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

#hurricanes #weather #wx #satellites

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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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