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
Oh look, big red blob 😬
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]
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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
Michael Bacon
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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
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
bhaugen
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Olivia Julianna talks about how wearily predictable natural disasters are for Texas, and also how wearily predictable is the non-response of Texas government, the non-preparation for the natural disasters.
As people still swallow the diversionary line fed to them by state Republican leaders that we shouldn't "politicize" natural disasters….
#Texas#Republicans#NaturalDisasters #floods #hurricanes #tornadoes
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https://contrarian.substack.com/p/how-many-more-have-to-die-before
So that the people whose lives are at risk with all those natural disasters keep voting into office the people who have no intention of helping them prepare for or then deal with the next natural disaster that comes along,
Because there's money to be counted and pocketed, bogus religion to preach, and the oil and gas men to coddle and protect….
#Texas#Republicans#NaturalDisasters #floods #hurricanes #tornadoes
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Olivia Julianna talks about how wearily predictable natural disasters are for Texas, and also how wearily predictable is the non-response of Texas government, the non-preparation for the natural disasters.
As people still swallow the diversionary line fed to them by state Republican leaders that we shouldn't "politicize" natural disasters….
#Texas#Republicans#NaturalDisasters #floods #hurricanes #tornadoes
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https://contrarian.substack.com/p/how-many-more-have-to-die-before
joene 🏴🍉
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#ClimateChange#Hurricanes#Wildfires
#Heatwaves#BigOilAndGas#WeatherMachines#TexasFloods #Geoengineering
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Text: "Just found the weather machines that are making all the hurricanes, wildfires, and heatwaves worse. [shocked emoji]"](https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/841/273/089/349/596/original/44eedca4c5fa0a18.png)
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#ClimateChange#Hurricanes#Wildfires
#Heatwaves#BigOilAndGas#WeatherMachines#TexasFloods #Geoengineering