🛰️🔥 Mike 🌀🌪️
@disastergis.org
A little GIS, a little EnviroSci, a little Emergency Management, some Photography, and a lot of UCLA.
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Hard to focus on what I need to be working on when another wildfire outbreak is unfolding across the Southern Plains (and now near Limon, CO). Bit easier to watch from afar than working at the impacted WFOs but still not easy knowing what it’s like working these events…
February 17, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Hard to focus on what I need to be working on when another wildfire outbreak is unfolding across the Southern Plains (and now near Limon, CO). Bit easier to watch from afar than working at the impacted WFOs but still not easy knowing what it’s like working these events…
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Multiple winter storms and a weak #AtmosphericRiver will bring additional rain and heavy snow to California this week. There is potential for another impactful AR this weekend into early next week.
See our latest Quick Look for more information: cw3e.ucsd.edu/wp-content/u....
See our latest Quick Look for more information: cw3e.ucsd.edu/wp-content/u....
![Page 4 of Quick Look. Top left: NWS total snowfall accumulation forecast for the 72-hour period ending 4 AM PST Fri 20 Feb. Top right: NWS WPC Winter Storm Severity Index for the 72-hour period ending 4 AM PST Fri 20 Feb. Bottom: West-WRF ensemble probability of AR conditions [IVT≥250 kg/(ms)] and control member maximum AR Scale forecast along the West Coast of North America for the 7-day period valid 4 PM PST Mon 16 Feb through 4 PM PST Mon 23 Feb.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:m6wmrhwljxz43udvb5drleue/bafkreicai3mpgf6gghjhjwdkgafwghuslffchbvkv2v5hvph7urnconram@jpeg)
February 17, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Multiple winter storms and a weak #AtmosphericRiver will bring additional rain and heavy snow to California this week. There is potential for another impactful AR this weekend into early next week.
See our latest Quick Look for more information: cw3e.ucsd.edu/wp-content/u....
See our latest Quick Look for more information: cw3e.ucsd.edu/wp-content/u....
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Public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) have begun in the rural Texas panhandle. The strongest winds will kick in by early afternoon as cirrus continue to thin out.
February 17, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) have begun in the rural Texas panhandle. The strongest winds will kick in by early afternoon as cirrus continue to thin out.
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Understanding how people create and communicate knowledge about inland flooding is critical to supporting disaster response, recovery, and mitigation. This recent Weather Ready Research explores rural residents' experiences during 2023 flooding in Vermont: bit.ly/3MP7sPU
February 17, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Understanding how people create and communicate knowledge about inland flooding is critical to supporting disaster response, recovery, and mitigation. This recent Weather Ready Research explores rural residents' experiences during 2023 flooding in Vermont: bit.ly/3MP7sPU
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Yuba Water officials are meeting this morning to receive a report on the catastrophic failure of a penstock pipeline recently installed and consider possible litigation. #cawater www.appeal-democrat.com/news/local_n...
Oil boom draped across lake below power plant disaster
Water agency directors ponder litigation
www.appeal-democrat.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Yuba Water officials are meeting this morning to receive a report on the catastrophic failure of a penstock pipeline recently installed and consider possible litigation. #cawater www.appeal-democrat.com/news/local_n...
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About 2,000 feet beneath the ocean’s surface, off of SoCal, a concrete sphere the size of a small house will be installed. Yet it has no living inhabitants. Its cargo is not oil or gas. It’s electricity (sort of). #cawater www.zmescience.com/future/sinki...
Sinking Giant Concrete Orbs to the Bottom of the Ocean Could Store Massive Amounts of Renewable Energy
These underwater batteries could potentially store hundreds of thousands of gigawatt-hours.
www.zmescience.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
About 2,000 feet beneath the ocean’s surface, off of SoCal, a concrete sphere the size of a small house will be installed. Yet it has no living inhabitants. Its cargo is not oil or gas. It’s electricity (sort of). #cawater www.zmescience.com/future/sinki...
Don't forget this is the same state that outlawed heat protections for workers... so you know, those children up on the roof in the blistering summer now also would not get water breaks!
As people keep pointing out, the cruelty IS the point.
As people keep pointing out, the cruelty IS the point.
February 17, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Don't forget this is the same state that outlawed heat protections for workers... so you know, those children up on the roof in the blistering summer now also would not get water breaks!
As people keep pointing out, the cruelty IS the point.
As people keep pointing out, the cruelty IS the point.
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Tropical Cyclone Gezani meanders around over the southern Mozambique Channel before finally heading south.
February 17, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Tropical Cyclone Gezani meanders around over the southern Mozambique Channel before finally heading south.
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First Fire Warning of the day in Beaver County, OK. Established in a hard to access area with exceptional grass loads. Likely makes it into Kansas this afternoon.
February 17, 2026 at 6:17 PM
First Fire Warning of the day in Beaver County, OK. Established in a hard to access area with exceptional grass loads. Likely makes it into Kansas this afternoon.
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The latest in a long tale of tragic mining landslides in Hpakant, Myanmar - at least ten more fatalities when a "reservoir" burst at a mine site:-
www.bnionline.net/en/news/10-m...
Kuday appears to be at:- [25.65563, 96.33863].
www.bnionline.net/en/news/10-m...
Kuday appears to be at:- [25.65563, 96.33863].
10 missing after Hpakant jade mine reservoir collapse
Around 10 people are missing after a mining reservoir collapsed in the Kuday Hmaw jade mining area of Hpakant Township, Kachin State. About 20 scavengers searching for jadeite fragments in a nearby so...
www.bnionline.net
February 17, 2026 at 8:48 AM
The latest in a long tale of tragic mining landslides in Hpakant, Myanmar - at least ten more fatalities when a "reservoir" burst at a mine site:-
www.bnionline.net/en/news/10-m...
Kuday appears to be at:- [25.65563, 96.33863].
www.bnionline.net/en/news/10-m...
Kuday appears to be at:- [25.65563, 96.33863].
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A powerful storm system ushers in flooding rains and storms to the West Coast, and heavy mountain snow from the Sierra Nevada and Cascades to the Rockies.
Another system will follow behind it from the west, keeping winter weather over this region through mid-week.
Another system will follow behind it from the west, keeping winter weather over this region through mid-week.
February 16, 2026 at 9:09 PM
A powerful storm system ushers in flooding rains and storms to the West Coast, and heavy mountain snow from the Sierra Nevada and Cascades to the Rockies.
Another system will follow behind it from the west, keeping winter weather over this region through mid-week.
Another system will follow behind it from the west, keeping winter weather over this region through mid-week.
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Someone captured my colleagues an I servicing the cameras during Kīlauea’s episode 42. We stopped to discuss what we were seeing, but because I talk with my hands it looks like I’m fixing to push someone in…
Credit: Volcano Hideaways
Credit: Volcano Hideaways
February 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Someone captured my colleagues an I servicing the cameras during Kīlauea’s episode 42. We stopped to discuss what we were seeing, but because I talk with my hands it looks like I’m fixing to push someone in…
Credit: Volcano Hideaways
Credit: Volcano Hideaways
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
February 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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New snow this week and how it might impact current snowpack levels and forecasted water supplies in the Upper Colorado River Basin - read my new blog!
climatebecky.com/blog#snowpac...
climatebecky.com/blog#snowpac...
February 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM
New snow this week and how it might impact current snowpack levels and forecasted water supplies in the Upper Colorado River Basin - read my new blog!
climatebecky.com/blog#snowpac...
climatebecky.com/blog#snowpac...
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This is the last thing you have to do before you finish your degree in physics.
February 17, 2026 at 3:35 AM
This is the last thing you have to do before you finish your degree in physics.
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The Bart Lab at UC Berkeley is looking for a postdoc. Please share!
February 17, 2026 at 12:03 AM
The Bart Lab at UC Berkeley is looking for a postdoc. Please share!
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Rainy day means making a fresh pot of matzo ball soup
February 17, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Rainy day means making a fresh pot of matzo ball soup
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This major change was only made public two days ago, and will go into effect immediately tomorrow, bypassing the notice and comment period, through an entirely spurious and fabricated line of reasoning.
The rule is a significant, and cowardly, attack on veterans benefits by the administration.
The rule is a significant, and cowardly, attack on veterans benefits by the administration.
Evaluative Rating: Impact of Medication
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends 38 CFR 4.10 within the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD). This amendment clarifies VA's longstanding interpretation of Sec. 4.10 and, in doing ...
www.federalregister.gov
February 17, 2026 at 12:41 AM
This major change was only made public two days ago, and will go into effect immediately tomorrow, bypassing the notice and comment period, through an entirely spurious and fabricated line of reasoning.
The rule is a significant, and cowardly, attack on veterans benefits by the administration.
The rule is a significant, and cowardly, attack on veterans benefits by the administration.
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I already knew about food pantries but today I learned about pet food pantries for cat and dog parents who are experiencing financial hardship.
Here’s a link to some of the ones in Los Angeles.
www.laanimalservices.com/pet-food-pan...
Here’s a link to some of the ones in Los Angeles.
www.laanimalservices.com/pet-food-pan...
www.laanimalservices.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I already knew about food pantries but today I learned about pet food pantries for cat and dog parents who are experiencing financial hardship.
Here’s a link to some of the ones in Los Angeles.
www.laanimalservices.com/pet-food-pan...
Here’s a link to some of the ones in Los Angeles.
www.laanimalservices.com/pet-food-pan...
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At least 7 vehicles stalled in flooded L.A. intersection, driver rescued as storm intensifies
At least 7 vehicles stalled in flooded L.A. intersection, driver rescued as storm intensifies
At least seven vehicles were stalled in a flooded intersection in the Sawtelle neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday morning. The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the intersection on W. Oly…
ktla.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
At least 7 vehicles stalled in flooded L.A. intersection, driver rescued as storm intensifies
RIP Harry Hogg
a man wearing headphones says he rubbed you and rubbin son is racin
ALT: a man wearing headphones says he rubbed you and rubbin son is racin
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:04 PM
RIP Harry Hogg
LACoFD and LOBFD are responding to reports of a woman in the San Gabriel River at willow. Female with a floral top trying to get out of the river ... last scene at del amo.
#larain
#larain
February 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
LACoFD and LOBFD are responding to reports of a woman in the San Gabriel River at willow. Female with a floral top trying to get out of the river ... last scene at del amo.
#larain
#larain
#LARain SB 710 freeway at Long Beach Blvd, CHP is reporting multiple vehicles are stuck in rising water. #LongBeach Fire enroute to assist with swift water crews at Del Amo. #LACOFD is also responding.
February 16, 2026 at 8:32 PM
#LARain SB 710 freeway at Long Beach Blvd, CHP is reporting multiple vehicles are stuck in rising water. #LongBeach Fire enroute to assist with swift water crews at Del Amo. #LACOFD is also responding.
February 16, 2026 at 8:06 PM