Marie Colby

Ghost hunter, storm spotter, photographer, computer geek, maker. All posts here are mine & don't represent any of my groups/orgs

[Marie Colby @MarieColby]

Now that it's finally live, I get to tell y'all: I made a thing!

"New Orleans: A Coloring Book"
By Marie Colby
https://t.co/ZqXd9Tm6Ws

[Marie Colby @MarieColby]

Service went out on Friday at 9:06am and wasn't fixed until 7:20pm...with zero explanation. And now it's out again with an estimate of 4 hours? @CoxHelp Get your act together!

[Marie Colby @MarieColby]

Getting really tired of @CoxComm's constant random outages. This is the third time this week...

[Marie Colby @MarieColby]

IRL #Jackalope, not nearly as whimsical as the mythological and taxidermy creations.

[FearBuck @FearedBuck]

Rabbits in Colorado spotted with tentacle-like growths on their heads from rare virus

[Marie Colby @MarieColby]

@CulverCasually @MargaretOrr This is purely a misunderstanding; @MargaretOrr is the sweetest woman. Sorry you and your wife didn't understand her abbreviation, but now that it's been clarified, you really should delete this.

[Marie Colby @MarieColby]

@icreatelife Fun prompt!

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😬😢 #kswx #tornado #mowx

[Jeff Piotrowski @Jeff_Piotrowski]

Confirm Tornado in KC take cover now!! #mowx

[Marie Colby @MarieColby]

It's been a month since Mardi Gras and I'm still finding random sequins around the house 😂🤦‍♀️

[Marie Colby @MarieColby]

#Jupiter shining above the #sunset

[Marie Colby @MarieColby]

#SneauxDay! Never thought I'd see snow like this here... #lawx

[Marie Colby @MarieColby]

My heart bleeds for my city. My thoughts go out to the families of those killed. #NewOrleansAttack #NewOrleansTragedy #NewOrleans

[Marie Colby @MarieColby]

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[OnlyOne @ReadyToGoWild]

Palm Beach Gardens Florida..

Hurricane Milton yet to hit landfall & already the devastation is mounting through a series of violent tornadoes 🌪️

https://t.co/NCC4I3vEsG

[Marie Colby @MarieColby]

😢 Please evacuate if you're in an evac zone, y'all. #Milton

[National Weather Service @NWS]

Hurricane #Milton is expected to grow in size and remain an extremely dangerous hurricane when it approaches the west coast of Florida on Wednesday. A large area of destructive storm surge will occur along parts of the west coast of Florida on Wednesday. This is an extremely life-threatening situation and residents in those areas should follow advice given by local officials and evacuate immediately if told to do so.

[Marie Colby @MarieColby]

The rapid intensification of #Milton is mindblowing...basically nothing to Cat 5 hurricane in 24 hours! I hope everyone who can evacuate gets out--despite it hopefully weakening before landfall, it's still going to be a devastating storm. 😢 Things can be replaced, people can't!

[Marie Colby @MarieColby]

😳😵 This is one of those "definitely evac if you possibly can" ones, y'all...be safe! Property can be replaced, but people can't be.

[National Hurricane Center @NHC_Atlantic]

8:05 AM CDT Monday Update: Milton rapidly intensifies into a category 4 hurricane. The maximum sustained winds have now increased to 150 mph (240 km/h) and the minimum pressure has fallen to 940 mb.

[American Red Cross @RedCross]

Misinformation can spread quickly after a disaster, causing confusion and distrust within communities struggling to recover. Unfortunately, we’re seeing this during our response to Hurricane Helene.

Sharing rumors online without first vetting the source and verifying facts ultimately hurts people — people who have just lost their homes, neighborhoods, and, in some cases, loved ones. They are already unsure where to turn for help, and spreading misinformation only adds to that uncertainty. It also disrupts our ability to deliver critical aid and affects the disaster workers who have put their own lives on hold to assist those in need.

Here are a few common rumors we have recently seen on social media that we'd like to address:

- "The Red Cross isn’t here."
This is simply not true. Before Helene made landfall, we prepositioned hundreds of Red Cross disaster responders and thousands of relief supplies across the Southeast to support people affected in the aftermath. Today, more than 1,300 disaster responders are helping people in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Virginia, ensuring they have safe shelter, food, hygiene items, medication and emotional support.

- "The Red Cross is confiscating or throwing out donated items."
We are not confiscating, removing or discarding donated items. We focus on providing shelter, food, and relief after disasters. While we don't accept physical donations, as managing them takes time and resources away from our mission, we work with community partners who are better equipped with these resources to handle and distribute these items. For information on where donated goods are available, please call 211.

- "The Red Cross is taking over shelters."
We do not forcefully take over shelters. However, we do provide management support at the request of partners. This is a collaborative effort that no one organization can do alone. Local partnerships are established before disasters to ensure shelter needs are met, and we collaborate with partners to transition evacuation centers into post-storm shelters. We do not take over facilities where partners are still providing services.

- "The Red Cross is taking over volunteer groups."
This is untrue. While we are working alongside other volunteer groups helping during this disaster, the Red Cross is not taking over their efforts or services.

For safety, all Red Cross volunteers must go through a background check and Red Cross training before deploying to support a disaster response. We do not manage or deploy volunteers who haven’t completed this process, including local residents who sign up after a disaster. They must undergo the same screening and training as current volunteers.

[Marie Colby @MarieColby]

POV: checking the weather updates

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 ALERT: Asheville, NC is a TOTAL blackout zone, so we’ve set up TWO Starlink Stations for Public Use

Even NC State Police aren’t able to connect to cellular networks, so they’re using our Starlinks now.

SPOT 1:
DoubleTree Hilton Downtown
199 Haywood
SSID: SORTOR STARLINK
Pass: ncstrong

SPOT 2:
Asheville Shelter
Ferguson Building
340 Victoria Rd
SSID: HALL STARLINK
Pass: ncstrong

Spread this for ANYONE in the affected area. It’s been days since anyone’s been able to connect to cellular out here.

@ChrisHallWx and I have had these up and running for an hour, and I lost count of the amount of people that’ve told us they’ve FINALLY been able to connect with friends and family and let them know they’re okay 🙂

I’m sure this post will have someone run up my data bill just to troll me, but so be it.

We’ve connected Asheville back to the world! 🙌🏻

[Nick Huber @sweatystartup]

Augusta GA is a nightmare.

No fuel within 60 miles.

Power will be out for 2+ weeks.

This morning they turned off city water to over 30,000 houses.

Scary situation there.

[Momsplaining is my job @Momsplaining101]

People who keep saying that Appalachia should’ve been prepared for this really know nothing about the area or weather. This wasn’t a “once in a lifetime” thing. This was a “this has never happened since Noah” kind of thing. It’s one thing to live below sea level and have this happen, it’s a whole other to literally live in the mountains and have your home wash away or have water covering your house. People had less than a days warning of how bad it might be and nothing said it would be this bad. On the coast people know a week ahead what will likely happen because it happens all the time. It’s not the same.

[Jim Cantore @JimCantore]

We have invest #97L. All interests along the northern and eastern Gulf coast need to monitor for late week impacts.