Iñaki Rezola🆘🇨🇺🇺🇦

[Iñaki Rezola🆘🇨🇺🇺🇦 @iarezola]

@kellymnyc @Barras_LATAM Have the aliens met the Tartan army?

[John Sweeney @johnsweeneyroar]

Watch this.

[B.Roll.Benny @brollbenny]

Scotty has mostly walked a razors edge on politics….

Not anymore

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

The President of the United States just overthrew a foreign ruler and explained to the American people that this is about taking control of the oil reserves of a foreign nation. He said that the U.S. will “run the country” until a proper transition can take place and went right into how US oil companies will benefit from this takeover. He doesn’t understand the risks and costs involved with these poorly thought-out decisions that don’t make Americans any safer today than they were yesterday.

Nicolas Maduro is a brutal, illegitimate dictator who deserves to face justice. I want the people of Venezuela to be free to choose their own future, but if we learned anything from the Iraq war, it’s that dropping bombs or toppling a leader doesn’t guarantee democracy, stability or make Americans safer. More often, it leads to chaos or drags the US into a war and lengthy occupation. I don’t trust that this administration has a plan, timeline, or price tag for what comes next.

Over the past year, Trump’s foreign policy has been reckless, chaotic, self-serving, and unconstitutional. Congress should vote this week to reassert its authority on behalf of the American people before he oversteps again.  I also want to recognize the professionalism and skill of the American service members involved in this operation. While I don’t agree with the administration’s justification for this, I’m thankful that no service members were killed or seriously injured.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Maduro was never the legitimate president of Venezuela.

The precision action by Delta to get Maduro without massive military occupation is a how it should be done.

This was the right call. May Maduro face justice and the people of Venezuela be free

[Bricktop_NAFO @Bricktop_NAFO]

🚨Breaking News🚨

There is an ongoing Terrorist situation unfolding at Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Reports claiming a staff Christmas party was interrupted by armed terrorists, and there is a lone Police detective in the building trying to resolve the situation.

[Igor Sushko @igorsushko]

Zelensky delivered a very somber address to Ukrainians. Could be a pivotal moment as the European nations continue to just talk and "stand," refusing to fight against Russia for values they proclaim to hold dear - freedom, sovereignty, and democracy.

[Bipartisan Policy Center @BPC_Bipartisan]

Today, nearly 42 million Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients—including over 16 million children and 8 million seniors—face the possibility of losing food assistance in just five days due to the federal government shutdown.

[BobbiStorm @BobbiStorm]

sad story from Jamaica

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

My plan would restore power to the people and restore confidence in our democracy.

74% want Election Day to be a holiday.
75% believe gerrymandering is a major problem.
83% support requiring an ID to vote.

Get to work, Congress. Give the people what they want and need.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Maria Corina: “this isn’t about me, it’s about something bigger.”

Trump: “me me me me me me me me”

[BobbiStorm @BobbiStorm]

I'm gonna write long here. The blue check is well worth an edit button & reading long posts from Pros and the ability to write long. It's less than the cost 1 PSL Grande :) PTC9 is a bit of a forecaster's nightmare as they know better than most from hurricane history how many storms such as Imelda as the forecast presents dangers that are hard to convey. One of the biggest dangers is that people lose faith in the forecast, don't understand how easily something can change nor understand the many moving parts in such a forecast.

Also people equtate strong windspeed with a strong impacting dangerous hurricane. Yet, often a weaker one can be deadly and disastrous knocking an area for a loop that takes months and months to recover from.. years sometimes.

The NHC works very hard to nail down the best forecast so that people will infact rely on their information allowing themto be aware and prepared for a named storm.

The list is long of Tropical Storms that brought perils such as flooding, tornadoes, deadly lightning strikes and they are not as easy to convey as a large, Cat 4 with a huge eye with fierce bands swirling around an eye that looks like a promo for a disaster movie. Everyone gets the message when they look like Humberto; but Humberto is out at sea. And, yet Humberto is one of several steering factors that at any time can change because they are fluid and then they can change the actual forecast for Imelda to be....

Hurricanes this time of year have a history of stalling offshore the Carolinas in the Georgia Bight before doing odd things such as make loops or begin to move to the SW or look as if they may go out to sea and then come back. Dennis in 1999 comes to mind, check that one out on Wikipedia, track below. A named storm does not have to be a Cat 4 to cause destruction.

It's often easier to forecast a strong hurricane with clear cut steering currents than it is a developing Tropical Storm with a cluster of intangible moving parts. Remember that.

Pay attention to your local NWS no one knows your area better, local Mets and such that have not failed you in the past. Keep informed of changes, especially with a storm like this that tracks up along the coast & any sudden changes can sweep it out to sea, cause a loop or have it hook into towards landfall anywhere in this case as of today from Jax to NC.

Thanks for reading. And, as this hurricane season has suddenly come alive... it's worth noting we may have only just begun to get busy again. Watch the Gulf, the SW Carib and always this time of year close in along the coastline especially when fronts stall out. I'll update the blog www.bobbistorm (you can also find it at the top of Mike's Weather Page. Please note Dennis is only 1 example of a hurricane that did funky things off the Carolina Coast. In my blog I mention Florence that was supposed to hit as a Major Hurricane plowing inland, people felt better when it was no longer a Major and made landfall as a "weak" (windspeed wise) storm yet over 50 people died and highways had to be rebuilt and the misery went on for a long time.

[Iñaki Rezola🆘🇨🇺🇺🇦 @iarezola]

24 years ago today #September11 one of the worst attacks occurred on our nation's soil. #neverforget An attack driven by fear, anger, and hate. We must continue to not give in to this darkness.

[ProPublica @propublica]

Local emergency managers are tasked with making decisions about when to send emergency alerts.

Some fear sending too many alerts to a weary public. Others are juggling duties in resource-strapped offices. More than a few face political headwinds.
https://t.co/iUJGgkMQda

[Iñaki Rezola🆘🇨🇺🇺🇦 @iarezola]

But we also need a streamlined independent FEMA that focuses on helping our country prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies and disasters because the next "Katrina" is a matter of when, not if. #FEMA ##KATRINA

[Iñaki Rezola🆘🇨🇺🇺🇦 @iarezola]

Fate had me in the city of New Orleans 20 years to day that Katrina devastated not just this city but the Gulf Coast. Humbled by the response my ARC Chapter & it's amazing team undertook including deploying over 300 volunteers in that first week.

[Iñaki Rezola🆘🇨🇺🇺🇦 @iarezola]

Back then FEMA was led by a guy with no disaster experience. Deja Vu. Yes, today we should remember the thousand plus that lost their lives and the thousands more whose lives were shattered in other ways.

[Iñaki Rezola🆘🇨🇺🇺🇦 @iarezola]

No matter how you might feel about #AlligatorAlcatraz I hope you agree the safety of its occupants including staff is important. #Emergency #EM #hurricanes https://t.co/Y2a2Wob8tn

[Iñaki Rezola🆘🇨🇺🇺🇦 @iarezola]

@ChefReactions Would love to share this post. Great job chef.

[Kelly McKinney @kellymnyc]

By the time @NWS issued warnings of the deadly floods, it was too late

But the failure came earlier, at the watch stage, when local authorities should have acted based on a worst-case scenario, notifying and activating key stakeholders to the threat

https://t.co/YZgxA4We7m