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mia

(8,361 posts)
Mon Jul 17, 2017, 05:29 PM Jul 2017

Tropical Storm Don has formed in the Atlantic

...Tropical storm watches have been issued for the Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and St. Lucia, the islands north of Grenada.

Don is the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season’s fourth named storm — the latest in what’s been a busy start to the season....

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Don’s maximum sustained winds were 40 mph, with tropical storm-force winds extending out 25 miles from the core. The storm was moving west at 17 mph.

With 40 mph winds, Don was just above the minimum threshold for a tropical storm of 39 mph.


http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/fl-reg-tropics-july-17-story.html

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Tropical Storm Don has formed in the Atlantic (Original Post) mia Jul 2017 OP
Still staying south Warpy Jul 2017 #1
Is there reliable evidence that russian weather mod strategies Achilleaze Jul 2017 #7
I hope it dissipates now and goes out as a 1mph over the minimum storm... Moostache Jul 2017 #2
Don? Seriously? eom OldHippieChick Jul 2017 #3
And if you look at the Eastern Pacific malaise Jul 2017 #5
Too much fun. We deserve OldHippieChick Jul 2017 #6
Storm Donnie already has a nickname Achilleaze Jul 2017 #4
And America is without a FEMA director Runningdawg Jul 2017 #8
Senate confirms Trump's nominee to head FEMA going into hurricane season mia Jul 2017 #9
Missed that one Runningdawg Jul 2017 #11
Fake Weather! NightWatcher Jul 2017 #10

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
7. Is there reliable evidence that russian weather mod strategies
Mon Jul 17, 2017, 06:03 PM
Jul 2017

...and climate hacks have caused Shitstorm Donnie to emerge and aim at America's vitals? If there is, we would certainly want to know about it.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
2. I hope it dissipates now and goes out as a 1mph over the minimum storm...
Mon Jul 17, 2017, 05:33 PM
Jul 2017

I literally want ANYTHING named "Don" to crumble into nothing as fast as humanly possible....besides, you just KNOW that Trump is sitting somewhere jerking it to pictures of Macron's wife and fantasizing about having the biggest hurricane ever named after him...to which a fitting retort would be "no, it was like you and it too flamed out early while only meeting the bare minimum requirements to be what it was called"...

mia

(8,361 posts)
9. Senate confirms Trump's nominee to head FEMA going into hurricane season
Mon Jul 17, 2017, 06:49 PM
Jul 2017
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/senate-confirms-trumps-nominee-to-head-fema-going-into-hurricane-season

WASHINGTON D.C. - The Senate has confirmed the nomination of President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The vote was 95-4 on Tuesday to confirm Brock Long. He previously ran Alabama's Emergency Management Agency and served as that state's on-scene incident commander during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

Long takes over the agency at the beginning of hurricane season. The agency has already managed 41 disaster declarations this year, and the Trump administration has proposed cutting nearly $1 billion from the agency's budget.

More than $500 million in proposed cuts would come from FEMA's grant programs, including the grants for predisaster mitigation efforts.
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