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Kamilah Taylor @kamilah.dev · 14d

Chatted with my mom and aunt this morning. They’re in good spirits and just want this to be over. They have electricity currently but family in other parts of the island more directly in the path have lost electricity.

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Kamilah Taylor @kamilah.dev · 14d

waking up to see that melissa has strengthened even more and that she’s making landfall near where my grandmother and a lot of that side of my family lives was not on my bingo card

Dennis Mersereau 🛰️ @wxdam.com · 14d

Hurricane Melissa continues to strengthen as it approaches western Jamaica. The storm now has 185 mph winds with a minimum central pressure of 892 mb.

Melissa is one of the strongest-ever Atlantic hurricanes, and it'll rank among the most intense storms ever observed at landfall anywhere on Earth.

An infrared satellite view of Hurricane Melissa nearing landfall in western Jamaica.

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Concepts of a Rae @alsorae.bsky.social · 15d

I hope those who like to indulge in the occasional Caribbean holiday locks it in.

I hope you’re ready to move differently and direct your resources toward locally owned establishments. As Jamaica rebuilds, I hope you commit to avoiding resorts that hold their beaches hostage.

Support the people.

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Kamilah Taylor @kamilah.dev · 15d

what you have to know is that it’s been raining for most of october in jamaica so the ground is already saturated

and we actually rarely get a direct hit from a hurricane. I was there for one of the near misses (Ivan in 2004) and that was one of the most terrifying nights.

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Kamilah Taylor @kamilah.dev · 15d

Appreciated 💖. I think they’ve all prepared as much as you can for something like this, now we wait and watch

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Kamilah Taylor @kamilah.dev · 15d

my mom (in kingston) just lost electricity while I was talking to her, things are definitely heating up

Steve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 15d

What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.

Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.

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Kamilah Taylor @kamilah.dev · 15d

melissa currently stronger than katrina

stressed 😣

Steve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 15d

October 27 PM: Here is the updated Atlantic record book for most intense hurricanes in NOAA's official dataset going back to 1851. Melissa has rocketed up the list(s).

In the past 72 hours, Melissa has seen:

- Sustained winds increase by 100 knots (115 mph)
- Minimum pressure drop by 91 millibars

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · Oct 5

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Oct 4

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · Oct 4

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Kamilah Taylor @kamilah.dev · Sep 23

oh yea that could explain it!

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Kamilah Taylor @kamilah.dev · Sep 23

sometimes it can depend on if you’re in a building, how high it is, etc. I know one of my friends was on the oakland runway and said he didn’t feel it at all

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Kamilah Taylor @kamilah.dev · Sep 23

I’m not amused at there being multiple earthquakes today

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Kamilah Taylor @kamilah.dev · Sep 22

yes extremely noticeable

Kamilah Taylor @kamilah.dev · Sep 22

well that earthquake woke me up

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Kamilah Taylor @kamilah.dev · Sep 19

so sad that only murders in the building is on THAT streaming service, season 4 has been so fun and also has a subplot of oligarchs being the new mafia and trying to control the narrative which feels eerily on theme

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Michael Taylor 🖖🧠 @bluebeetle.bsky.social · Sep 19

"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

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Kamilah Taylor @kamilah.dev · Sep 19

I know wild that I had a combo sub and I had to go on both streaming sites to be able to cancel it

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Kamilah Taylor @kamilah.dev · Sep 18

so glad I got the nudge I needed to cancel some more subscriptions

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Kamilah Taylor @kamilah.dev · Sep 13

multiple beverages on deck

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