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Here's the chart that I was looking for! https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastint.shtml See if any 'canes that have affected you are listed here. Of all U.S. 'canes from 1851 through 2004, the second Indianola 'cane still ranks 4th.

I was wrong -- the 1886 Indianola 'cane was a Category 4 at 925 mbar, 130-mph winds. Only a few later 'canes had lower pressure, two of them Camille (1969, and not by much) and Michael (2018). Interesting chart: https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/All_U.S._Hurricanes.html Narrative summary, with photos of Indianola before: https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/es/hurricane_blog/130th-anniversary-of-indianola-hurricane/ The 1875 'cane was Cat 3, 955 mbar. I hate hurricanes.

Can't immediately find the NOAA site about the Indianola 'cane. Here's an article (mostly) about the first 'cane there, in 1875: http://alvyray.com/Family/Stories/Indianola.htm Back then, Indianola was rivaling Galveston as Texas' chief port -- the former chiefly for immigration, the latter for commerce. Today, Indianola consists of only a few fishermen's casas and a statue of LaSalle, gazing 400 yards over Matagorda Bay where the old townsite remains submerged.

Holy mackerel, plus whatever other sea life is tossed onshore. This is even lower than the (?) 942 mbar of the unnamed hurricane that turned Indianola, TX into matchsticks in 1886.

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Dad Decides It's Time To Have 'The Talk' With Son About Rigged Elections GARDEN CITY, UT — Local dad Dave Myers decided it was finally time to pull his teenage son aside this weekend and have "The Talk" with his son about the reality of rigged elections. "Son, I need to talk to you about something serious and important. Do you…do you know where Presidents come from?" Myers asked his son Jordan. "Well, when a political party loves their candidate very much and wants to make that candidate the President of the United States, [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/dad-decides-its-time-to-have-father-son-talk-about-the-facts-of-rigged-elections

Better, and better, and better! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diabolical! As More Details of Israel's Pager Attack Emerge, Tweeps are Impressed by the Planning More information is being released on that awesome 'blowing terrorists up with their own pagers' plot and it is epic. [...] https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2024/10/05/pagers-more-information-israel-n2401822

Blind and callous. ~~~~~~~~~ 'Joe, That YOU'? Scott Jennings ENDS Kamala for Post PROVING She Doesn't Give a DAMN About Helene Victims Is it our imagination or does it seem like the Biden/Harris administration not only doesn't care about the American people, but they even resent us? Surely there is no politician on this plant that is so out-of-touch and ignorant to accidentally post about sending hundreds of millions to Lebanon while there are thousands and thousands of Americans suffering after Helene ravaged the southeast portion of our country. This is worse than just thoughtless, this is cruel: [...] https://twitchy.com/samj/2024/10/06/kamala-harris-lebanon-post-n2401815

This is beyond belief. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Buckle UP': Volunteer on the Ground in NC Shares DAMNING Thread of His First Direct Encounter with FEMA There has been a good bit of back and forth between people who are actually ON the ground in North Carolina claiming FEMA is doing a lot of not great things and the leftist media and some pundits insisting that's not true and even scolding those of us for reporting it. Thinking this thread from a man literally on the ground in North Carolina describing his actual encounter with FEMA should put the lies the MEDIA are telling to rest. Take a look: [...] https://twitchy.com/samj/2024/10/06/mike-vansteuben-thread-fema-n2401831

Good for DeSantis! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pinellas County, Florida Dump: 'We're Not Accepting Storm Debris.' Ron DeSantis: 'Yes, You Are.' Pinellas County, Florida, is on a peninsula on Florida's west coast, across Tampa Bay from the city of Tampa. Hurricane Helene hit Pinellas County pretty hard, and many residents and state workers were left with a lot of storm debris to clean up. There was just one problem: the Pinellas County landfill announced it wouldn't be open to accepting storm debris. Governor Ron DeSantis said, "Oh, yeah?" And now, the Pinellas County landfill is back open to storm debris. [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/10/06/leadership-ron-desantis-orders-closed-dump-opened-for-storm-debris-n2180206

Thrilling Sunday report, see man: Did not leave the casa all day, perfect Sunday man. Lunch was 2 turkey-&-cheese sandwiches, ingest we man. Conquered the LL and dished/de-dished the warsher, domestic we man. Watched NFL game and consumed 2 bowls of Costco popcorn, watch and ingest we man. A siesta was then taken, zzz we man. Din-din was onecan of sliced carrots, ingest we man. Mini-B. showed up for Two Guys week, Two Guys man. Must arise at o'dark-Many to take Mini-B. to Band sectional, we man. No formal plans for Monday, no man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

Jonathan Turley is as hot as he ever allows himself to get. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jack Smith's 'October Surprise' was not that surprising…and that is the problem [...] the Justice Department has long followed a policy against making potentially influential filings within 60 or 90 days of an election. One section of the Justice Department manual states "Federal prosecutors… may never select the timing of any action, including investigative steps, criminal charges, or statements, for the purpose of affecting any election." Jack Smith, however, has long dismissed such considerations. For years, Smith has been unrelenting in his demands for a trial before the election. He has even demanded that Donald Trump be barred from standard appellate options in order to expedite his trial. [...] https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4917230-justice-department-october-surprise/

Praying for you, Bro G. Nonemergency surgical operations are typically postponed, at least around here. Let us know. Good to know that you won't shoot us anytime soon, and good pun whether intended or not. Prompt and detailed updates, please.

Had every team refused, enough of a point would have been made to rectify the situation definitively, I think.

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It's Sunday! Time for our approval-evoking*, good-news-prompting* Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: *that is, if correlation = causation ============================================= HIS FIRST CONFESSION An old man went to Confession. He told the priest that on Friday night, he'd been in a bar where he met a young woman. "Maybe 22 years old," he said. "A gorgeous blonde. I started lusting, Father." "Yes," said the priest. "Lust is a dangerous sin, my son." "There's more," said the man. "We went back to her place and made passionate love for hours." The priest paused. "And how long has it been since your last confession?" "I've never come. This is my first." "How come this your first confession?" "I'm an atheist." The priest frowned. "Then… why are you telling ME all this?" "Telling YOU?! I'm telling EVERYONE!"

For Safety, Trump To Give Butler Speech In Mandalorian Helmet BUTLER, PA — As an additional measure of security for his return to Butler, former President Trump will give his rally speech while wearing a helmet of Mandalorian armor. "Best armor in the galaxy, that's what everyone is saying," said Trump. "I don't like what it does to my voice, though. Whoa! Does everyone else hear me like I'm hearing me?" Although Secret Service has taken extra precautions for Trump's return, the Trump campaign felt it could take no chances. "The Secret Service promised [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/for-safety-trump-to-give-butler-speech-in-mandalorian-armor

FEMA Arrests Noah For Running Unauthorized Flood Rescue Operation ASHEVILLE, NC — FEMA arrested Noah this week after they caught the prophet attempting to help rescue people afflicted by the floods. "This is an unapproved rescue operation and we will not tolerate such behavior," FEMA Spokesman Randy Tarwater told the press. "We apprehended Noah and his so-called 'ark' attempting to save human and animal lives. That's not what FEMA represents." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/fema-arrests-noah-for-running-unauthorized-flood-rescue-operation

What Kamala Harris Posted Shows She Doesn't Care About Hurricane Helene Victims [...] The response has been slow. Countless hurricane victims are without electricity or water access, an issue expected to last weeks. Kamala announced that $750 checks will be issued to these people who've lost everything. This insulting offer comes on the heels of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's announcement that they don't have enough funds for hurricane season because they siphoned off cash to help illegal aliens. With Israeli airstrikes rolling through Beirut, the Biden-Harris administration announced that $157 million will be allocated for humanitarian assistance. What about here, guys? Here's what Kamala posted: [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/10/05/kamala-harris-did-not-just-post-this-about-lebanon-n2645792

Study: COVID-Vaxxed Kids SIX TIMES Likelier to Die Than Unvaxxed Peers The ostensible takeaway, per the authors, of a poorly-publicized study from June of this year was that children vaccinated for COVID had much higher rates of asthma — almost double, in fact — post-COVID infection than their unvaccinated peers. That's compelling enough of a headline, but what should really have been the lede in any sane world got buried deep in the weeds. [...] https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2024/10/05/study-covid-vaxxed-kids-six-times-likelier-to-die-than-unvaxxed-peers-n4933087

A commenter on the below article said, "If they are organized, it could be very ugly... they have come here and disappeared, possibly waiting for the signal to go." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Feds Warn That October 7 Anniversary Could Bring Jihad Attacks in the U.S. Although they've spent the last four years pretending that "white supremacists" constituted the nation's biggest terror threat, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Counterterrorism Center took some time Wednesday to try to strengthen their increasingly tenuous acquaintance with reality. They issued a joint intelligence bulletin warning that Islamic jihadis might "engage in violence" on Monday, Oct. 7, the first anniversary of Hamas' jihad massacre of 1,200 Israelis. The agencies did not, of course, call them "Islamic jihadis." As far as the federal government is concerned, there is no such thing as Islamic jihad, and Islam is no more likely to incite its adherents to violence than any other faith, including that of the Amish. Instead, as CBS News reported Wednesday, the feds warned that the Oct. 7 anniversary "as well as any further significant escalations" in Israel's defensive war "may be a motivating factor for violent extremists and hate crime perpetrators to engage in violence or threaten public safety." [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/10/05/feds-warn-that-oct-7-anniversary-could-bring-jihad-attacks-in-the-us-n4933095

Nice explanation here of why Israel quit doing the same-old. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Israel's New Rules of War October 7, nearly a year ago, changed Israeli calculations in ways that are still being revealed. The very bestiality of the event, with its torture, murder, mass rapes, and the like, was an expression of both Palestinian blood hatred and Iranian grand strategy. Soon after the event, the leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah, described October 7 as "great," "blessed," "heroic," and "courageous," even as his Shiite group rained down missiles on northern Israel, forcing 60,000 civilians to flee south. Repelling such a war of annihilation is not pretty, especially for a democracy governed by the consent of the governed, which is therefore charged by its citizenry with protecting their physical and material well-being. Indeed, democracy entails obligations that are not always benign. This naturally leads to adjustments in the military rules of engagement. Remember, there is a profound difference between imagining the worst that your enemy might do to you and then palpably experiencing it. October 7 left nothing to the imagination. It would have been both immoral and irresponsible if Israeli military thinking had not evolved as a consequence. [...] https://nationalinterest.org/feature/israels-new-rules-war-213044

Confronting Hamas, Iran and the Universal Lessons From Amalek [...] The hatred displayed by Hamas and the Iranian axis of evil can be described as a deeply entrenched ideological and religious hostility, primarily driven by a radical Islamist worldview that calls for the destruction of Israel and the eradication of its people. Iran, along with its proxies like Hezbollah, spreads its influence through support for militant groups, aiming to destabilize the region and promote its revolutionary agenda of exporting radical Shiite Islam. Their common hatred is not only political but rooted in a fundamental rejection of Israel's right to exist, coupled with a broader goal to dominate the Middle East through violence, terror, and subversion. The Oct. 7, 2023, atrocities Hamas committed in support of their genocidal cause are not merely political maneuvers but assaults on the moral foundations that hold societies together. The violence and terror Hamas unleashed on the young, defenseless revelers at the Nova music festival reminds us that the struggle is not Israel's alone – it is a fight for the ethical principles that sustain our global community. Again and again, Iran and its proxies target the innocent and defenseless, acting as a terror syndicate, whose core ideals require the physical destruction of Israel. It is no longer acceptable for the global Muslim leadership to promote an originalist reading of the 7th-century Koran, so finally the international community must hold them to account. [...] https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/10/04/confronting_hamas_iran_and_universal_lessons_from_amalek_151727.html