We have official LANDFALL near New Hope, Jamaica #Melissa officially ties the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane as the most intense Atlantic hurricane landfall on record Min pressure 892mb Max sustained winds 185mph

Absolutely unbelievable.

Wow. This is easily the most ridiculous dropsonde I’ve ever seen. 188 knot mean winds in the low-levels with gusts over 250 mph Absolutely scary and historic hurricane headed into SW Jamaica this morning

892mb pressure 185mph winds

With a central pressure down to 896mb as of 9am EDT, #Melissa has joined the elite sub-900mb group of Atlantic hurricanes... it is now one of just seven: Wilma 2005: 882mb Gilbert 1988: 888mb Labor Day 1935: 892mb Rita 2005: 895mb Milton 2024: 895mb Melissa 2025: 896mb Allen 1980: 899mb

Keep the people of Jamaica in your thoughts today. The 9am update from NHC has the pressure down to 896mb and peak winds at 180 mph, cementing Melissa as the 5th most intense hurricane on record in the Atlantic Basin.

Special NHC 9am update: #Melissa has intensified with 180mph maximum sustained winds and a 896mb pressure.

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A display of pure power from Hurricane Melissa today. Remarkable satellite imagery.

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This latest dropsonde in Hurricane Melissa is mind boggling. 185 knot mean winds in the lowest 150m!!! This reduces to about 155 knots at the surface, a good bit higher than the current NHC estimate of 145 kt and actually very much in line with satellite consensus (SATCON)

From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.

For only the second time in recorded history, an Atlantic season has produced three Category 5 hurricanes... the previous year was 2005. This puts 2025 in an elite class of hurricane seasons. It also means that nearly 7% of all known Category 5 hurricanes have occurred just in this year. #Melissa

5:40 PM EDT, 10/26: #HurricaneMelissa has a 6 nm eye, central pressure has recently fallen 12 mb, and maximum sustained winds are now 145 MPH. #StadiumEffect #HurricaneSeason2025 #Jamaica

Seeing the eye steadily warm/dry out from where it was 4 hours ago (1430Z) to where it is now (1830Z) is another clear sign of #Melissa strengthening. Each HH pass through the eye is showing a warming/drier mid-level layer. And a lower pressure reading each time, of course.

Ah, locals mention the federal court order here, which also requires agents to wear some identification. Also, quite an image in here: masked, fully-geared-out DHS agents getting screamed at in a residential neighborhood by some dude who is barefoot and in pajama pants.

every debate question is like “zohran, you want to make life better for all new yorkers. number one, is that realistic? and two, are you fucking stupid?”

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I don't understand why so many people are saying "good luck finding a man without a Nazi tattoo!!!" like bro how many of you are there

Nominating Platner would not be a problem for the GOP. It HAS to be a no-go for us. He’s had 18 years to cover up a “youthful indiscretion.” He hasn’t.

The best time to abolish ICE would have been in 2021. The next best time is if we win in 2028. At this point, any Democrat unwilling to abolish ICE must be drummed out of the primary.

Ah another World Series I have no interest in watching

Even if your Nazi tattoo was an accident (what the fuck??????), why did you not get in covered up immediately upon knowing. There are tattoo parlors out there that do coverups for shit like that for free!!

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PSA: Early to mid fall is the absolute PEAK time of the year. Stick season (lateish fall) is horrible and awful.

These goddamn double plays

Fucking football

Some days you feel like this place is losing what made it great and then you see a beautiful wall of blocks like this spring up and you remember why you liked the place.

If I follow you and you re-post any of their rage bait posts into my feed that’s an instant unfollow. Don’t give these fascist weirdos oxygen.

Finally watching Weapons

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Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that. No phones, no staff, nothing. I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.

STOP THE COUNT!!!!

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

I’m *shocked*

Well the past two weeks of sports have been complete ass, personally.

Laughed at loud at that coverage by Tre

No Keon? No Shakir? James Cook didn’t touch the ball once on that last drive.

Falcons have tried to hand this game to us and the offense can’t take advantage.

Down a touchdown with Josh Allen as your QB and you try to pull that cute shit on 3rd & 1? Realistically had two chances at it even if you get stopped on the first attempt.

You have to be fucking me right now

A DPI following two TFL in a row…

Another terrible play call

Genuinely irritating how good that last drive was.