🧵"We are not animals, we are not mice in a lab, we are human beings, & we are not treated like human beings, we're treated like nothing" #EastPalestine's Candice DeSanzo on EPA & Norfolk Southern home "cleaning program" that's cleaning for... Dust, not toxic cancerous chemicals

🧵"I'm angry we are living through this...I don't want to know someone a year from now who died from cancer from being exposed to [toxic chemicals], I'm begging you to do something," -#EastPalestine's Lonnie Miller begging EPA & Norfolk Southern to relocate residents who want it

If you have 2 hours this week/weekend, PLEASE WATCH/SHARE this whole #EastPalestine community meeting. One of the most powerful, heart wrenching, infuriating things we've covered. Reporting by louisd, video by Jon Farina youtube.com/watch?v=ECCtzT…

Here are the 9AM MDT Thursday, August 17 Key Messages for #Hilary. Hilary has the potential to bring significant impacts to the Baja California peninsula and the southwestern U.S. this weekend and early next week. nhc.noaa.gov/#Hilary

Hurricane #Hilary Advisory 5A: Hilary Now a Category 2 Hurricane. Likely to Become a Major Hurricane Later Today. hurricanes.gov

Hurricane #Hilary Advisory 7: Hilary Continues to Rapidly Intensify. Hurricane Watches Issued For Portions of the West Coast of Baja California Sur. hurricanes.gov

A Tropical Storm Watch has now been issued for much of Southern California. This is the first Tropical Strom Watch issued by the National Hurricane Center for Southern California. Please see the latest advisory for more information: forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtg… #CAwx

Key updates for Hurricane Hilary nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_ep4.s…

Hurricane #Hilary Advisory 13: Hilary Headed Toward the Central Baja California Peninsula. Catastrophic and Life-Threatening Flooding Likely Over Baja California and the Southwestern U. S. Through Monday. hurricanes.gov

8am PDT Sat Aug 19 Key Messages for Hurricane #Hilary: Preparations for flooding should be completed as soon as possible. In the SW US, the potentially historic amount of rainfall is expected to cause flooding including landslides and mudslides. For more: hurricanes.gov

Rain totals for #Hilary as of 3AM, virtually all rainfall daily records have been broken thus far. Some impressive totals: Lewis Ranch: 7.04 in Lake Palmdale: 5.98 in UCLA: 4.26 in Thousand Oaks: 3.29 Downtown LA: 2.38 in For more details: forecast.weather.gov/product.php?si…

Here are your Monday am Key Messages for Tropical Storm Idalia. The system is forecast to become a dangerous major hurricane over the NE Gulf of Mexico by early Wednesday. Hurricane warnings could be issued for portions of Florida later today. More: hurricanes.gov

5PM EDT 29 Aug: #Idalia to bring catastrophic impacts from storm surge inundation . Residents in these areas should follow any advice or evacuation orders given by local officials. Make sure to stay informed with latest updates at hurricanes.gov

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Incredible consensus on Hurricane #Lee now with the GFS and ECMWF. GFS is slightly faster, but both show near exact same size, intensity, and location. The time to prepare in New England, Downeast Maine in particular, is today

Lee will pass well east of Cape Cod on Saturday. It's wind field (shown here a couple thousand feel above the ground) will be quite large and the wind will be gusty in Connecticut. A few power outages possible. Offshore wind means no coastal flooding at least!

Lee is looking even less impressive today with a jog east in the track. No big deal for most.

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Meanwhile, inside LaGuardia Airport in New York:

[Rainfall Record] Today is now preliminarily the wettest September day on record at JFK Airport, eclipsing the record from Hurricane Donna in 1960. #NYwx 🌧️ Rainfall since midnight: 6.08" 🌧️ Previous Sep. record: 5.83" (9/12/1960) Records at JFK go back to 1948.