has the volatility of hurricane strengths increased with global warming? within the lifetime of a particular storm and/or across the population of storms?

Milton's track is within 10 miles of #NewCollege. By far the most wonderful place I ever lived, for the past two years vandals like Ron DeSantis and Chris Rufo have been dismantling the college. Maybe the algorithm doesn't like what they've done. Maybe it's helping them finish the job.

it’s the end of the world as we know it. and there are profit opportunities in that! it’s CPI that looms. what else were you thinking? headline from finance.yahoo.com

The frequency of extreme weather events has increased dramatically. Hypotheses: 1. This is a long predicted effect of global warming. 2. Insidious actors have developed a weather control device which they r weaponizing for mysterious purposes. Which is more parsimonious? Depends upon your priors!

This is some picture. via @michaelrlowry.bsky.social michaelrlowry.substack.com/p/milton-clo...

Protip:

Vexation is next on the chopping block.

one thing i really really miss from mastodon is an edit button.

“A fully developed hurricane releases heat energy that is the equivalent of a 10-megaton nuclear bomb every 20 minutes — more than all the energy used at a given time by humanity, according to National Hurricane Center tropical analysis chief Chris Landsea.” www.oregonlive.com/nation/2024/...

when people describe some piece of information as having “just dropped”, usually it’s best to treat it as droppings.

“To lie without shame abt everything…is to show contempt for the idea…you can reason with or persuade other ppl. It is…to shape their reality so that they can’t really disagree…to demand obedience to a narrative…to cultivate the habits of autocracy.” @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/o...

“the libs are always blaming fossil fuels when it was obviously solar power that heated up the Gulf.”

life these days feels like fleeing from the devil, taking a minute to catch your breath if you are lucky enough to make it.

the news cycle is such a distraction from the actual news.

it turns out, humans don’t actually make for very effective shields.

#relatable ht @finnagain.bsky.social

beautiful galaxy, deadly hurricane, strange cousins.

does FEMA have to resources to manage a recovery simultaneously of Western NC / East TN and the much more populous Tampa Bay metro area?

“but how will the complete destruction of my community affect the election?”