Bryan Wood
@bryanwx.bsky.social
Meteorologist/Senior Catastrophe Analyst. Collaborator at heart. Unrepentant nerd. Goal: Never stop learning. Views are mine. Audentes Fortuna Iuvat. Ohio. Weather. Roller Coasters. Hail. Hurricanes. Wildfire. Tornadoes. Indycar. Climate Change is real.
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US probing whether Ticketmaster does enough to stop resale bots, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/4nB1q29
US probing whether Ticketmaster does enough to stop resale bots, Bloomberg News reports
U.S. regulators were investigating whether Live Nation's Ticketmaster was doing enough to prevent bots from illegally reselling tickets on its platform, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, an allegation the company denied.
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September 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
US probing whether Ticketmaster does enough to stop resale bots, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/4nB1q29
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We must stand resolutely against political assassination and political violence of all kinds, and just as resolutely against everyone who exploits acts of violence as the pretext or excuse for political repression of political opponents.
Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
September 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We must stand resolutely against political assassination and political violence of all kinds, and just as resolutely against everyone who exploits acts of violence as the pretext or excuse for political repression of political opponents.
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Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
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There's probably the most famous picture of Poland documenting subsidence in the san joaquin valley.
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July 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
There's probably the most famous picture of Poland documenting subsidence in the san joaquin valley.
www.usgs.gov/media/images...
www.usgs.gov/media/images...
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SCOOP: Two senior NOAA officials were just placed on leave. Both led ‘Sharpiegate’ inquiry www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/w...
Two senior NOAA officials were just placed on leave. Both led ‘Sharpiegate’ inquiry | CNN
While the reasoning behind the move is not clear, the two officials affected led the investigation into whether NOAA’s scientific integrity policies were violated during the so-called Sharpiegate scan...
www.cnn.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
SCOOP: Two senior NOAA officials were just placed on leave. Both led ‘Sharpiegate’ inquiry www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/w...
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Today's story, republished in SciAm:
Most AI weather models aren't very good yet at predicting local extreme weather. But they're showing promise - and experts say NOAA needs more investment in these tools, which Trump cuts threaten to stymie. www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-w...
Most AI weather models aren't very good yet at predicting local extreme weather. But they're showing promise - and experts say NOAA needs more investment in these tools, which Trump cuts threaten to stymie. www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-w...
AI Weather Forecasts Missed the Texas Floods. Cuts to Weather Research Won’t Help
The Trump administration wants to reduce the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget by $2.2 billion, eliminating research that might help advance AI weather models
www.scientificamerican.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Today's story, republished in SciAm:
Most AI weather models aren't very good yet at predicting local extreme weather. But they're showing promise - and experts say NOAA needs more investment in these tools, which Trump cuts threaten to stymie. www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-w...
Most AI weather models aren't very good yet at predicting local extreme weather. But they're showing promise - and experts say NOAA needs more investment in these tools, which Trump cuts threaten to stymie. www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-w...
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Flood forecasting being cut: “Promising NOAA research-to-operations efforts that would actually help with some of the challenges I discuss above, including Forecasting a Continuum of Environmental Threats, Warn-on-Forecast, and FLASH would be terminated under the current FY26 presidential budget.”
I have spent the last 24 hours looking at media reports and social media posts about the Texas Hill County tragedy and being appalled by the level of misinformation I am seeing. I have tried to put together an updated, more reasoned summary I hope you'll read.
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Latest on Texas Hill Country flood tragedy
Chantal makes landfall in South Carolina
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July 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Flood forecasting being cut: “Promising NOAA research-to-operations efforts that would actually help with some of the challenges I discuss above, including Forecasting a Continuum of Environmental Threats, Warn-on-Forecast, and FLASH would be terminated under the current FY26 presidential budget.”
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The missing piece of this viral post is that the Texas officials are lying and deflecting blame. The NWS, hobbled as it is, issued an accurate flood watch for Kerr County the evening before and accurate escalating warnings overnight as the flood was developing.
After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.
July 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The missing piece of this viral post is that the Texas officials are lying and deflecting blame. The NWS, hobbled as it is, issued an accurate flood watch for Kerr County the evening before and accurate escalating warnings overnight as the flood was developing.
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Texas officials now are busy trying to blame the National Weather Service. Beyond that misguided reaction, a few important points - a quick 🧵
In Texas Flooding, the Most Urgent Alerts Came in the Middle of the Night
www.nytimes.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Texas officials now are busy trying to blame the National Weather Service. Beyond that misguided reaction, a few important points - a quick 🧵
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ICE raids are leaving fields full of rotting food in California.
Even the documented workers are not showing up.
And guess what? You’ll still want your strawberries then you’ll pay more for imported ones.
This isn’t border security.
It’s cruel economic sabotage, dressed up as patriotism.
Even the documented workers are not showing up.
And guess what? You’ll still want your strawberries then you’ll pay more for imported ones.
This isn’t border security.
It’s cruel economic sabotage, dressed up as patriotism.
Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk
www.reuters.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
ICE raids are leaving fields full of rotting food in California.
Even the documented workers are not showing up.
And guess what? You’ll still want your strawberries then you’ll pay more for imported ones.
This isn’t border security.
It’s cruel economic sabotage, dressed up as patriotism.
Even the documented workers are not showing up.
And guess what? You’ll still want your strawberries then you’ll pay more for imported ones.
This isn’t border security.
It’s cruel economic sabotage, dressed up as patriotism.
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Let's check in and see how sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the Gulf of Mexico have looked like during the peak of hurricane season since 1940. 🔥
June 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Let's check in and see how sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the Gulf of Mexico have looked like during the peak of hurricane season since 1940. 🔥
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Weather experts are warning that hurricane forecasts will be severely hampered by the upcoming cutoff of key data from U.S. Department of Defense satellites.
The government cuts key data used in hurricane forecasting, and experts sound an alarm
Weather experts are warning that hurricane forecasts will be severely hampered by the upcoming cutoff of key data from U.S. Department of Defense satellites.
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June 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Weather experts are warning that hurricane forecasts will be severely hampered by the upcoming cutoff of key data from U.S. Department of Defense satellites.
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I sought comment from NOAA and the Department of Defense on this and received this reply today from NOAA's spokesperson. They suggest we use the surviving ATMS microwave that degrades significantly at the edges. You can see how much worse off we'd be with Erick last week if we only had ATMS.
June 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I sought comment from NOAA and the Department of Defense on this and received this reply today from NOAA's spokesperson. They suggest we use the surviving ATMS microwave that degrades significantly at the edges. You can see how much worse off we'd be with Erick last week if we only had ATMS.
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New paper: NOAA research flights are important for improving hurricane forecasts. Wind data from NOAA flights improved forecasts of a storm’s path by up to 24% on average, found Melissa Piper @melissapiper.bsky.social & Ryan Torn.
Read more in AMS journal #WeaForecasting: doi.org/10.1175/WAF-...
Read more in AMS journal #WeaForecasting: doi.org/10.1175/WAF-...
June 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
New paper: NOAA research flights are important for improving hurricane forecasts. Wind data from NOAA flights improved forecasts of a storm’s path by up to 24% on average, found Melissa Piper @melissapiper.bsky.social & Ryan Torn.
Read more in AMS journal #WeaForecasting: doi.org/10.1175/WAF-...
Read more in AMS journal #WeaForecasting: doi.org/10.1175/WAF-...
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Please take heat warnings and advisories seriously.
Drink as much water as you can stomach. Stay out of the sun as much as you possibly can. Demand that cooling needs be prioritized on the electrical grid - it matters more than so-called "data centers."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/extr...
Drink as much water as you can stomach. Stay out of the sun as much as you possibly can. Demand that cooling needs be prioritized on the electrical grid - it matters more than so-called "data centers."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/extr...
Extreme Heat Is Deadlier Than Hurricanes, Floods and Tornadoes Combined
When dangerous heat waves hit cities, better risk communication could save lives
www.scientificamerican.com
June 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Please take heat warnings and advisories seriously.
Drink as much water as you can stomach. Stay out of the sun as much as you possibly can. Demand that cooling needs be prioritized on the electrical grid - it matters more than so-called "data centers."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/extr...
Drink as much water as you can stomach. Stay out of the sun as much as you possibly can. Demand that cooling needs be prioritized on the electrical grid - it matters more than so-called "data centers."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/extr...
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You can't get 85% of people to agree on whether eating ice cream is better than being stuck in traffic
"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?"
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
June 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
You can't get 85% of people to agree on whether eating ice cream is better than being stuck in traffic
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Important reminder that fatal wet bulb temperature doesn’t care about your body composition, or resting heart rate… or shade, or airflow
June 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Important reminder that fatal wet bulb temperature doesn’t care about your body composition, or resting heart rate… or shade, or airflow
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One of the biggest problems with the world is that fools are always so sure and certain about everything and intelligent people are so full of doubts and uncertainties.
June 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
One of the biggest problems with the world is that fools are always so sure and certain about everything and intelligent people are so full of doubts and uncertainties.
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mRNA vax is one of the greatest public health achievements of all time-right up there with Salk polio vax & smallpox eradication. There is a massive amount of hi quality data showing safety & effectiveness.
People will die if we abandon mRNA due to misinformation & junk science 👇
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People will die if we abandon mRNA due to misinformation & junk science 👇
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Celebrated, then disparaged: mRNA’s promise is tarnished under Trump
The promise of mRNA technology seemed boundless after the success of the coronavirus vaccines, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has singled it out for scrutiny, clouding its prospects.
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June 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
mRNA vax is one of the greatest public health achievements of all time-right up there with Salk polio vax & smallpox eradication. There is a massive amount of hi quality data showing safety & effectiveness.
People will die if we abandon mRNA due to misinformation & junk science 👇
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People will die if we abandon mRNA due to misinformation & junk science 👇
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“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
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June 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
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“There’s no future I see that doesn’t have fire in it,” said CIRES Fellow Jennifer Balch in a recent CPR news article. “What we really need to be thinking about is how we build our homes and how we build our communities to make sure that they're resistant to fire.”
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Wildfires are reaching areas that never worried before. Here’s how to protect your home
A few fixes can help protect your home and neighborhood, and buy firefighters precious time.
www.cpr.org
June 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“There’s no future I see that doesn’t have fire in it,” said CIRES Fellow Jennifer Balch in a recent CPR news article. “What we really need to be thinking about is how we build our homes and how we build our communities to make sure that they're resistant to fire.”
www.cpr.org/2025/06/10/w...
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Here's the White House's strategy for gutting science funding sooner rather than later. Freeze new spending and run out the clock until the end of the fiscal year (Sept 30), then claw back the unspent funds. It's being done under the cover of phone calls and other distractions.
NEW: The White House is quietly ordering agencies to freeze billions of dollars in additional funding for the EPA, Interior, Ag, National Science Foundation and more as part of a strategy to make cuts to education, climate, etc permanent and weaken role of Congress. www.eenews.net/articles/whi...
White House looks to freeze more agency funds — and expand executive power
The latest move targets more than $30 billion in spending at EPA, the National Science Foundation and other agencies.
www.eenews.net
June 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Here's the White House's strategy for gutting science funding sooner rather than later. Freeze new spending and run out the clock until the end of the fiscal year (Sept 30), then claw back the unspent funds. It's being done under the cover of phone calls and other distractions.
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"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
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The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Most people lose sight of a major disaster after a few months. The reality is that many people have housing problems for years, especially in rural towns. Some areas will never completely rebuild and people will migrate to other parts of the state or country to make a living.
Eight months after Hurricane Helene, communities in western North Carolina still see evidence of the storm's destruction. For many, the biggest problem remains finding an affordable place to live.
Months after Hurricane Helene, some North Carolinians still struggle to find housing
Eight months after Hurricane Helene, communities in western North Carolina still see evidence of the storm's destruction. For many, the biggest problem remains finding an affordable place to live.
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June 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Most people lose sight of a major disaster after a few months. The reality is that many people have housing problems for years, especially in rural towns. Some areas will never completely rebuild and people will migrate to other parts of the state or country to make a living.
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Atlantic #HurricaneSeason begins today, June 1.
Since records began, the continental U.S. has experienced four Category 5 hurricane landfalls, and ALL four of them were only tropical storms just three days prior!
Rapid intensification is terrifying when it occurs right before landfall.
Since records began, the continental U.S. has experienced four Category 5 hurricane landfalls, and ALL four of them were only tropical storms just three days prior!
Rapid intensification is terrifying when it occurs right before landfall.
June 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Atlantic #HurricaneSeason begins today, June 1.
Since records began, the continental U.S. has experienced four Category 5 hurricane landfalls, and ALL four of them were only tropical storms just three days prior!
Rapid intensification is terrifying when it occurs right before landfall.
Since records began, the continental U.S. has experienced four Category 5 hurricane landfalls, and ALL four of them were only tropical storms just three days prior!
Rapid intensification is terrifying when it occurs right before landfall.