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Rear Admiral: Mid-Atlantic Bases Are Ready For Florence
AUSTIN, Texas — Navy Region Mid-Atlantic is ready for the Hurricane Florence, said Rear Adm. Charles Rock, the region’s commander. With about 300,000 servicemembers, family members, reservists and retirees in the storm’s path, he said they are “taking it very seriously” as they prepare for the storm projected to strike the East Coast of the […]
NOAA 1400 Update
NOAA Link 822 WTNT31 KNHC 121757 TCPAT1 BULLETIN Hurricane Florence Intermediate Advisory Number 53A NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL062018 200 PM EDT Wed Sep 12 2018 …FLORENCE’S PEAK WINDS HAVE DECREASED SLIGHTLY BUT THE SIZE OF THE WIND FIELD HAS INCREASED… …LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND RAINFALL EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS… SUMMARY […]
Hurricane Florence Advisory
342 WTNT31 KNHC 120852 TCPAT1 NOAA Link BULLETIN Hurricane Florence Advisory Number 52 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL062018 500 AM EDT Wed Sep 12 2018 …DANGEROUS FLORENCE HEADING TOWARD THE U.S. EAST COAST… …EXPECTED TO BRING LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND RAINFALL TO PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES… SUMMARY OF 500 AM […]
Hurricane Florence Advisory
NOAA Link 107 WTNT31 KNHC 111446 TCPAT1 BULLETIN Hurricane Florence Advisory Number 49 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL062018 1100 AM AST Tue Sep 11 2018 …FLORENCE EXPECTED TO RESTRENGTHEN LATER TODAY… …LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COASTS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA… SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST…1500 UTC…INFORMATION ———————————————– LOCATION…26.7N 65.3W ABOUT […]
Hurricane Florence Public Advisory
NOAA Link 092 WTNT31 KNHC 101448 TCPAT1 BULLETIN Hurricane Florence Advisory Number 45 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL062018 1100 AM AST Mon Sep 10 2018 …FLORENCE RAPIDLY STRENGTHENS INTO A MAJOR HURRICANE… SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST…1500 UTC…INFORMATION ———————————————– LOCATION…25.0N 60.0W ABOUT 580 MI…935 KM SSE OF BERMUDA ABOUT 1240 MI…2000 KM ESE […]
Tropical Storm Florence, Update
Update 9/9/2018 Just in, Governors of Virginia and both Carolinas have just declared a state of emergency in their respective states. Still a tropical storm, but freshening and expected to be a Cat 3 or better Hurricane when it comes ashore. The Carolinas are the current predicted landfall, but these storms don’t always play by […]
Last living member of Marine aviation legend Joe Foss’ ‘Flying Circus’ recalls Guadalcanal
Sam Folsom had never flown an airplane above 10,000 feet, or fired the weapons on the F4F Wildcat he would soon fly into combat, when he arrived on Guadalcanal in September 1942. The battle for the strategic Pacific island was raging, as Folsom and most of his green fighter pilots joined squadron VMF-121. They were […]
NASA names nine ‘American hero’ astronauts for SpaceX, Boeing missions
After a long hiatus (thanks for nothing, Barry) the US will be back in the space game, with US crews launching from US territory, on US made spacecraft. Nine Astronauts have been identified to crew the upcoming missions for flight testing (near and dear to my heart) with missions in mind to the International Space […]
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