Erin Thead
@erinthead.com
PhD atmospheric scientist 🌩️🌀 | Red Sox fan | National Spelling Bee finalist '97-'98 | MS State alumna | Cat mom 🐈⬛🐈
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EDITOR'S NOTE: "For those of us at the Mississippi Free Press, this is a significant blow. We left Twitter earlier this year for a lot of reasons, and have since made BlueSky our main social media platform (it’s also where we have the most followers)," Ashton Pittman writes.
Ed Note | State Law Compels BlueSky to Block Mississippi IPs
Ashton Pittman writes about how Mississippi’s social media age-verification law prompted BlueSky to block access to Mississippi IP addresses.
buff.ly
August 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
EDITOR'S NOTE: "For those of us at the Mississippi Free Press, this is a significant blow. We left Twitter earlier this year for a lot of reasons, and have since made BlueSky our main social media platform (it’s also where we have the most followers)," Ashton Pittman writes.
I don't want to get myself ⛔ from this site by giving away information to circumvent a "policy" that, in my opinion, is not going to achieve its goal. This site is "bluffing with nuffing." It doesn't have the reach of FB, IG, X, etc.
But search for Proton VPN. Just saying.
But search for Proton VPN. Just saying.
August 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I don't want to get myself ⛔ from this site by giving away information to circumvent a "policy" that, in my opinion, is not going to achieve its goal. This site is "bluffing with nuffing." It doesn't have the reach of FB, IG, X, etc.
But search for Proton VPN. Just saying.
But search for Proton VPN. Just saying.
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#Erin is a textbook case of the explosive intensification rates that pose an increasing problem as the planet's oceans and atmosphere heat up.
Saving grace this time: Erin is on track to avoid making landfall anywhere. Next time: who knows?
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/erin...
Saving grace this time: Erin is on track to avoid making landfall anywhere. Next time: who knows?
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/erin...
Erin vaults from tropical storm to Category 5 hurricane in just 25 hours » Yale Climate Connections
Erin's overnight surge in strength was one of the fastest ever recorded in the Atlantic.
yaleclimateconnections.org
August 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#Erin is a textbook case of the explosive intensification rates that pose an increasing problem as the planet's oceans and atmosphere heat up.
Saving grace this time: Erin is on track to avoid making landfall anywhere. Next time: who knows?
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/erin...
Saving grace this time: Erin is on track to avoid making landfall anywhere. Next time: who knows?
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/erin...
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What is it about this century? What could it be? ♨️🌎
From @agnes1972.bsky.social on his X account: "With Erin, the last ten years have now seen 11 category five Atlantic hurricanes. This puts us even further ahead of 2007, which held the previous record of nine. Remarkable."
From @agnes1972.bsky.social on his X account: "With Erin, the last ten years have now seen 11 category five Atlantic hurricanes. This puts us even further ahead of 2007, which held the previous record of nine. Remarkable."
August 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
What is it about this century? What could it be? ♨️🌎
From @agnes1972.bsky.social on his X account: "With Erin, the last ten years have now seen 11 category five Atlantic hurricanes. This puts us even further ahead of 2007, which held the previous record of nine. Remarkable."
From @agnes1972.bsky.social on his X account: "With Erin, the last ten years have now seen 11 category five Atlantic hurricanes. This puts us even further ahead of 2007, which held the previous record of nine. Remarkable."
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Aug 16: Images from @NOAA_HurrHunter and the @NOAASatellites Ocean Winds team show an intense eyewall in Hurricane #Erin This photo shows the ocean surface calm in the eye and roaring in the eyewall. For the latest forecast visit hurricanes.gov https://x.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1956713125828325429
August 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Aug 16: Images from @NOAA_HurrHunter and the @NOAASatellites Ocean Winds team show an intense eyewall in Hurricane #Erin This photo shows the ocean surface calm in the eye and roaring in the eyewall. For the latest forecast visit hurricanes.gov https://x.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1956713125828325429
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The eye of Hurricane Erin is visible from the San Juan radar. Also lots of lightning in the outer rainbands. Glad the bulk of Erin is staying away from the islands. Hoping for a miss as well regarding Bermuda.
August 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The eye of Hurricane Erin is visible from the San Juan radar. Also lots of lightning in the outer rainbands. Glad the bulk of Erin is staying away from the islands. Hoping for a miss as well regarding Bermuda.
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As a public service, people will find the original pdf files of all the U.S. National Climate Assessments, 2001-2023, publicly available at: www.patrickgonzalez.net#us_national_...
July 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
As a public service, people will find the original pdf files of all the U.S. National Climate Assessments, 2001-2023, publicly available at: www.patrickgonzalez.net#us_national_...
Get the real National Climate Assessments now while you can. I'm quite sure these will go away once the bowdlerized ones are ready. #noaa #climatechange #nationalclimateassessment
repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/61...
repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19...
repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/61...
repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19...
August 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Get the real National Climate Assessments now while you can. I'm quite sure these will go away once the bowdlerized ones are ready. #noaa #climatechange #nationalclimateassessment
repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/61...
repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19...
repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/61...
repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19...
I am just going to get off this site for a while. I am currently angrier at my fellow meteorologists than I am at anyone else, for keeping the NWS as the subject under the microscope and attacking political accounts for technical inaccuracy. I'll end up saying something I regret if I don't step off.
July 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I am just going to get off this site for a while. I am currently angrier at my fellow meteorologists than I am at anyone else, for keeping the NWS as the subject under the microscope and attacking political accounts for technical inaccuracy. I'll end up saying something I regret if I don't step off.
I am incredibly frustrated with my fellow meteorologists right now.
If you're explaining, you're losing the narrative.
If you're defending yourselves, you're losing the narrative.
Go on offense. Force the cutters to defend THEIR actions. Make the discussion be about THEM rather than YOU.
If you're explaining, you're losing the narrative.
If you're defending yourselves, you're losing the narrative.
Go on offense. Force the cutters to defend THEIR actions. Make the discussion be about THEM rather than YOU.
July 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I am incredibly frustrated with my fellow meteorologists right now.
If you're explaining, you're losing the narrative.
If you're defending yourselves, you're losing the narrative.
Go on offense. Force the cutters to defend THEIR actions. Make the discussion be about THEM rather than YOU.
If you're explaining, you're losing the narrative.
If you're defending yourselves, you're losing the narrative.
Go on offense. Force the cutters to defend THEIR actions. Make the discussion be about THEM rather than YOU.
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Here’s another helpful timeline, this one from @coweatherman.bsky.social just to reinforce the early alarm and the successive warnings. The National Weather Service by no means “missed” this.
Flood Watch issued yesterday at 1:18 pm.
WPC had mesoscale discussions throughout the event.
NWS issues Flash Flood Warning at 1:14 am.
NWS issues Flash Flood Emergency at 4:03 am.
NWS was on the ball.
The challenge is always getting the warning the last mile and getting people to respond.
WPC had mesoscale discussions throughout the event.
NWS issues Flash Flood Warning at 1:14 am.
NWS issues Flash Flood Emergency at 4:03 am.
NWS was on the ball.
The challenge is always getting the warning the last mile and getting people to respond.
Everyone making comments about DOGE and FEMA as it relates to the Texas flooding is insulting to the NWS employees working this event that were well aware of how bad this was becoming. Plenty of opportunities to use those arguments elsewhere.
July 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Here’s another helpful timeline, this one from @coweatherman.bsky.social just to reinforce the early alarm and the successive warnings. The National Weather Service by no means “missed” this.
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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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I took a different approach to telling the forecast in today's newsletter. I may not have the opportunity in every 2-minute TV update, but it's a small thing to add to my articles. I hope others will consider similar strategies to underscore what's at stake.
July 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I took a different approach to telling the forecast in today's newsletter. I may not have the opportunity in every 2-minute TV update, but it's a small thing to add to my articles. I hope others will consider similar strategies to underscore what's at stake.
This column is, unfortunately, accurate.
This is an anti-science agenda, intended to dismantle the scientific enterprise, in order to eliminate its authority in decision-making and give that power to political figures.
Orwell got it right again. The Party wants to be able to declare that 2+2=5.
This is an anti-science agenda, intended to dismantle the scientific enterprise, in order to eliminate its authority in decision-making and give that power to political figures.
Orwell got it right again. The Party wants to be able to declare that 2+2=5.
July 4, 2025 at 5:06 AM
This column is, unfortunately, accurate.
This is an anti-science agenda, intended to dismantle the scientific enterprise, in order to eliminate its authority in decision-making and give that power to political figures.
Orwell got it right again. The Party wants to be able to declare that 2+2=5.
This is an anti-science agenda, intended to dismantle the scientific enterprise, in order to eliminate its authority in decision-making and give that power to political figures.
Orwell got it right again. The Party wants to be able to declare that 2+2=5.
Atmospheric science has BIPARTISAN support from the American public. The people responsible for that abominable NOAA proposal are a radical minority. They're trying to make their numbers seem much bigger than they are.
Here's the full story, with fresh data from @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
Published by my besties at @climateconnections.bsky.social
My general advice: Keep pushing, everyone! The public is on our side and we are not backing down.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/07/trum...
Published by my besties at @climateconnections.bsky.social
My general advice: Keep pushing, everyone! The public is on our side and we are not backing down.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/07/trum...
Trump’s climate research cuts are unpopular, even with Republicans » Yale Climate Connections
Recent polling shows that nearly 80% of registered U.S. voters want government agencies to keep researching and sharing global warming data. The administration is dismantling both.
yaleclimateconnections.org
July 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Atmospheric science has BIPARTISAN support from the American public. The people responsible for that abominable NOAA proposal are a radical minority. They're trying to make their numbers seem much bigger than they are.
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Across the Northern Hemisphere tropics, this remains an unusually low-key year. Meanwhile, Trump’s proposed NOAA budget would destroy the basic infrastructure needed to do weather research. New from @bhensonweather.bsky.social & @drjeffmasters.bsky.social yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/07/two-...
Two pesky areas of development off the Southeast U.S. and Mexican Pacific coast » Yale Climate Connections
Across the Northern Hemisphere tropics, this remains an unusually low-key year – at least for now. Meanwhile, Trump's proposed NOAA budget would destroy the basic infrastructure needed to do weather r...
yaleclimateconnections.org
July 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Across the Northern Hemisphere tropics, this remains an unusually low-key year. Meanwhile, Trump’s proposed NOAA budget would destroy the basic infrastructure needed to do weather research. New from @bhensonweather.bsky.social & @drjeffmasters.bsky.social yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/07/two-...
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If you want to know all the gory details of hunting a dangerous storm in a faraway place, here's my complete tale of chasing Hurricane ERICK in Mexico. Enjoy! LINK: www.facebook.com/share/p/1CCN...
July 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
If you want to know all the gory details of hunting a dangerous storm in a faraway place, here's my complete tale of chasing Hurricane ERICK in Mexico. Enjoy! LINK: www.facebook.com/share/p/1CCN...
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Yep. This is illegal and unconstitutional on its face. The budget and appropriations are laws. The President "shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed", according to the express dictate of the federal constitution. His "priorities" are literally irrelevant.
I continue to be struck by this language of “in accordance with the president’s priorities,” which treats the executive branch as an extension of the person of the president, and not a mechanism for instituting the will of Congress
July 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Yep. This is illegal and unconstitutional on its face. The budget and appropriations are laws. The President "shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed", according to the express dictate of the federal constitution. His "priorities" are literally irrelevant.
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Before the election, energy analysts said that repealing renewable energy tax credits was an "extreme" and "unlikely" scenario.
Many Democrats said the same, because Republicans would never willingly harm their own districts and constituents, who were benefiting from subsidies.
Here we are.
Many Democrats said the same, because Republicans would never willingly harm their own districts and constituents, who were benefiting from subsidies.
Here we are.
This is exactly what Project 2025 proposed
Analysts called it "extreme" and "unlikely." Now, it's almost reality.
heated.world
July 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Before the election, energy analysts said that repealing renewable energy tax credits was an "extreme" and "unlikely" scenario.
Many Democrats said the same, because Republicans would never willingly harm their own districts and constituents, who were benefiting from subsidies.
Here we are.
Many Democrats said the same, because Republicans would never willingly harm their own districts and constituents, who were benefiting from subsidies.
Here we are.
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Big news: Neil Jacobs (NOAA Administrator/Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere nominee) officially has his nomination hearing on July 9th. Based on past nominations, hearing>cloture>confirmation is about a 1-1.5 month process.
July 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Big news: Neil Jacobs (NOAA Administrator/Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere nominee) officially has his nomination hearing on July 9th. Based on past nominations, hearing>cloture>confirmation is about a 1-1.5 month process.
Got them.
Feels like the Book People preserving texts in Fahrenheit 451.
Feels like the Book People preserving texts in Fahrenheit 451.
Heartbreaking and enraging. And make no mistake: this is theft. These reports belong to the American people.
You can still download the past three National Climate Assessments here: repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/61...
You can still download the past three National Climate Assessments here: repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/61...
July 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Got them.
Feels like the Book People preserving texts in Fahrenheit 451.
Feels like the Book People preserving texts in Fahrenheit 451.
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As reported by other colleagues today, confirmation of the regime’s *proposed* NOAA budget, with over 200 scientists to be fired & numerous labs shut, including Miami’s AOML & Hurricane Research Division, and all CO2 monitoring stations. Another regressive act with deadly and costly implications.
July 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
As reported by other colleagues today, confirmation of the regime’s *proposed* NOAA budget, with over 200 scientists to be fired & numerous labs shut, including Miami’s AOML & Hurricane Research Division, and all CO2 monitoring stations. Another regressive act with deadly and costly implications.
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For no particular reason, thinking about some of the major aspects of NHC operations that came out of the NOAA/OAR research labs and the Cooperative Institutes. I've probably missed some key ones, but the first ones that come to mind are...
June 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
For no particular reason, thinking about some of the major aspects of NHC operations that came out of the NOAA/OAR research labs and the Cooperative Institutes. I've probably missed some key ones, but the first ones that come to mind are...
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The proposed NOAA budget for 2026 contains the literal line:
Total, Climate Research: $0
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
Total, Climate Research: $0
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
June 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The proposed NOAA budget for 2026 contains the literal line:
Total, Climate Research: $0
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
Total, Climate Research: $0
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
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Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
June 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...