@snyde21 Oh yeah. I was trained years ago as a first responder and have disaster response training. The sustained winds right now are forecast to reach 55 MPH, about 4"-6" of rain, so not that big of a deal. Thank you for asking.

A very cool article in #WaPo about the history of the National Archives, the people who work there, and some of the cool documents they have.

https://wapo.st/3zY6XMX

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Something wicked this way comes ...

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The latest ten-day forecast for us in north Merritt Island. Thursday is up to 68 MPH / 103 KPH.

@LnzyHou Ready to go. I was trained long ago as a first responder and disaster preparedness. We've had 60 MPH winds many times before. The forecast rain totals are 4"-6". Not that bad. No rain in tomorrow's forecast, so we have time to dry out a little bit.

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From Noah Bergren on Zombie Twitter:

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8PM EDT: I am at a loss for words to meteorologically describe you 897mb pressure with 180 MPH max sustained winds and gusts 225 MPH. This is now the 2nd strongest hurricane ever recorded by pressure on this side of the world. The eye is TINY at nearly 3.8 miles wide. This hurricane is nearing the mathematical limit of what Earth's atmosphere can produce. Yes, there is a mathematical limit and we are nearing that.

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#Milton forecast to hit 185 MPH overnight. 🌀

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#Milton now clocked at 180 MPH. 🌀

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#Milton now clocked at 175 MPH. 🌀

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Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg setting up cots for National Guardsmen and linesmen responding to #Milton.

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#Milton is now a Category 5 hurricane with 160 mph winds.

https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/hurricane-milton-florida-10-07-2024/index.html

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#Milton now with 155 MPH winds. 157 will make it a Category 5 hurricane.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#Milton

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Today's "This Modern World" by Tom Tomorrow on #DailyKos.

https://www.dailykos.com/blogs/Tom%20Tomorrow/

#Space #SpaceCoast #CCSFS

#SpaceX and #ESA are targeting 10:52 AM EDT to launch the #Hera probe to an asteroid. Right now the weather is 60% favorable, but you can't see a thing outside.

Spaceflight Now is streaming live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHoKhL56KZ0

#Politics From #Reuters

#Trump supporters are bombarding #NASA with FOIA requests looking for comments critical of Trump or Elon Musk, to compile an enemies list for purging should Trump be elected president.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/conservative-think-tank-targeting-nasa-employees-communications-about-musk-trump-2024-10-04/

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The Weather.com ten-day forecast for north Merritt Island ... The wind forecast took a big leap overnight, now looking at 41 MPH sustained winds on Thursday.

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#NASA has postponed Thursday's #SpaceX #FalconHeavy Europa Clipper launch from #KSC Pad 39A due to #Milton.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/europaclipper/2024/10/06/nasa-spacex-secure-europa-clipper-ahead-of-hurricane/

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Well, that nails it down. 🙄

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I found this on the 45th weather squadron's website. It suggests we'll have 34 knot (40 mph) winds but not much more.

We're going to have lots of rain, but 40 mph winds is quite survivable.