When walking thru the overgrowth on my property, I always stare closely at the path in front of me. I saw it in time, then slowly reversed direction, went back to the house, and grabbed the phone for a quick image. If that is a rattlesnake, that will be the 3rd or 4th sighting here in ~30 years. Last time was 4 or 5 years ago.
As of Sunday morning, these are all showing out of service: Valdosta, Tallahassee, Eglin, Enterprise, and Mobile. Beyond that Key West is also down.
I've seen one of two go down, but this is a rather large number for this geographic area.
Where I live is very rural, and there are no lights at night. Heavy growth of Longleaf Pine and varies species of oaks.
About a week back, and an hour after sunset, I had to pop out the back door to do something. Upon opening the door, I was greeted by the largest moth I've ever seen. After 30-60 seconds of bouncing against the back of the mobile home, it settled down so I could get a peek. Without question it was an Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis), with a wing spread of 6-inches ±. So that tells me that somewhere back in the woods, there could be more. Next time I'll try to keep my phone handy for a picture. Nature is wonderful.
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BBC has a quote that is (to me) slightly misleading ...
> At the start of the latest US-Israel war against Iran, Tehran had roughly 440kg (970lb) of 60% enriched uranium, according to senior US officials.
> The material can be fairly quickly enriched to the 90% threshold needed for weapons-grade uranium.
Am I correct that the 440kg is ~264kg 235U and ~176kg other, which would be primarily 238U ?
Thus, the enrichment to 90% would retain the ~264kg 235U but only ~29 kg of 238U would be kept. Giving a total of ~293 kg.
Do I understand this correctly ?
The way the article was written would leave the reader to assume that the quantity of 90% enrichment would still be 440kg. That felt off to me.
0FL3 is the Old Town Florida EMS station helipad (Dixie county). For many years it was only visited when a medical trauma evacuation was required, and otherwise was vacant. Earlier this year, HCA began to using it as a stationing location (and apparently refueling stop) for whatever Airlife was currently in the area. From here, the helicopters typically serve Gainesville & Lake City FL, but have been known to travel to Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Valdosta, and Tampa. It is very close to the multi-use bike path, and immediately adjacent to several businesses and places I frequent, so it's always something new to check out.
Regardless of looking at the Homestead or Key West radars, there seems be an East West line, just barely north of Miami, south of which nothing is shown. Does this have anything to do with Cuba ?
Radar platform seem functional, but the local forecast pages are not loading. Feels like the same type of issue that happened a week or two back.
Situation goes like this ...
Late on the evening of Saturday 15 Aug I placed an online order for delivery.
There were three items in it, and it made the $35 minimum for delivery. All three of the items were relatively heavy (but no water).
Fulfillment warehouse (Davenport FL) filled the order early on Sunday 16 Aug. Order details show they broke the order into two packages (likely to divide the weight).
Packages left Lakeland FL early on Monday 17 Aug (presumably enroute to local store). Of the two packages, one was delivered late (after dark) on Monday 17 Aug. It was delivered to an old package box which is located 400-500 feet from the new package box †, The new package box has had prior deliveries, and is correctly located via the pin drop and description.
When I noticed the delivery notification (about 90 minutes later, and just as I was about to go to bed), I immediately recognized the old package box (in the delivery photo) because it was a different color. So I grabbed a flashlight and a cart and went and retrieved it.
When I opened the package, I discovered that Davenport fulfillment had swapped the shipping labels. The package received contained two or the three items ordered. Online says I received a package that has one item, and the other package (that tracking thinks has two items) is Delayed.
No delivery on Tuesday 18 Aug. I've tried repeatedly to reach the store, but no one ever picks up. All I get the AI menuing system. Lots of long rings, then an announcement about heavy call volume, and drops the call.
If the package is at the store, I will be there on Thursday morning, and happily pick it up. Right now I'm unable to reach a live human down there to try to sort out if they have the missing package or not.
How do I resolve this ?
† My hunch is that FedEx or Uber may have delivered that, but not positive.
I can load my local WFO landing page here
When I try to click on any of the counties in the WFO coverage detailed forecast map, I get back Sorry, an unexpected error occurred. Same basic response if I use the bookmarked link for my specific location.
Found growing wild alongside the road, in north Florida. These were ones I could reach from ground level. Saw two-three times that many more, but were up higher.
I'm seeing lots of APRS beacons, plus an FM broadcast (100 miles away) is coming in strong. Suggestion is that 6m and 2m may be open this morning.
Does there exist a list of sources for the NWS 8-inch Standard Rain Gauge ? I found one company in northern California, but they have no prices listed, and want a prospective buyer to submit a RFQ. Does anyone else sell/produce this item ?
The term President (note the upper case spelling) is mentioned a large number of times in the UCMJ. The President is saluted by military officers and enlisted personnel. The President is specifically spelled out in a list of positions in which a military individual can be tried for Contempt.
I am aware that the President is elected, but I also aware that he carries the rank/title of Commander in Chief.
edit: after some research this is what I have learned.
There have been two eras with this term, and how it was used.
In 1775 (prior to the Constitution) the Second Continental Congress assigned to George Washington the title Commander in Chief of The Continental Army. He was not President at that time. Prior to becoming President, he relinquished that title, and it passed to someone else.
The modern era, where the President is also the Commander In Chief, began with the National Security Act of 1947. No president in either era has ever worn a military uniform while they were President.
As far as I can tell, prior to 1947, no President was ever called Commander In Chief.