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Libby Fino

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MA Emergency Management & Homeland Security. Reluctant prairie dweller. All things Nebraska weather, scenery, gardening, food, geography, animals, night skies and history from my perspective on the floodplain.

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Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Oct 17

Lunar eclipse, tornado, solar eclipse and northern lights. All from Platte County Nebraska, 2024.

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Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · 16d

Tonight’s Nebraska sunset.

Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · 16d

Monday mornings sunrise in Nebraska.

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Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · 17d

It’s butterfly season in Nebraska.

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Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Sep 19

Tonight’s Nebraska sunset.

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Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Sep 11

I think we did. We are actually above average for moisture this year now, it’s been a wet summer. We had a crazy flooding day in August.

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Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Sep 11

Here is the cell phone pano. Crappy quality because I was thinking about running away.

Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Sep 11

Best storm photos I took this summer were from my driveway. July 23 Columbus Nebraska.

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Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Sep 10

I was probably out there a week after you then. We drove out June 27 and spent some time at Boysen State Park then Grand Teton before going into Yellowstone. It was sooo cold overnight.

Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Sep 10

And a few of my favorite landscape photos from Yellowstone, July 2025.

West thumb geyser basin, Yellowstone National Park.

Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park

Artists Point, Yellowstone National Park.

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Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Sep 10

A stormy Labor Day weekend in western Nebraska.

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Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Aug 14

It was an amazing summer.

Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Jun 11

It finally feels like summer in Nebraska.

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Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · May 1

This is July weather.

Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · May 1

Yes, they started showing up yesterday!

Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Apr 30

A few randoms from this week.

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IEMBOT OAX @oax.weather.im · Apr 24

At 3:01 PM CDT, 3 SSW Friend [Saline Co, NE] Public reports Funnel Cloud. Public caller reported a funnel cloud to their south from Highway 6 near Friend, NE. #newx Link

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Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Apr 24

Tornado warned now.

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Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Apr 24

Birding and gardening season.

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National Lightning Safety Council @lightningsafety.bsky.social · Apr 23

Sad to report the first lightning fatality of 2025.

A corrections officer in North Carolina was struck by lightning while fishing.

Fishing is the activity with the most associated lightning fatalities in the United States.

When thunder roars, go indoors!

#LightningSafety

Map showing the quantity of lightning fatalities by state in 2025. North Carolina is highlighted with a number 1 in it.

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Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Apr 22

I used to think this was just an old wives tale but I’ve always followed it. We missed bath night last night because of the storms.

Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Apr 22

The sky has a lot to say this week.

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Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Apr 22

It stormed last night.

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Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Apr 21

It’s Sandhills season!

Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Apr 9

Said Buzzards with a Bald Eagle. I have never caught them hanging out before. The eagle has to work a lot harder to fly so it stood out from the Buzzards. The eagle is the top bird in the photo.

Libby Fino @efino87.bsky.social · Apr 9

And sometimes even the bigger storms are quiet.