to Sargent, Texas, and east of Morgan City, Louisiana to the mouth of the Pearl River, including New Orleans, Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas.

A Storm Surge Warning is in effect from High Island, Texas to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, including Calcasieu Lake, Vermilion Bay, Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Maurepas, and Lake Borgne.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect the northern Gulf coast from east of the mouth of the Pearl River to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

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

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Position: 22.5N 90.9W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [300°] near 17 mph [28 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 90 mph [150 kph].
Wind Gusts: 100 mph [160 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 140 miles [220 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 35 miles [ 55 km].
Minimum central pressure: 972 mb ↓.

Currently about 525 miles [ 845 km] South-Southeast of Cameron, Louisiana.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the northern Gulf of Mexico coast from east of Sabine Pass to Morgan City, Louisiana.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the northern Gulf of Mexico coast from San Luis Pass, Texas to Sabine Pass, and east of Morgan City, Louisiana to the mouth of the Pearl River, including New Orleans, Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas.

A Storm Surge Warning is in effect from Sabine Pass to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, including Calcasieu Lake, Vermilion Bay, Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Maurepas, and Lake Borgne and Mobile Bay.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect the northern Gulf coast from east of the mouth of the Pearl River to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for the northern Gulf coast from High Island, Texas, to Sabine Pass; east of Ocean Springs, Mississippi to the Mississippi/Alabama border.

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

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Position: 19.5N 85.1W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [300°] near 16 mph [26 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 130 mph [215 kph].
Wind Gusts: 145 mph [235 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 105 miles [165 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 30 miles [ 45 km].
Minimum central pressure: 960 mb ↑.

Currently about 135 miles [ 220 km] East-Southeast of Cozumel, Mexico.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the coast of the Yucatan peninsula from Tulum northward and westward to Dzilam, including Cozumel.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the Isle of Youth; the Cuban province of Pinar del Rio; Dzilam to Progresso, Mexico; Punta Herrero to Tulum, Mexico.

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

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Position: 16.8N 80.3W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [295°] near 7 mph [11 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 80 mph [130 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: 977 mb ↓.

Currently about 180 miles [ 295 km] South-Southeast of Grand Cayman.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the coast of the Yucatan peninsula from Tulum northward and westward to Rio Lagartos, including Cozumel.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the Cayman Islands including Little Cayman and Cayman Brac; Isle of Youth; the Cuban province of Pinar del Rio; Rio Lagartos to Progresso, Mexico.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for the Cuban province of La Habana.

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

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Position: 21.6N 88.4W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: Southwest [220°] near 6 mph [ 9 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 35 mph [ 55 kph].
Wind Gusts: 45 mph [ 70 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1005 mb.

Currently about 85 miles [ 140 km] East-Northeast of Progreso, Mexico.

This is the last public advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center on this system.

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

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Position: 17.0N 77.3W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [295°] near 9 mph [15 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 35 mph [ 55 kph].
Wind Gusts: 45 mph [ 70 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1006 mb ↓.

Currently about 75 miles [ 125 km] South-Southwest of Kingston, Jamaica.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the Cayman Islands including Little Cayman and Cayman Brac.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for the Cuban provinces of Pinar del Rio and Artemisa; Isle of Youth.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for the Cuban province of La Habana.

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

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