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Position: 15.5N 43.3W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [285°] near 16 mph [26 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 115 mph [215 kph].
Wind Gusts: 135 mph [195 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 150 miles [240 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 35 miles [ 55 km].
Minimum central pressure: 965 mb ↓.

Currently about 1230 miles [1980 km] East of the Leeward Islands.

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

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That’s the rondel/emblem identifying equipment belonging to the Afghan National Army & Air Force.

The headline: NBC News finds abandoned U.S. military equipment at Kabul airport for a video report is wrong. The equipment belongs to Afghan Forces, not the US, and not all of it was built in the US. The correspondent makes it clear this was not US military equipment and that it was disabled.

Apparently headline writers at NBC aren’t required to look at the videos or articles before creating their headlines.

Position: 14.1N 37.5W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: West [280°] near 20 mph [31 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 85 mph [140 kph].
Wind Gusts: 100 mph [160 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 150 miles [240 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 25 miles [ 35 km].
Minimum central pressure: 985 mb.

Currently about 875 miles [1410 km] West of the southernmost Cabo Verde Islands.

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

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Position: 12.8N 30.9W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: West [275°] near 21 mph [33 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 70 mph [110 kph].
Wind Gusts: 80 mph [130 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 70 miles [110 km].
Minimum central pressure: 991 mb.

Currently about 455 miles [ 735 km] West-Southwest of the southernmost Cabo Verde Islands.

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

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Position: 28.5N 52.9W [ 4:00PM CDT 2100UTC].
Movement: North-Northwest [340°] near 15 mph [24 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 30 mph [ 45 kph].
Wind Gusts: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1012 mb ↑.

Currently about 960 miles [1545 km] Northeast of the northern Leeward Islands.

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: 12.1N 23.2W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [290°] near 20 mph [31 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 35 mph [ 55 kph].
Wind Gusts: 45 mph [ 70 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1006 mb.

Currently about 205 miles [ 325 km] South-Southeast of the southernmost Cabo Verde Islands.

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

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Position: 25.4N 51.3W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: North-Northwest [345°] near 10 mph [17 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 30 mph [ 45 kph].
Wind Gusts: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1009 mb ↑.

Currently about 905 miles [1455 km] Northeast of the Leeward Islands.

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

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People are faulting Biden for not bringing out “American equipment”. If you looked at the insignia of the Black Hawks and Humvees – military kit now with the Taliban, it belonged to the Afghan military, not the US.

US equipment is great, but… it requires a lot of TLC. Aircraft require a lot of maintenance and a supply chain for spare parts. Different aircraft require different fuels and different pilots. Rotary wing pilots have very different controls that do significantly different things. Multiengine aircraft are not the same as Cessna 172s. You could probably manage to fly a 172 after a few months of playing with Flight Simulator, but chances are you will prang it on landing.

Even the HMMWVs (Humvee) will be ditched in short order as they are really ‘thirsty’ and you will burn through the total number scavenging for parts. The Toyota Hi-Lux is a better, more reliable vehicle that can be repaired by blacksmiths in villages. The same for M4s vs. the AK-47. The M4 is more precision, but the AK ‘just works’ with a heavier round and more available ammo in the area.

All US troops are out of Afghanistan as of this afternoon. It is finally over.

Position: 32.6N 90.3W [ 4:00PM CDT 2100UTC].
Movement: North-Northeast [020°] near 9 mph [15 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 35 mph [ 55 kph].
Wind Gusts: 45 mph [ 70 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 999 mb ↑.

Currently about 20 miles [ 35 km] North-Northwest of Jackson, Mississippi.

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

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

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Position: 22.7N 50.9W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: North [360°] near 6 mph [ 9 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Wind Gusts: 50 mph [ 80 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 45 miles [ 75 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1006 mb.

Currently about 805 miles [1295 km] East-Northeast of the Leeward Islands.

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

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Position: 30.3N 90.7W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: Northwest [340°] near 9 mph [15 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 105 mph [165 kph].
Wind Gusts: 130 mph [210 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 140 miles [220 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 35 miles [ 55 km].
Minimum central pressure: 953 mb ↑.

Currently about 30 miles [ 50 km] East-Southeast of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Currently about 245 miles [ 395 km] West of me.

NOAA Doppler radar imagery indicated that the eye of Ida made landfall along the southeastern coast of Louisiana near Port Fourchon around 11:55 AM CDT (1655 UTC).

NOAA Doppler radar imagery indicates that the eye of Ida made a second landfall along the southeastern coast of Louisiana just southwest of Galliano around 2:00 PM CDT (1900 UTC).

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Morgan City, Louisiana to the mouth of the Pearl River including Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Maurepas, and Metropolitan New Orleans.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Intracoastal City, Louisiana to west of Morgan City, Louisiana; the mouth of the Pearl River to the Alabama/Florida border.

A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for Morgan City, Louisiana to the Alabama/Florida border including Lake Borgne, Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Maurepas, and Mobile Bay.

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

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Position: 38.1N 41.9W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: Northeast [040°] near 26 mph [43 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Wind Gusts: 70 mph [115 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 105 miles [165 km].
Minimum central pressure: 995 mb.

Currently about 810 miles [1300 km] West of the Azores.

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: 20.1N 50.6W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: North [350°] near 8 mph [13 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 35 mph [ 55 kph].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 25 miles [ 35 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1008 mb.

Currently about 760 miles [1225 km] East-Northeast of the Leeward Islands.

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

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It wasn’t the storm, it was the levees.

It wasn’t Nature, it was man.