Rooftop solar has grown significantly in Jamaica over the past decade, and it's seen as a way to become more resilient to ever-intensifying storms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/11/energy/jamaicans-solar-power-storm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #climatechange #typhoons #hurricanes #caribbean #solar #renewables #jamaica
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AP video: Aerial images of Jamaica reveal extent of destruction from Hurricane Melissa
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Before/After satellite imaging in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa; reports of 90% of the roofs gone in some areas. True death estimates and injury numbers are going to be hard to come by until communications is reestablished with those communities (the "dozens" is going to likely become "hundreds" IMHO) #HurricaneMelissa #Melissa #hurricanes
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/10/29/melissaaftermath-category-storm-hit-jamaica/
AP video: Aerial images of Jamaica reveal extent of destruction from Hurricane Melissa
Before/After satellite imaging in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa; reports of 90% of the roofs gone in some areas. True death estimates and injury numbers are going to be hard to come by until communications is reestablished with those communities (the "dozens" is going to likely become "hundreds" IMHO) #HurricaneMelissa #Melissa #hurricanes
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/10/29/melissaaftermath-category-storm-hit-jamaica/
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Jamaica Observer: "The South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) is urging residents across Kingston, St Andrew, St Catherine, and St Thomas to exercise extreme caution as heavy rains and flooding associated with Hurricane Melissa may result in crocodiles being displaced from their natural habitats."
Jamaica Observer: "The South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) is urging residents across Kingston, St Andrew, St Catherine, and St Thomas to exercise extreme caution as heavy rains and flooding associated with Hurricane Melissa may result in crocodiles being displaced from their natural habitats."
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NBC News: Hurricane Melissa could be Jamaica's most powerful storm in history
“There is nowhere that will escape the wrath of this storm,” said Evan Thompson, the principal director of Jamaica’s Meteorological Service.
https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/storms/tropical-storm-melissa-hurricane-updates-rcna239732
NBC News: Hurricane Melissa could be Jamaica's most powerful storm in history
“There is nowhere that will escape the wrath of this storm,” said Evan Thompson, the principal director of Jamaica’s Meteorological Service.
https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/storms/tropical-storm-melissa-hurricane-updates-rcna239732
Tropical Tidbits: [Wednesday] Two Tropical Systems Expected to Form and Impact Southwestern Atlantic Region
SCMP:Super Typhoon Ragasa: in China, Shenzhen to evacuate 400,000; Guangdong suspends trains
Ragasa is expected to make landfall from Shanwei in Guangdong province to Wenchang in Hainan sometime on Wednesday
Local Officials Have a Powerful Tool to Warn Residents of Emergencies. They Don’t Always Use It.
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ProPublica has identified at least 15 major disasters since 2016 in which officials in the most-harmed communities failed to use a federal system to send emergency alerts to residents — or waited until it was too late.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ipaws-emergency-alerts-local-official-failures?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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Hurricane Erin rapidly strengthened offshore to a "catastrophic" Category 5 storm on Saturday, as rain lashed Caribbean islands and weather officials warned of possible flash floods and landslides. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/17/world/hurricane-erin-us-caribbean/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #hurricaneerin #hurricanes #us #caribbean #storms #rain
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Our primary instance is shutting down and we ended up repurposing another account however it appears that instance is unstable and may be shut down at a future date so 3rd times hopefully don't have to jump ship again for a while #introduction - Updated: 2025-08-10
We're The Weather System (Athena's Realm System), We're Trans fem, and we're an officially diagnosed autistic, bipolar and dissociative identity disorder system, we a collection of various leftist, and believe strongly in queer, and neurodiversity rights movements, we view plurality in general as neurodivergence
Our pronouns are Su/Sudo/Suselves, however She/Her/Herselves, and They/Them/Theirselves
We are most likely to toot about #Medicine, with focus on #Genetics, #Epigenetics, #Bioinformatics, and #Neuroscience giving our focus back in uni was Genetics of Human Disease, and Neuroscience but we are likely to talk about a whole range of medical topics, besides medicine we are likely to toot about #meteorology and #geology, with specific interests in #SynopticMeteorology#TropicalCyclones / #Hurricanes / #Typhoons / #TropicalStorms, #ExtratropicalCyclones, #SubtropicalCyclones, and #Tornadoes, among other topic, and we may toot about #Geology, #Minerals, and #Vulcanology, and what ever else is on our mind, we collected #MyLittlePony and are a fan of every generation of MLP, also we collect #WildManes and Radioactive stuff and play #EliteDangerous
edit extra info: [Also to note we're storm chasers, so we may occasionally post photos and media from chases, our focus is usually on Tropical Cyclones within the Australian Region Basin with mainly focus on the Coral Sea, these will usually be marked with the Tropical Cyclone and Hurricane tags]
See attached thread for System Information, System Membership 58+
Our system name is subject to change, it was previously the Athena's Realm System, however only one member, arguably two members made that decision on behalf of the entire system, without consulting us, so we're in the process of trying out system names to see which fits us best, but for the time being we will display both "Athena's Realm" and the current trialing system name so it is less confusing for those who know us by our old system name
Our primary instance is shutting down and we ended up repurposing another account however it appears that instance is unstable and may be shut down at a future date so 3rd times hopefully don't have to jump ship again for a while #introduction - Updated: 2025-08-10
We're The Weather System (Athena's Realm System), We're Trans fem, and we're an officially diagnosed autistic, bipolar and dissociative identity disorder system, we a collection of various leftist, and believe strongly in queer, and neurodiversity rights movements, we view plurality in general as neurodivergence
Our pronouns are Su/Sudo/Suselves, however She/Her/Herselves, and They/Them/Theirselves
We are most likely to toot about #Medicine, with focus on #Genetics, #Epigenetics, #Bioinformatics, and #Neuroscience giving our focus back in uni was Genetics of Human Disease, and Neuroscience but we are likely to talk about a whole range of medical topics, besides medicine we are likely to toot about #meteorology and #geology, with specific interests in #SynopticMeteorology#TropicalCyclones / #Hurricanes / #Typhoons / #TropicalStorms, #ExtratropicalCyclones, #SubtropicalCyclones, and #Tornadoes, among other topic, and we may toot about #Geology, #Minerals, and #Vulcanology, and what ever else is on our mind, we collected #MyLittlePony and are a fan of every generation of MLP, also we collect #WildManes and Radioactive stuff and play #EliteDangerous
edit extra info: [Also to note we're storm chasers, so we may occasionally post photos and media from chases, our focus is usually on Tropical Cyclones within the Australian Region Basin with mainly focus on the Coral Sea, these will usually be marked with the Tropical Cyclone and Hurricane tags]
See attached thread for System Information, System Membership 58+
Our system name is subject to change, it was previously the Athena's Realm System, however only one member, arguably two members made that decision on behalf of the entire system, without consulting us, so we're in the process of trying out system names to see which fits us best, but for the time being we will display both "Athena's Realm" and the current trialing system name so it is less confusing for those who know us by our old system name
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Oh wow, #hamradio to the rescue
Remember that hurricane data that is being cut off by the US government? Guess who figured out how to get the data anyway?
The Register: Radio geeks reveal how to access crucial hurricane data after US Department of Defense cut it off
Hams for the win: Amateur-built decoder taps SSMIS satellite data amid NOAA cutoff
https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/ssmis_satellite_decoder