Hurricane Ida

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Ida means business. She’s coming into Cuba hot and stronger than anticipated. From the Instituto de Meteorología de la República de Cuba:
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If she is able to maintain any real semblance of a core as she transits Cuba tonight, she’ll be able to take full advantage of the very high oceanic heat content and excellent atmospheric conditions in the central gulf as she heads north. This one worries me. If the rapid intensification cycle does indeed take place tomorrow, the strength at landfall will be determined by things like eyewall replacement cycles and forward speed. The atmospherics and ocean heat content support a very strong hurricane up to and at the north central gulf coast.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/155544.shtml?cone#contents

If you have friends and family there, now is the time to tell them to pay very close attention to the news and reputable weather sources (https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/) over the weekend. If they are heading out camping or some place with no or limited connectivity or news sources, get a hold of them before they head out for the weekend.

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Thanks DAS. We were supposed to fly into Atlanta in the morning but canceled on the off-chance that Ida may swing towards Houston, and the certainty that flying from Atlanta to Houston on Sunday was going to be miserable . If any of you want a couple of Braves/Giants tickets for tomorrow, you’re welcome to ours.

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Hurricane Ida has intensified to Cat 4, and is expected to make landfall early this afternoon. If you do such things, say a prayer for the people of Louisiana and Mississippi.

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Serious WTF?

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It was probably the governor.

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The raging fuckwit who attacked the reporter has been identified.

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