Eric Kemp

I have a few updating radar loops of Very Severe Cyclone #Arnab headed for landfall in India: bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/radar/

according to GasBuddy data, we've seen now 76 straight days now where the national average price of gasoline has set a record for the calendar date. every day since aug 10.

Americans have now spent $142 billion more on gasoline and diesel since March 1, enough to buy 361,000 homes at the September median price, enough to house over 900,000 people, due to the US war on Iran and other factors like limited output from Russia

7 days until college basketball starts in the states and 6 days until Pope Leo watches the battle of the Catholics

Govt's attempt to upend "long-settled case law" by invoking "stray language" from Slaughter and Trump v US is without merit and "would risk a return to the spoils system that Congress has sought to end since the 19th century."

Something I wish more people would realize.

Reactions to GameDay at Minnesota @ Indiana:

BREAKING: Wholesale gasoline prices in the Chicago region are now the highest in the country, following several flaring events at refineries in the region.

“If I don’t win I won’t pay veterans poisoned by contaminated water on their base” is a hell of a closing strategy 😳

Suckers born every minute.

Announcing the 2026 #AMSPhotoContest winners! 🥇 "Diamond dust sky eye" by Jaroslav Fous 🥈 "Sea Dragon" by Chris Elkinton 🥉 "Cirrus, the Veils of the Moon" by Roberto Bueno 🏅 Members' Choice: "Rainbow Cataclysm" by Jeremy Janus Check out more photos on AMS Headlines: https://bit.ly/481Yg28

One of those loops that's nearly impossible to watch to the end without saying "phwoar" out loud

In 1934, we added a gender-neutral pronoun for a single third person. ‘Thon’ was short for “that one.” It didn’t catch on.

Trump conditions a favorable policy move for Kansas on a Roger Marshall win: “And I also gave Kansas a waiver to sell E15 all year round. And with Roger Marshall in the Senate, we will make year-round E15 permanent. But if Adam Hamilton is in, I'm not doing it. That's it. I'm only doing it for him.”

ECMWF’s 9 km data is now free and open. The move will give more people access to accurate and localised forecasts. The resolution can make the difference, for example, between predicting rain in a large area and knowing which valley it will land in. Read more ➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...

weekly gas price check: ⬇️ gas: $4.24 (-5.5c) ⬆️ diesel: $6.30 (+5.2c) 🛢️ WTI: ~$100.60 ⬇️ biggest drop: North Carolina -25.5c ⬆️ biggest jump: Ohio +18.9c tax holidays are masking a tense oil market. more in the full readout:

'twas only a matter of time

Prolific actor Richard Riehle, who played Tom Smykowski in the 1999 comedy “Office Space,” has died in Los Angeles. He was 78.

Blown away that a restaurant like this exists!

Canada shouldn't be allowed to have a healthcare system?

October 17: Super Typhoon #Champi barely missed Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, but impacts still being felt. Champi is the 17th storm to undergo explosive rapid intensification this year (>58 mph strengthening in a 24-hour period.) Likely to become the 8th Category 5 storm of 2026.

1,000 years from now, teachers will struggle to explain to their students how at this time in history, we found literally the most despicable human being in America and made him the most powerful person in the world

1/ The Musk-Trump decision to degrade Ukraine's Starlink access as a pressure tactic is a disaster not just for the United States' reputation but for the entire US defence industry. Musk's action may end up burning the whole industry. ⬇️

The poor guy really can't take the pressure that comes with his job

FRIDAY NOON CHAOS!!!!

Hurricane #Isaias is expected to make landfall on the Central Gulf Coast later today, bringing a threat of heavy rainfall and flash flooding to the region. Numerous instances of flash flooding are likely, some of which will be significant.

Just heard some Waffle Houses are going to be closing today for the hurricane near Pensacola. That is how you know it's the real deal.

🍁 FOLIAGE PHOTO CALL! 🍂 Colors starting to pop, especially in higher elevations west of DC. We want to see what you're seeing! Got a great shot? Use #cwshare to give us permission to publish. Include location/date. More ways to share: www.capitalweather.com/photos-and-v...

Looks like a tree, but it's a supercilium cloud that I just saw

The first hurricane of the season finally formed in the Atlantic Ocean, ending a roughly 342-day drought in the basin. That’s where Isaias intensified into a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 80 mph. https://wapo.st/3VAOfWm

On this day in 1997: City Council Committee of Fire and Police adopted a resolution exonerating Catherine O’Leary — and her cow — 126 years after the Great Chicago Fire. The resolution was introduced by then-14th Ward Ald. Edward Burke.

Judge Stadtmueller, a Reagan appointee in Wisconsin, orders the release of an ICE detainee in part because of the "systemic rigging of bond hearings against detainees." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Nolo crossed the International Date Line and entered the Western Pacific over the weekend, being reclassified from a hurricane to Typhoon Nolo. Nolo is the equivalent of a Category 3 storm, and is forecast to remain over the open ocean as it continues westward.

Nobody is prepared for the world of drone warfare that is coming, in fact is already here www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...

It was a one-point game with under 3 minutes to go! …at 3am ET 🫩

I think it’s fine if you’re watching Colts-Commanders this morning but I recommend doing a chore while you do so you don’t feel completely empty like at least fold some laundry

The DOJ is reviewing "whether the special prosecutor’s office that investigated the famed Watergate break-in committed misconduct, according to people familiar with the matter, more than half a century after that scandal led to Nixon’s resignation."

We are ruining our own institutions, which is sad for us and great for our enemies.

the Fuel Clock shows Americans have paid $74.4 billion more on gasoline & $47.5 billion more on diesel since March 1 compared to a year ago. Total cost will hit $122 billion today. also updated the state map where you can find out how much more you're paying. link in my profile.

oil was $147 in 2008 and diesel peaked under $5. oil is $95 now and diesel is $6.50. how? it's not the oil, it's the diesel. the world is short, and everyone's bidding for ours. full breakdown in the link below:

The central pressure of Hurricane Polo is measured to be 889 millibars. That means more than 11% of the typical atmosphere at sea level is missing from the storm's center. It is the second strongest storm on record in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and one of the strongest in Earth's modern history.

Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.

In just 24 hours, Polo went from a tropical storm to one of the strongest hurricanes on record. Simply remarkable.