Alex Tomoff

St. Edward High School 2014. Penn State Meteorology 2018. WE ARE. University at Albany 2020. UA U KNOW. Lead Meteorologist and Commodity Manager at Mars, Inc.

[John Pavlovitz Official @johnpavlovitz]

Kamala Harris didn't lose, America did.

As a nation, we collectively failed her—and in doing so we failed girls and women, the LGBTQ community, people of color, Muslims, Jewish people, immigrants, the sick, the poor, the elderly, the people of Ukraine, and Gaza, and the planet.

It's unthinkable, that instead of being able to celebrate a beautiful, hopeful new chapter in the story of this nation with a leader who appealed to the best of our natures—we will instead be holding a postmortem for democracy as we enter our 250th year, stewarded by a malevolent sociopath who despises empathy and shuns the law.

I truly thought we were better than this, that our shared humanity would show up. I thought we would reject this hatred and ugliness once and for all.

I hate being wrong about the majority of the people of this nation.

I don't know what's ahead. All I know is that good-hearted human beings are more necessary now than ever.

We did all that we could to avoid this moment, but now that it's here we'll just have to decide who we will be.

There is no way to comprehend or measure how grievous an error this is, but the only thing the decent people of this nation can do is wake up tomorrow and fight like hell for what we still believe is worth the fight, and we will.

I'll be doing that with whoever has the strength to join me.

I'm mourning the country we could have been and the one we apparently are—but I refuse to give up believing that compassion is the right path, that diversity makes us better, and that love is greater than fear.

[Mikel Jollett @Mikel_Jollett]

So it wasn't the economy, it wasn't revitalizing manufacturing, it wasn't wages, it wasn't jobs, it wasn't the stock market, it wasn't health care.

It was hatred.

That's what did it.

[Daiane @ddfpivasp]

At the beginning of this year, I discovered Leon Simon's account and started following his graphs. I was shocked by all the sigmas being breached.

I had a moment of awakening and realized I needed to try to do MORE. I had a great sustainability job at a reputable company that paid me well to pursue an ambitious renewable energy strategy and advocate for modern carbon accounting rules.

But after seeing graphs like this and understanding what was happening post-IMO shipping regulations—and how the worst impacts had been masked all this time—I knew I needed to aim for more impact at a systemic level. So, I transitioned to a relatively lower-paying role, stepping down a couple of levels in scale and function. People thought I was stupid and sold my soul to big corp.

What most activists don’t understand is that if you want to drive real change, just lying down on the highway won’t cut it. Someone has to write the transition plan, push the investment button, decommission the idiotic projects that are destroying our planet, and steer companies away from fossil fuels.

This is not just a graph. It’s a wake-up call. What are you doing? What can you do? Can you do more?

#climatechange #sustainability

[Brad Crawford @BCrawford247]

For those buying the 'manipulated weather' garbage on here ...

'A hurricane releases heat energy that is the equivalent of a 10-megaton nuclear bomb every 20 minutes — more than all the energy used at a given time by humanity.'

National Hurricane Center chief Chris Landsea

[Daniel Swain @Weather_West]

We are witnessing a genuinely extraordinary, and regionally quite deadly and destructive, period for extreme #weather in the United States. And, quite frankly, the fingerprints of #ClimateChange are all over what has transpired in recent weeks and may yet occur in coming days.

[Matt Lanza @mattlanza]

It’s as if something has changed.

[John Arnold @johnarnold]

Cat 1 to Cat 4 in less than 12 hours. This is why insurance companies are exiting the Gulf and Atlantic Coast regions as quickly as possible, either through massive premium increases or refusing to write new policies. The impact of this is just starting to be felt.

[Eric Fisher @ericfisher]

What a warning for those in the southern Appalachains. #Helene

[Coach Dan Casey @CoachDanCasey]

Penn State Play Caller Andy Kotelnicki says his Offense is like a DQ Blizzard:

"It might look complicated, but at the end of the day it's just Vanilla Ice Cream and your favorite Candy."

Make it look complex, but keep it simple.

[Brennan @BDaugstrup]

Waterspout off the coast of Cedar Point @NWSCLE

[Mrs. Butters 🥧 @MrsButters]

THIS!

Everything I've wanted to say since the moment his ear was nicked by the glass.

[Matt Woods @vort_advection]

What happens to crayons when it's 120°F outside! 🖍️🫠 #nvwx #vegasweather

[Alex Tomoff @AlexTomoff]

@BadamsProblems @NHC_TAFB It was 2017 when I interned there. Good luck!!

[Zach Holder @ZachHolderWx]

Plane flying through totality in Arkansas! What a picture from Kendall Rust. #arwx

[andy-g@bsky🖕 @andyg_live]

@MorePerfectUS How about surge wages ?

[Alex Tomoff @AlexTomoff]

@amarkowitzWX Actually though. Scarily accurate right now. At least I got a surprise 6” out of this week’s lake effect event, but it’s all melted now and it’s gonna be mid-50s next couple days 🙃.

[Alex Tomoff @AlexTomoff]

Complete pandemonium in college football today. Glad PSU got their game out of the way yesterday 😂😂

[Alex Tomoff @AlexTomoff]

@ajukloWPXI The Browns

[Alex Tomoff @AlexTomoff]

@CedarFanboy @ElToroRyan I didn’t time it exactly on Friday when I was there but the countdown clock in the station was only going over it’s theoretical interval by like 5-10 seconds. It was crazy fast operations!