Frank Brody
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Tech people think we want AI, robots, and a colony on Mars but what I actually want is a home printer that simply works.
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Tech people think we want AI, robots, and a colony on Mars but what I actually want is a home printer that simply works.
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This meso loop of #Melissa from CIRA is absolutely stunning at it makes its closes in on landfall in southwestern Jamaica.
rammb-data.cira.colostate.edu/tc_realtime/...
#hurricanemelissa
rammb-data.cira.colostate.edu/tc_realtime/...
#hurricanemelissa
October 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This meso loop of #Melissa from CIRA is absolutely stunning at it makes its closes in on landfall in southwestern Jamaica.
rammb-data.cira.colostate.edu/tc_realtime/...
#hurricanemelissa
rammb-data.cira.colostate.edu/tc_realtime/...
#hurricanemelissa
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How is the Google DeepMind model doing so far this Atlantic hurricane season?
My *preliminary* homogeneous verification shows that the DeepMind ensemble mean "GDMN" is dominating in both track and intensity, beating the revered "HCCA" consensus and the NHC ("OFCL") at all/most lead times.
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My *preliminary* homogeneous verification shows that the DeepMind ensemble mean "GDMN" is dominating in both track and intensity, beating the revered "HCCA" consensus and the NHC ("OFCL") at all/most lead times.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
How is the Google DeepMind model doing so far this Atlantic hurricane season?
My *preliminary* homogeneous verification shows that the DeepMind ensemble mean "GDMN" is dominating in both track and intensity, beating the revered "HCCA" consensus and the NHC ("OFCL") at all/most lead times.
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My *preliminary* homogeneous verification shows that the DeepMind ensemble mean "GDMN" is dominating in both track and intensity, beating the revered "HCCA" consensus and the NHC ("OFCL") at all/most lead times.
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Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
September 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
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we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there
for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world
September 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there
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There's no mechanism in US Law to classify anything American a "terrorist organization". The KKK hasn't even received this honor.
Yet, Trump is going to name a non-existent entity as one, so he can claim anyone he doesn't like a member and have ICE put them on ice.
Yet, Trump is going to name a non-existent entity as one, so he can claim anyone he doesn't like a member and have ICE put them on ice.
September 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
There's no mechanism in US Law to classify anything American a "terrorist organization". The KKK hasn't even received this honor.
Yet, Trump is going to name a non-existent entity as one, so he can claim anyone he doesn't like a member and have ICE put them on ice.
Yet, Trump is going to name a non-existent entity as one, so he can claim anyone he doesn't like a member and have ICE put them on ice.
Puget Sound WA sunset extraordinaire
September 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Puget Sound WA sunset extraordinaire
September 10 is the climatological peak of hurricane season, but no tropical systems in sight per NHC:
September 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
September 10 is the climatological peak of hurricane season, but no tropical systems in sight per NHC:
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Dr. Susan Monarez, recently removed as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that the Trump administration is deliberately weakening the country’s public health and vaccine protections. This is a danger that should concern us all.
September 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Dr. Susan Monarez, recently removed as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that the Trump administration is deliberately weakening the country’s public health and vaccine protections. This is a danger that should concern us all.
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“I’d rather have a great forecaster who’s never read an EO than a policy muck who’s taken one meteorology class.” — Rick Spinrad, former NOAA director
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Want to work for National Weather Service? Be ready to explain how you agree with Trump
As the National Weather Service scrambles to hire up to 450 people to restore deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, potential applicants are being asked to explain how they would advan...
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September 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
“I’d rather have a great forecaster who’s never read an EO than a policy muck who’s taken one meteorology class.” — Rick Spinrad, former NOAA director
apnews.com/article/noaa...
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Sen Patty Murray (D-WA):
“If there are any adults left in the White House, it’s well past time they face reality… We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired.”
“If there are any adults left in the White House, it’s well past time they face reality… We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired.”
August 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Sen Patty Murray (D-WA):
“If there are any adults left in the White House, it’s well past time they face reality… We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired.”
“If there are any adults left in the White House, it’s well past time they face reality… We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired.”
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imagine being so maniacally racist that you side with the fire over the firefighter
August 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
imagine being so maniacally racist that you side with the fire over the firefighter
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Important weather science news tonight: NOAA has canceled procurement of the next phased array weather radar R&D instrument. Along with the obvious blow to PAR weather research, it is consistent with other moves by admin to push forward quickly with NOAA cuts. More: https://tinyurl.com/my8hx8j6
NOAA cancels procurement of new phased array weather radar test article
Further stalls important weather research program
tinyurl.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Important weather science news tonight: NOAA has canceled procurement of the next phased array weather radar R&D instrument. Along with the obvious blow to PAR weather research, it is consistent with other moves by admin to push forward quickly with NOAA cuts. More: https://tinyurl.com/my8hx8j6
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Employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency sent a letter to Congress, warning that the Trump administration has undone much of the progress in disaster response and recovery achieved since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast nearly twenty years ago.
August 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency sent a letter to Congress, warning that the Trump administration has undone much of the progress in disaster response and recovery achieved since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast nearly twenty years ago.
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Tim Walz: "I always get in trouble for it and I'll continue to say it, I don't think we do any favors when we don't name it -- these are fascist policies."
August 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Tim Walz: "I always get in trouble for it and I'll continue to say it, I don't think we do any favors when we don't name it -- these are fascist policies."
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Remember when people said this was just hyperbole and a candidate saying it made them unelectable…
Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
August 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Remember when people said this was just hyperbole and a candidate saying it made them unelectable…
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GOES West captured von Kármán vortices streaming around Guadalupe Island this morning. These cloud formations typically occur when the prevailing wind is diverted by elevated land features such as islands, mountaintops, or volcanoes. More cloud science at: noaa.gov/jetstream/clouds
July 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
GOES West captured von Kármán vortices streaming around Guadalupe Island this morning. These cloud formations typically occur when the prevailing wind is diverted by elevated land features such as islands, mountaintops, or volcanoes. More cloud science at: noaa.gov/jetstream/clouds
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July 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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It's disappointing major weather media groups that exist off NOAA/NWS data have been deafeningly silent about federal staffing hits and proposed cuts to NOAA. No letters of support. No news reporting on their detrimental effects to forecasting. Just glaring editorial omission. 🧵
July 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
It's disappointing major weather media groups that exist off NOAA/NWS data have been deafeningly silent about federal staffing hits and proposed cuts to NOAA. No letters of support. No news reporting on their detrimental effects to forecasting. Just glaring editorial omission. 🧵
