The National Hurricane Center just released their most recent update on Tropical Storm Dorian. Here are the 11 AM AST/EDT August 28 Key Messages for Tropical Storm #Dorian: https://t.co/3MJMucK0nP pic.twitter.com/QtRsvXgc2E — National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 28, 2019 The short term story is that the storm is strengthening and will hit the Virgin Islands and …
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Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Snippets
Typical Twitter argument pic.twitter.com/nPS23rvdqP — Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) August 26, 2019 Been a fun couple of weeks for “smart and educated are not synonymous.” — Adam Serwer?? (@AdamSerwer) August 27, 2019 One of the many good reasons I don’t have a twitter account is that I am (you will be shocked to learn) extremely prone …
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Odds and Ends Open Thread
Our river is high — not quite at flood stage, but it’s higher than normal for this time of year and has over-topped a dam located upriver, which happens occasionally and isn’t a cause for alarm, they tell me. The dam acts as a filter, keeping pieces of the flooded swamp from floating past our …
Tuesday Afternoon Open Thread
You watching the debate tonight? I will, if I have power. It’s off and on today due to thunderstorms. (I missed the second half of the last debate because of a thunderstorm!) Dave Weigel’s debate preview in The Post is here. My guess is Sanders will be extra shouty. But that’s like predicting thunderstorms in …
Monday Morning Open Thread: Hot Hot Hot
How hot is it in Kansas? Apparently hot enough to bake cookies in your car! Please stay safe and cool(ish), everyone. pic.twitter.com/EKBcVMOm4c — Rep. Sharice Davids (@RepDavids) July 20, 2019 I understand that the heat wave has broken for some of you lucky Jackals in the upper midwest, but here north of Boston, we’re still …
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Update On Barry And New Orleans – Open Thread
Eric Holthaus is retweeting a bunch of useful information: Pre-event analysis of #TropicalStormBarry projected rainfall in next 7 days compared to development in 1940 and 2019. Being repetitive here but clearly it's still an issue (e.g., Harvey, Florence). #BatonRouge #NewOrleans Expanding Bull's Eye Effect https://t.co/diGx2djXgb (1/2) pic.twitter.com/pFffiPzh3i — Stephen M. Strader (@StephenMStrader) July 11, 2019 …
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Open Thread: Report from Ground Zero
After all that, the general public can’t see the tanks. The VIP area also includes some cornhole sets. https://t.co/K4IkoxrgAN — Will Sommer (@willsommer) July 4, 2019 There's a huge perimeter around the Lincoln Memorial, where Trump will actually be speaking, that's closed to all but VIPs and press. See a tiny hump of camo in …