Category 5 Hurricane Maria made a direct hit on the small Lesser Antilles island of Dominica (population 72,000) near 9 pm EDT Monday, becoming Dominica’s first Category 5 landfall on record. At the time of landfall, an Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft measured surface winds of 160 mph and a central pressure of 924 mb.…
Pope Francis said the recent spate of hurricanes should prompt people to understand that humanity will “go down” if it does not address climate change and history will judge those who deny the science on its causes. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-irma-pope-climatechange/pope-says-humanity-will-go-down-if-it-does-not-address-climate-change-idUSKCN1BM1M4
Illuminating the near future of electric mobility: the BMWi Visionary Dynamics at #IAA2017, via https://twitter.com/BMWi BMWi https://www.bmw.com/en/all-models/bmw-i/i8/2014/at-a-glance_msm_moved.html BMW’s i Vision Dynamics targets Tesla-topping range in a four-door coupe https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/12/bmws-i-vision-dynamics-targets-tesla-topping-range-in-a-four-door-coupe/
AccuWeather’s stormchaser Reed Timmer takes a look at what appears to be one of the hardest hit areas from hurricane Irma, in mainland Florida United States. For more indepth storm coverage, visit Tweets by ReedTimmerAccu http://AccuWeather.com
NASA MODIS satellite imagery reveals large amounts of newly deposited sand. Where did the sand came from? Where will it go? Before/after #Irma shot of S Florida. Note all the sediment stirred up in the shallow waters! MODIS imagery https://twitter.com/NWSCaribou/status/907296983718748161 What a difference a week makes, Turks and Caicos before and after #Irma https://twitter.com/AstroKomrade/status/906930295495999488
Hurricane Irma footage from South Florida, especially Miami, the Keys, Tampa, from September 10 and 11, 2017. Features Coverage by CNN http://CNN.com Live Irma stormchaser Reed Timmer https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu Baby Dolphin Rescued Off Marco Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlYdWnXClAs Jeff Goodell: In Florida, No One is Thinking about the Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk-d_m3IccY
Report of missing ocean water. Notice: A previous version involved missing water from Bahamas Long Island.
Features footage from ca the past 24 hrs, including from Cuba Early September 9, 2017) Reed Timmer https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu Steve Petyerak https://twitter.com/StevePetyerak/status/906484091473842181 Carmen Perez https://twitter.com/carmen_aperez/status/906483485124296704 Stormtrack via Windy.com https://www.windy.com/?2017-09-18-12,24.607,-85.408,6,m:enmadP5 Hurricane Irma — Prepare Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxL9r1M6S0w ISS Pass Over Hurricane Jose and Hurricane Irma 9/8/17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODiWspJYaXQ Space to Ground: Tracking a Monster: 09/08/2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVD4BtM9gJM Irma Tracked from…
Category 5 hurricane Irma approaching Florida. For the latest advisories visit http://www.nhc.noaa.gov Damage on Saint Maarten (Caribbean Netherlands) after hurricane Irma https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schade_op_Sint_Maarten_na_orkaan_Irma.webm Reed Timmer from AccuWeather.com https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu Hurricane Irma — Prepare Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxL9r1M6S0w ISS Pass Over Hurricane Jose and Hurricane Irma 9/8/17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODiWspJYaXQ Space to Ground: Tracking a Monster: 09/08/2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVD4BtM9gJM Irma Tracked from Space…
Footage compilation of aerial observations from September 6, 2017. St Martin footage via Ministry of Defense (Netherlands) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dn6WLWktRk Barbuda footage via ABS Television / Radio, watch full footage video https://www.facebook.com/abstvradio/videos/1505370289562190
If Hurricane #Irma takes ECMWF 12z slightly west track, huge wind gusts for Florida from Keys to Miami, Tampa & Orlando, Tallahassee & Jax. https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/905861946167238656 Hot water ahead for Hurricane Irma https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2625/hot-water-ahead-for-hurricane-irma
Twin megastorms have scientists fearing this may be the new normal Destructive force of Irma and Harvey has Trump expressing awe, but those in power should focus on the environmental causes https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/06/twin-megastorms-irma-harvey-scientists-fear-new-normal Mar-a-Lago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Florida estate to be submerged by rising sea levels due to climate change http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-climate-change-mar-a-lago-florida-flooded-sea-level-rise-global-warming-winter-white-a7677596.html Florida plans to abandon…