The past couple days have made it clear that arresting and prosecuting Johnathan Ross isn’t just the right thing to do, it is necessary to prevent future violence by ICE who have interpreted the situation as “we can do that to whoever we want”

this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted

The CSSL/NTP assisted the US National Weather Service (NWS) with their upgrading of the official rating of the June 2025 Enderlin, ND tornado from EF3 to EF5. Announced by the NWS today, it’s the first EF5-rated tornado in the US since 2013. Details here: uwo.ca/ntp/blog/202... Image B. Emfinger

All-time low from my dear former Millersville University classmate.

Wasn't the goal of the last five months to create ✨ efficiency ✨? Not a lot less efficient than bogging things down in committees and hearings. One has to wonder if it would just include reviewers from other agencies in the gov't, or if a certain Accu/private bias may be slipped in to egg the NWS…

NPR has compiled a timeline of when local, state and federal officials posted warnings on social media as well as the timeline of events as presented by local officials.

Based on some of the reactions and comments I am absorbing by average people and elected officials, I think there needs to be a serious explanation and lesson on what the limits of predictability are for floods like the one in Texas.

I am of the opinion that some people, particularly those already associated with an anti-science rhetoric-filled administration, should not have access to radar apps.

Imagine getting rid of multiple accounts with millions of followers. A huge unforced error in NASA's communications strategy.

As I suspected, rumors of the 2+mile wide Morton, Texas tornado were false. mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.ph... NWS Damage Assessment toolkit & PNS statement now say 1725 yards / 0.98 miles. NWS DA is not meant to be an official tool!

For years, I've long said that climate.gov's team of remarkable communicators (& their amazing blogs, which were accessible but did not "dumb down" the science!) was NOAA's best (& most cost effective!) public-facing extreme #weather / #climate education effort to date. This will be a huge loss.

Ha, ha, hahahahahahahahaha. This article is a hoot. I can quite assure you all that the significant majority of the Millersville University meteorology department does not support science contrarianism on the basis of "being in leftist academia's grips", like my former classmate has claimed.

Axing yet another form of soft power projection after getting rid of USAID and trying to end Voice of America? Creating a potential wave of brain drain that could negatively impact the nation's tech, medical, engineering, etc fields? I see this as an absolute win (for the CCP they're "combating").

I genuinely have no words for this one... ...other than that Mike should consider taking EHEM 201 at Millersville University, where he'd be able to learn about FEMA's core mission area of PROTECTION and the core capability of PUBLIC INFORMATION AND WARNING.

#MSH45 | Walls of Mud After the blast, walls of volcanic mud surged down the Toutle—hot, fast, and unstoppable. Helicopter crews watched bridges snap, trucks vanish, and a valley drown in sludge. “It looked like chocolate milk,” one said. But it moved like a freight train.

Big wedge

NEW: NOAA retires its widely cited billion-dollar weather and climate database amid staff cuts. Unique database had been tallying disaster costs for 45 years. www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/c...

#weatherpicofday OTD 8 years ago, April 29, 2017, Juston Drake and I filmed a violent tornado on the eastside of Canton, Texas. We moved after this photo. Tragically, a death occurred at this location as vehicles were tossed. VIDEO LINK BELOW: youtu.be/Yh6CVogl5CA?...

Took them almost two weeks, but I finally got confirmation from AmeriCorps that the FEMA Corps program has been eliminated (because of bland corporate-speak that they have to use instead of saying "Trump"). Sure, I didn't want to have post-graduation plans anyways.

It appears that NOAA social media accounts are now being used as a platform to praise the administration. This reads like it was written under duress. So unnatural and likely a sign of things to come.

A National Weather Service with insufficient data and an exhausted and demoralized staff will struggle to keep up with the documented increases in climate-fueled weather extremes. "When scientists and weather forecasters are targeted, everyone loses," by @johnmoralestv.bsky.social.

More DOGE cut madness being confirmed. Here's a background article on what the loss of AmeriCorps will mean: youthtoday.org/2025/03/endi... There's also an active Reddit AmeriCorps (National Civilian Community Corps) group discussing the cut: www.reddit.com/r/AmeriCorps...

Horrible news: AmeriCorps NCCC has been shuttered. AmeriCorps has changed so many lives for the better. What a loss for our nation with literally ZERO gain. WHY?

I'm hearing that AmeriCorps' NCCC teams (including FEMA Corps) were told today that they're being dismissed. I cannot describe how devastated I am. I've been anxiously waiting for my opportunity to participate in FEMA Corps starting in July, and now it may be gone...

I refrain from talking about politics on my social media accounts because of the risks it could pose to job prospects and whatnot. But I would just like to say: Thank you to the people who voted for this, knowing exactly what would happen. Brandoweather.com may go un-updated past tonight!

*Incredible* things are happening in my Twitter comments today. Solar storm fearmongerers, a pinch of "former NOAA employees", dozens of Doge enthusiasts, and more, all telling me that the NWS is somehow better off with less people and that I am a (redacted) (redacted) for thinking otherwise.

US tornadoes with ≥5 deaths from 1880-1948 vs. those from 1948-2023. The reduction in tornado deaths is one of the many things that investing in the NWS has given us. h/t @brandonskalniak.bsky.social Data from @tornadoarchive.com, whose US data from 1950 onwards comes directly from the NWS.

As @weatherhistory.bsky.social mentioned yesterday, my Radar Museum project is finally finished! Featuring over 5000 entries from 1992 to the present day (tornadoes, TCs, and more), this collection is likely the largest NEXRAD-era event radar database on the web. www.brandoweather.com/radar-museum

I had to say goodbye to my feathered friend today after a little over 8 years. Fly free, buddy. I'll always remember you.

On this day in 2007, one of the largest October tornado outbreaks in recent memory impacted a large area from northern Michigan to the Gulf Coast. 16 tornadoes were significant (EF2+), three of which at Owensboro, KY, and Vesta & Nappanee, IN, were rated EF3.

Oh yeah, this account exists. Unsure how active I'll be on here, but I might as well start using it. Check out these cool space phenomena photos I've gotten in the past two weeks!

This evening's sunset in Millersville, PA, featured a nice sun pillar. First one I've seen in quite a while.