Thank you to all the NameMC and BlockMania staff members, to those who could and couldn't make it to this staff picture. And of course, thank you to everyone that came to celebrate NameMC's anniversary last night!

One of the hallmarks of rapid intensification is the lightning activity in the eyewall as well as explosive hot towers encircling the eye itself. We’re likely to get out of Category 1 status in the next advisory of #Bolaven. #tropicswx

A thread of videos from today’s flight into Hurricane Melissa In this first one we are entering from the southeast just after sunrise and the bright arc on the far northwest eye wall is the light just beginning to make it over the top from behind us.