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From : Ethel Kennedy, wife of former US Attorney General and Senator Robert Kennedy, passes away at age 96.

cnn.com/2024/10/10/politics/et

meteorologist showing the Cocoa Beach tornado warning as it began. Compare the time stamp to the alert that showed up on my smartphone around the same time.

Frame capture from yesterday evening reporting on the Cocoa Beach tornado. Had it continued, it would have gone right over our house in north Merritt Island. As it was, we still had a strong cell pass through, just no damage for us.

Good morning from the of .

We're still here. Other than the Cocoa Beach tornado, I haven't heard of any significant damage in our area. The eyewall just passed through here so we're experiencing peak gusts.

The lies about the government controlling the reminded me of, when I worked education at , how I'd be asked "where are the NASA weather machines." People insisted NASA had weather machines on the coastline controlling the weather!

I'd tell them there's no such thing, go see for yourself, but they wouldn't believe me.

It didn't happen often, maybe five times a year, but it *did* happen.

Brevard County Sheriffs Office (BCSO) reporting a significant tornado just hit Cocoa Beach. One of the deputies said it's "at least an EF-2." Many businesses damaged as well as homes.

If you want to look it up on Google Maps, search 1775 N. Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach. That's the Wells Fargo that lost its roof. The tornado started at the Resorts at Cocoa Beach and moved northwest. Many homes damaged on St. Croix Ave. behind the Publix.

Here's the local police and fire for Cocoa Beach, Cape Canaveral, Merritt Island, etc. They're reporting damage from a tornado in the area of SR-520/Banana River Drive.

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If anyone wants to try this out ... Spectrum typically makes their live newscasts public during hurricanes. Please give this a try and let me know if you can see the newscast. This is our local newscast, if you want to follow here in Brevard County.

mynews13.com/fl/orlando/live-v

* Brought in the patio furniture.

* Brought in the potted plants.

*Charged the mobile electronic devices.

* Charged the solar generator.

* Filled the bathtub with water.

Bring it on, . πŸŒ€ 😝

NASASpaceflight.com is streaming live fixed camera video from various places around this area, including and Port Canaveral.

youtube.com/live/Jm8wRjD3xVA

Both and are now at HURCON II, basically meaning a hurricane is expected soon, and non-critical personnel ar released from work.

nasa.gov/kennedy/hurricane-pre

My former agency (1980s) has the first law enforcement in the nation.

Whether this is good or bad is a matter of opinion ... It won't be used on patrol, mostly for drug prevention programs. Back in my day, we converted confiscated drug dealers cars for promotions or undercover work. We once dressed up a confiscated Ferrari with agency decals and a lightbar. Everyone took pictures. 😊

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St. Johns County has ordered the entire City of St. Augustine evacuated. St. Augustine is considered the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the US.

citystaug.com/AlertCenter.aspx

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

wapo.st/3zY6XMX

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

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