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Ubisoft stellt Spieleentwicklung bei Red Storm ein – 105 Jobs betroffen
Im Zuge seines Sparprogramms beendet Ubisoft die Spieleproduktion beim traditionsreichen Studio Red Storm Entertainment in North Carolina.

Grid managers have instructed the country’s largest electricity providers to postpone routine maintenance on power plants and lines
to ensure that those resources are available during and after the storm.
Heavy snow and freezing rain weigh down tree branches and power lines, causing failures that can cripple energy systems.
Frigid cold also drives up electricity demand as heating appliances require more energy and run longer

Storm Poses Big Threats to Power Grids Across U.S.
Managers of electric grids say freezing temperatures and ice and snow could lead to power outages in many places, potentially leaving millions in the dark.

New York's Mayor Mamdani orders citywide travel ban as major storm hits US
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/climate/article/2026/02/23/new-york-s-mayor-mamdani-orders-citywide-travel-ban-as-major-storm-hits-us_6750769_96.html

DHS pauses cuts to FEMA as massive winter storm barrels in (Brianna Sacks/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/01/23/dhs-pauses-fema-cuts-storm/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY5MTQ0NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzcwNTI2Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjkxNDQ0MDAsImp0aSI6IjNmOTJiM2FjLWJmYmYtNGY5NS05M2ZjLWQ4OWQzZDdmMWEyZSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS93ZWF0aGVyLzIwMjYvMDEvMjMvZGhzLXBhdXNlcy1mZW1hLWN1dHMtc3Rvcm0vIn0.JwdEQZ7-luNPLsF3LaE3iqOGhLnHzSJVyLPiYS6rL4c&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p105#a260123p105

I usually don’t post pictures that could potentially show where I live on social media, but I guess with this giant storm going on, I can make an exception this time.
Here’s a picture out our front door facing the street.

it just means more… snow. #sec #storm #football https://www.…

'Another Incredibly Idiotic Story': Jake Tapper Can't Believe Trump Officials Reportedly Told FEMA Not To Say 'Ice' Amid Winter Storm (Kathryn Wilkens/Mediaite)
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/another-incredibly-idiotic-story-jake-tapper-cant-believe-trump-officials-reportedly-told-fema-not-to-say-ice-amid-winter-storm/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p133#a260123p133

France issues red flood alerts after ‘exceptional’ rainfall #France

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was spotted on board a plane Tuesday, leaving Texas, ahead of a severe winter storm expected to hit the state over the weekend.
It was a repeat of his "cut and run" in 2011
https://myfox8.com/news/politics/us/te

Winter Storm Fern Prep: Empty Shelves, Salted Roads Across US - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/winter-storm-fern-snowstorm-preparation-photos-1-2026

you can tell the world is broken because I not heard one cutesy name for this snow storm.

Through the miracle of the internet, I can sit here in Savannah watching on my TV WCCO in Minneapolis enjoying videos of how bad the snow storm is in New York. Shadenfreude!

The calm before the (snow) storm.
#cat #CatsOfMastodon

This is the way for #LFC this season. Box slop, defensive shambles, set piece vulnerability, godawful luck, PKs not given. It’s been a perfect storm of misery.
The failure of their shooting… 14 shots but only 4 on target is a failure. 0.83 xG in a game that was wide open for the latter bit of the final half? Poor.
With Gomez now injured (again) and Konate struggling (and now sadly coping wi…

It’s a tad chilly. (-18°C wind chill)

The good news: My new bigass snowblower arrived today, just in time for the storm.
The bad news: The batteries won't be here until Tuesday.

Due to the blizzard, there is a complete travel restriction for all of NJ from 9pm tonight to 7am tomorrow.
NJ Turnpike and appropriate medical, storm-related, and emergency services excepted.
#blizzard #TravelRestriction

Massive winter storm could lay bare Trump's FEMA cuts (Josephine Walker/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/23/winter-storm-trump-fema-cuts
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p96#a260123p96

Even if you're gearing up for a monster winter storm, take the time to check out today's Metacurity for the most crucial cybersecurity developments you should know, including
--Acting CISA head got grilled on mass firings at the agency,
--EU's CIRCL launches GCVE system,
--DeFi project EVM was exploited for $6m,
--Attackers exploit patch bypass for FortiGate flaw,
--Cisco fixes Unified Communications and Webex Calling RCE flaw,
--Mass spam wave …

Acting CISA head got grilled on mass firings at the agency
EU's CIRCL launches GCVE system, DeFi project EVM was exploited for $6m, Attackers exploit patch bypass for FortiGate flaw, Cisco fixes Unified Communications and Webex Calling RCE flaw, Mass spam wave emanates from unsecured Zendesk support systems, much more

In Helene’s Wake, Rural North Carolina Turns to Solar and Battery Hubs – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/hurricane-helenes-asheville-rural-north-carolina-solar-battery-microgrids-storm-climate-resilience/

My appointment for #BloodDonation on Sunday was just canceled. There's no explanation given, but it basically has to be because of the snowstorm approaching New York right now.
If it was 2012, I'd be getting activated for storm duty right now. (At the time, I worked for the electric utility in my area.) Now, not so much.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
José Gonzšlez:
🎵 A Perfect Storm
#JoséGonzález
https://josgonzlez.bandcamp.com/track/a-perfect-storm
https://open.spotify.com/track/2VooUVWfcwhJA780U5yNa2

#Minnesota blizzard update - "White-out conditions in some areas"
https://www.fox9.com/weather/minnesota-winter-storm-updates-march-15-2026

Live updates on Minnesota winter storm: White-out conditions in some areas
A blizzard warning remains in effect Sunday, as snow continues to fall across much of Minnesota. Find live updates on the winter storm here.

Our little cat just came running into the bathroom, demanding, as he does most mornings, no matter how cold, that the window be opened so he can sit in the sill and look outside.
And then he saw the storm outside and boom he’s gone. LOL

game_thrones: Game of Thrones coappearances
Network of coappearances of characters in the Game of Thrones series, by George R. R. Martin, and in particular coappearances in the book "A Storm of Swords." Nodes are unique characters, and edges are weighted by the number of times the two characters' names appeared within 15 words of each other in the text.
This network has 107 nodes and 352 edges.
Tags: Social, Fictional, Weighted

❗️RUSSIANS are afraid to storm armored vehicles: EXPERT explains WHY #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/11/russians-are-afraid-to-storm.html

Assimilation of Ground and Satellite Magnetic Observations Unravels the Ionospheric, Magnetospheric, and Induced Fields During the May and October 2024 #GeomagneticStorms: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL116964 -> How does an ice satellite detect a geomagnetic storm? https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/CryoSat/How_does_an_ice_satellite_detect_a_geomagnetic_storm

Beyond stoked. I knew the snowblower didn't start the last time it snowed and suspected I'd forgotten to use fuel stabilizer. That old gas must have gummed up the carburetor, I figured, even though I wasn't sure what a carburetor looked like.
So, thanks to the internet, I learned how to find and clean it out. Success!
Then I thought I'd better try the generator, given that this storm is supposed to be a doozy. Also failed to start. So I set to cleaning it out next…

Hawaii is coming to grips with the extensive damage left by the worst flooding the islands have seen in more than 20 years.
Over the weekend, heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm a week ago,
forcing thousands on the North Shore of Oahu to evacuate before more evacuations for parts of the island of Maui.
The rains lifted houses and cars, inundated farms, swept through grocery stores and left a thick layer of mud in streets, homes and ga…

Carnell Tate could be Ohio State's next star WR: Top landing spots for 2026 NFL Draft

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/carnell-tate-nfl-draft-2026-landing-spots/…

Microsoft afferma che gli aggressori stanno avvelenando i risultati di ricerca per diffondere falsi client VPN che rubano le credenziali.
La campagna reindirizza le ricerche software agli installatori trojanizzati su GitHub che mostrano falsi prompt VPN mentre Hyrax ruba le credenziali.
https://

Solar storm strength still rising. Watch this space.
Auroral activity | SpaceWeatherLive.com
https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/auroral-activity.html

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SundaySoul
Storm:
🎵 I Need Your Love
#Storm

Weather tracker: Spain and Portugal hit by third deadly storm in two weeks https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/09/weather-tracker-spain-and-portugal-hit-by-third-fatal-storm

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is on an apology tour to quell an outcry over privacy concerns after a Super Bowl "Search Party" ad, calling it a "perfect storm" (Jordyn Holman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/business/ring-super-…

Over 40 million Americans on alert for winter storm conditions over the weekend (ABC News)
https://abcnews.com/US/40-million-americans-alert-winter-storm-conditions-weekend/story?id=130360601
http://www.memeorandum.com/260221/p27#a260221p27

#silentSunday
Boulder Brook, #RockyMountainNationalPark September 2003

The coverage that turned the Seahawks into Super Bowl winners -- and is taking the NFL by storm https://www.nfl.com/news/the-coverage-that-turned-the-seahawks-into-super-bowl-winners-and-is-taking-the-nfl-by-storm

Snow storm coming on Sunday. Left the house at 8:20a today and immediately see a couple coming from Trader Joe’s with four bags of groceries! Makes me feel my shopping of pita, parsley, and tomatoes is not nearly enough!

Some days I'm glad for a little light relief in my news feed. Special mention for the pun headline
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/08/runaway-sheep-storm-german-supermarket

On the lamb: 50 sheep break away from flock and storm German supermarket
Ewes and lambs coaxed out of store in Burgsinn after about 20 minutes, leaving trail of destruction in drinks section

No wonder Storm Troopers couldn’t hit the side of a barn with their blasters — the visibility of their helmets was utter crap.

Pardon the everything app screenshot but the self-immolation of Andreessen is a sight to behold
He got so upset that people call him out for his “I don’t have feelings” tweet that he is storm-posting about how he is not bothered and definitely has no feelings or any inner self

"How solar and batteries help keep lights on during Texas winter storms"
#US #USA #America #Texas

How solar and batteries help keep lights on during Texas winter storms
The recent boom in renewables and storage in Texas means its grid is much better prepared for bad weather than it was when Winter Storm Uri hit five years…

Airline Welcomes VIP Endangered Turtle Who Needed Hospital After it was Blown Off Course By Powerful Winter Storm https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/airline-welcomes-vip-endangered-turtle-who-needed-a-hospital-after-getting-…

Airline Welcomes VIP Endangered Turtle Who Needed a Hospital After Getting Blown Off Course By Powerful Winter Storm
A young loggerhead turtle washed up on a beach after being cold-stunned was rescued and issued an airline ticket to a sanctuary in Britain.

Lots of flooding in #Dorset today and more to come. We are OK, on top of a small hill about 50ft above the river Wey but the road out of our place goes down to the river level and was flooded this morning… https://w…

LIVE as Storm Chandra causes disruption across Dorset
The latest updates as Storm Chandra tears its way through the county.

After the ice storm
Rivulets of fresh water
Rinse the dust away.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fresh water
#haiku
#poem

game_thrones: Game of Thrones coappearances
Network of coappearances of characters in the Game of Thrones series, by George R. R. Martin, and in particular coappearances in the book "A Storm of Swords." Nodes are unique characters, and edges are weighted by the number of times the two characters' names appeared within 15 words of each other in the text.
This network has 107 nodes and 352 edges.
Tags: Social, Fictional, Weighted

Rightwing critics blame Mamdani as New York snow fails to melt | Zohran Mamdani | The Guardian #weather

an obscure tgirl streamer ive vaguely known of just somehow got an interview with a guy who was a consultant and advisor for operation desert storm and the bush administration, tap in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaHyrJmmryI

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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Samantha Crain:
🎵 Ridin’ Out The Storm
#SamanthaCrain
https://samanthacrain.bandcamp.com/track/ridin-out-the-storm
https://open.spotify.com/track/3in5CVZj0MDdf0Q88nZ24V

Millions of Americans brace for catastrophic ice storm. What you need to know | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cold-weather-new-mexico-carolinas-b2905339.html

This is what #AI should be used for
https://www.businessinsider.com/winter-storm-robot-snow-blower-yarbo-driveway-tom-moloughney-2026-1

Man uses $4,999 autonomous snow blower to clear his driveway during winter storm: 'I'm inside sipping a coffee'
Forget robotaxis — a man and his robo-snow blower were the envy of X during the weekend's winter storm.

The western US is in a snow drought. Here's how a storm made it worse #UnitedStates

The western US is in a snow drought. Here's how a storm made it worse
Much of the western U.S. has started in 2026 in the midst of a snow drought. That might sound surprising, given the record precipitation from atmospheric rivers hitting the region in recent weeks, but those storms were actually part of the problem.

Russian attempt to storm Kupiansk using gas pipeline 'thwarted,' 40 soldiers 'eliminated,' Ukraine's 7th Corps says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/05/russian-attempt-to-storm-kupiansk.html

Sonnet 034 - XXXIV
Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day,
And make me travel forth without my cloak,
To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way,
Hiding thy bravery in their rotten smoke?
'Tis not enough that through the cloud thou break,
To dry the rain on my storm-beaten face,
For no man well of such a salve can speak,
That heals the wound, and cures not the disgrace:
Nor can thy shame give physic to my grief;
Though th…

'I will follow the law,' Bondi says after Democrats storm out of Epstein files briefing (ABC News)
https://abcnews.com/Politics/follow-law-bondi-after-democrats-storm-epstein-files/story?id=131199517
http://www.memeorandum.com/260319/p6#a260319p6

Photos: Massive winter storm sweeps across the U.S. : The Picture Show : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/24/nx-s1-5685163/photos-massive-winter-storm-sweeps-u-s

Why Raiders' Presumed QB Fernando Mendoza Will Be Able to Weather the Storm https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-why-fernando-mendoza-will-be-able-weather-storm

I was hoping that all those Finch LRT closures were just part of the learning process to operate it.
Now with the line shut down on the day AFTER a storm, I wonder if the whole engineering of it is wrong.
Going to be much more expensive to fix.
#ttc #finchwestlrt<…

PG&E getting ready for the coming winter storm by flaking out our power two days early. This happens once a month here. We pay 4x for electricity what the rest of the US pays and we don't even have reliable power.

Actually make that tool-userpunk.
Where -core is a bit conforming, the mainstream, -punk is creative if sometimes destructive. the DIY ethos, the "I can repurpose this tool for another task”. It's the outside part of the distribution.
Snowblower guy who's always ready for the storm and the gearhead who has the nice, complete, well-organized selection of socket wrenches is tool-usercore.
My aesthetic is more “hold on, I have vice grips, a chain whip, a hammer and a screwdriver. I can use them together to loosen that.”

#birds #birdphotography
Our local woodpecker is -SO- excited he found this tree on our property that was damaged in a recent storm
I like to imagine him making bad kung fu movie sound effects every time he goes at it
HIIII-YAH!

This is how climate and geophysical system breakdown affects everyday life. Transport link (rail) cut and alternatives (buses) unable to replicate the traffic flow.
Expect much more like this.
Storm Ingrid damage forces closure of Devon railway line
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8gldd9

Clean-up under way in Devon after Storm Ingrid wreaks havoc
Storm Ingrid batters Devon and Cornwall - damaging a sea wall, a historic pier and homes.

‘Situation is dire’ for Sicily town of Niscemi teetering on cliff edge after landslide. Cyclone Harry brought over 300 mm of rain in 48 hours in some places.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/27/niscemi-sici…

The first picture is from a few weeks ago. I thought sledding season was over until the storm yesterday. I went snowshoeing and marveled at how fast the wind can fill in your tracks. Many years ago I was snowshoeing with someone and we got lost because our trail had disappeared. We were losing light, so we hiked out to the road to get our bearings.

Spain, Portugal face floods and chaos after deadly new storm #Spain

Spain, Portugal face floods and chaos after deadly new storm
Spanish rescuers on Thursday desperately searched for a woman missing after a new storm hit the Iberian peninsula while Portugal warned of a heightened flood risk after several months' worth of rain fell in a few hours.

My son's school, and the school my wife works at have both closed for tomorrow in case of Storm Chandra ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c5y2l538dw5o )
In the meantime,

Storm Chandra: UK braces for wind and rain as weather warnings issued
Chandra is the third major storm to hit the UK this month, after Goretti and Ingrid caused widespread damage and destruction.

Planting trees in the sea could act as a huge carbon sink and save millions of dollars in storm damage every year.
What is stopping us from doing it?
A new study reveals restoring mangroves could save $800 million in storm damage,
protect 140,000 people from flooding,
and remove almost triple the amount of CO2 produced by cars in the U.S. every year

Planting trees in the sea could act as a huge carbon sink and save millions of dollars in storm damage every year. What is stopping us from doing it?
A new study reveals restoring mangroves could save $800 million in storm damage, protect 140,000 people from flooding, and remove almost triple the amount of CO2 produced by cars in the U.S. every year.

Nvidia announces its Earth-2 Medium Range weather model, built on its Atlas architecture, claiming it outperforms Google DeepMind's GenCast in 70 variables (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/nvidias-new-a…

Nvidia’s new AI weather models probably saw this storm coming weeks ago | TechCrunch
Nvidia announced three new AI weather tools today. Together, they promise to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts while also making them accessible to more users.

WHERE ARE OUR FLAMINGOS? 🚀 Why no missile storm on Russia? – Truth about AFU "surgical strikes"!: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/where-are-our-flamingos-why.html

Deadly storm sparks floods in Spain, raises calls to postpone Portugal vote #Spain

Deadly storm sparks floods in Spain, raises calls to postpone Portugal vote
A deadly storm that triggered floods and thousands of evacuations in the Iberian Peninsula sparked calls on Thursday for Portugal's presidential run-off to be postponed, but electoral officials insisted it would go ahead.

game_thrones: Game of Thrones coappearances
Network of coappearances of characters in the Game of Thrones series, by George R. R. Martin, and in particular coappearances in the book "A Storm of Swords." Nodes are unique characters, and edges are weighted by the number of times the two characters' names appeared within 15 words of each other in the text.
This network has 107 nodes and 352 edges.
Tags: Social, Fictional, Weighted

Seriously, it seems like every town got slammed and just gave up on
plowing sidewalks.
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/maybe-next-storm-city-can-concentrate-just-tad-more-crosswalks

Maybe with the next storm, Boston can concentrate just a tad more on crosswalks in what is allegedly America's most walkable city
Here we are, a week out from that 20-inch snowstorm and Boston streets are in pretty good shape - for people in motor vehicles. For people on foot - even if they're not pushing a stroller - or in wheelchairs, not so good. Read more.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music
Tropical F Storm:
🎵 Teeth Marché
#TropicalFStorm
https://open.spotify.com/track/1WiZLsgRWF7Z1pYMiWzafg

Spatiotemporal Evolution of the 2022 March Interplanetary #CoronalMassEjection Revealed by Multipoint Observations of Forbush Decreases: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae1834 -> The path to solar weather forecasts: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00436.html - space-based measurements of solar eruptions are the first of their kind -> Solar storms could be forecast by monitoring cosmic rays: https://physicsworld.com/a/solar-storms-could-be-forecast-by-monitoring-cosmic-rays/

RE: https://mastodon.uno/@andreabettini/115923858645436227
Strong geomagnetic storm in place!
Northern lights already visible from the Alps.
This is a webcam in the Matterhorn area

2026 NFL playoff bracket picks, predictions: Bills storm past Broncos in divisional round, Rams beat Bears

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2026-nfl-playoff-bracket-pic…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
José Gonzšlez:
🎵 A Perfect Storm
#JoséGonzález
https://josgonzlez.bandcamp.com/track/a-perfect-storm
https://open.spotify.com/track/2VooUVWfcwhJA780U5yNa2

A record-baking heat wave is scalding California,
with major consequences for the state’s most important reservoir:
its snowpack. 
Providing about a third of the state’s water supply,
the Sierra Nevada snowpack is a vital source of spring and summer runoff
that refills reservoirs when the state needs the water most. 
But a warm wet storm followed February’s snow,
and now, March temperatures are shattering records
— prompting warnings of rapid sno…

California's snowpack Is vanishing fast — and summer hasn't even started
Record temperatures are melting the Sierra Nevada snowpack two months ahead of schedule, putting California's summer water supply at serious risk.

Rains Inundate Hawaii, Closing Schools and Causing Landslides (Amy Graff/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/weather/hawaii-kona-storm-rain-flooding-landslides.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TFA.TkUG.11VKEiOE2vdH&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260315/p25#a260315p25

Lyft reports Q4 revenue up 3% YoY to $1.59B vs. $1.76B est., forecasts Q1 adjusted EBITDA below est., announces a $1B share buyback; LYFT drops 13% after hours (Akash Sriram/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/lyft-flag

‘It sounds apocalyptic’: experts warn of impact of UK floods on birds, butterflies and dormice https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/01/storm-chandra-uk-floods-impact-wildlife-birds-butterflies-dormice-bea…

Eight skiers who went missing after an avalanche swept the Castle Peak area of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California
have been confirmed dead.
One skier is still unaccounted for, while six others, who had been stranded, have since been rescued.
The avalanche, which now ranks among the deadliest single avalanches on record in the US, occurred about 10 miles (16km) north of Lake Tahoe at about 11.30am on Tuesday,
engulfing a group of backcountry skiers – including f…

2026 NFL playoff bracket picks, predictions: Bills storm past Broncos in divisional round, Rams beat Bears

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2026-nfl-playoff-bracket-pic…

game_thrones: Game of Thrones coappearances
Network of coappearances of characters in the Game of Thrones series, by George R. R. Martin, and in particular coappearances in the book "A Storm of Swords." Nodes are unique characters, and edges are weighted by the number of times the two characters' names appeared within 15 words of each other in the text.
This network has 107 nodes and 352 edges.
Tags: Social, Fictional, Weighted

Storm Brings Airport Closures, Millions Lose Power - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/01/storm-brings-airport-closures-millions-lose-power/

Power prices surge in Virginia, home to the world's largest data center hub; record demand is expected during the winter storm, partly due to data center needs (Tim McLaughlin/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/po

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PacificNotions
TwoPine:
🎵 Through the Storm
#TwoPine

6000 Flights Delayed/Canceled Before NYC-Area Storm - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/12/6000-flights-delayed-canceled-before-nyc-area-storm/

Rightwing critics blame Mamdani as New York snow fails to melt (Adam Gabbatt/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/08/mamdani-snow-ice-freeze-storm
http://www.memeorandum.com/260208/p23#a260208p23

Santa Barbara County authorities recovered the body of a man who was reportedly swept off a flooded roadway in Goleta Valley on Saturday.
The man was driving near the 1100 block of North San Marcos Road shortly before noon when his vehicle reportedly became stuck on a flooded part of the road that passes over Maria Ygnacio Creek, according to Captain Mike Gray with the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.
The man then exited his vehicle, Gray said, and he was subsequently washed…

At least 22 people were killed in Pakistan on Sunday
as thousands gathered At least 22 people were killed in Pakistan on Sunday as thousands gathered across the country to denounce U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran,
-- including 10 who died as crowds tried to storm the U.S. Consulate in Karachi.
The airstrikes have already spurred fear, uncertainty and unrest in Iran’s eastern neighbors,
Afghanistan and Pakistan
— two countries with sizable Shiite minorities w…

Protesters Try to Storm U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan
At least 22 people were killed in protests across Pakistan as Iran’s neighbors brace for turmoil and the fallout of a possible regional conflict.

Controversy has engulfed #Wyoming’s state legislature after a conservative activist was photographed👉 handing checks to Republican lawmakers on the state house floor,
in an incident that has highlighted intra-conservative divisions and the role of money in the Cowboy state’s politics.
The political storm started on 9 February, when Karlee Provenza, a Democratic lawmaker,
took a photo show…

A woman in Los Angeles was swept nine miles down San Jose Creek in the mid-afternoon on Wednesday, Dec. 24

The woman was initially spotted in the creek near near Fullerton Road around 1:50 p.m. local time and was rescued by first responders at Workman Mill Road and taken to the hospital

This comes amid severe weather conditions in California, which has prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency in southern California counties

Woman Rescued After Being Swept at Least 9 Miles Down Creek During Christmas Eve Calif. Storm
A woman in Los Angeles was rescued after being swept nine miles down San Jose Creek in the mid-afternoon on Wednesday, Dec. 24, amid severe weather conditions in California.