Kurtis M.
@stormorknot.bsky.social
Meteorologist | Catastrophe Modeler | Skywarn Spotter | Data wrangler | Inquisitive | Views are my own
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Kurtis M.
@stormorknot.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Hello world!
I’m a meteorologist who works in catastrophe modeling and lives in Boston. Hopefully I can find other people who want to chat about the weather or data science. R is my primary programming language.
I’m a meteorologist who works in catastrophe modeling and lives in Boston. Hopefully I can find other people who want to chat about the weather or data science. R is my primary programming language.
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New England winters can get wicked cold — so these five states are partnering to keep homes toasty with heat pumps.
New England kicks off $450M plan to supercharge heat pump adoption
The program aims to use federal funds awarded under the Biden administration to deploy more than 500,000 heat pumps in the chilly region over the next few…
www.canarymedia.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
New England winters can get wicked cold — so these five states are partnering to keep homes toasty with heat pumps.
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La Niña, the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), and the potential for a rare November Sudden Stratospheric Warming event (you're likely to have heard of this referred to as the "polar vortex") may combine to drive winter-like conditions across much of the U.S. late November into early December.
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
La Niña, the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), and the potential for a rare November Sudden Stratospheric Warming event (you're likely to have heard of this referred to as the "polar vortex") may combine to drive winter-like conditions across much of the U.S. late November into early December.
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“global reinsurance companies have had what the researchers call a ‘climate epiphany’ and have roughly doubled the rates.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A Climate ‘Shock’ Is Eroding Some Home Values. New Data Shows How Much. (Gift Article)
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“global reinsurance companies have had what the researchers call a ‘climate epiphany’ and have roughly doubled the rates.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Record-breaking winds confirmed for Hurricane Melissa | NCAR & UCAR News
news.ucar.edu
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
They voted 427 to 1 to release the files!!! Talk about bipartisanship we never see.
PS #ReleaseTheFiles
PS #ReleaseTheFiles
BREAKING: House votes overwhelmingly to force release of Epstein files, sending bill once opposed by Trump to the Senate.
House votes overwhelmingly to force release of Epstein files, sending bill to Senate
The House has voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
They voted 427 to 1 to release the files!!! Talk about bipartisanship we never see.
PS #ReleaseTheFiles
PS #ReleaseTheFiles
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A record number of American women and girls aged 15 to 44 say they want to permanently leave the country, according to a new Gallup survey.
The number of women who want to leave the US quadrupled over last decade, poll says
A record number of American women and girls aged 15 to 44 say they want to permanently leave the country, according to a new Gallup survey.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A record number of American women and girls aged 15 to 44 say they want to permanently leave the country, according to a new Gallup survey.
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This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
dlvr.it
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
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Current storm totals (!). Santa Barbara has some locations with more than 10 inches so far. 11/16/25 0650am #rain #cawx #santabarbara #losangeles #venturacounty
November 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Current storm totals (!). Santa Barbara has some locations with more than 10 inches so far. 11/16/25 0650am #rain #cawx #santabarbara #losangeles #venturacounty
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That #LARain is really coming down this morning. Flash Flood Warnings for all of Los Angeles, with one "Considerable" west of town. Various reports of flooded roads, rocks & trees down.
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
That #LARain is really coming down this morning. Flash Flood Warnings for all of Los Angeles, with one "Considerable" west of town. Various reports of flooded roads, rocks & trees down.
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Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
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Folks — what COLOR aurora are you seeing? Send us your reports and please share! This is useful data. Date and times are super valuable too!
A lot of y’all are seeing red auroras. You’re seeing the top of the aurora.
A lot of y’all are seeing red auroras. You’re seeing the top of the aurora.
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Folks — what COLOR aurora are you seeing? Send us your reports and please share! This is useful data. Date and times are super valuable too!
A lot of y’all are seeing red auroras. You’re seeing the top of the aurora.
A lot of y’all are seeing red auroras. You’re seeing the top of the aurora.
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🇨🇳 📰 NEW | Analysis: #China’s #CO2 #emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/ @carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/ @carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
🇨🇳 📰 NEW | Analysis: #China’s #CO2 #emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/ @carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/ @carbonbrief.org
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Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT REJECTS CASE THAT THREATENED ITS LANDMARK 2015 RULING RECOGNIZING A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT REJECTS CASE THAT THREATENED ITS LANDMARK 2015 RULING RECOGNIZING A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
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November 9/10: Rather exceptional snowfall forecast here in the greater Chicago metro region, including northwest Indiana. Very dangerous driving conditions given snowfall rates could be 3+ inches per hour (plus 30 mph winds). Locations just miles apart could see dramatically different snow totals.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
November 9/10: Rather exceptional snowfall forecast here in the greater Chicago metro region, including northwest Indiana. Very dangerous driving conditions given snowfall rates could be 3+ inches per hour (plus 30 mph winds). Locations just miles apart could see dramatically different snow totals.
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Appropriately strong wording from @NWSChicago AFD regarding the potential for multiple intense bands of lake effect snow tonight into Monday morning.
Extremely heavy snow with zero visibility, high winds, and lightning possible in the strongest bands.
Extremely heavy snow with zero visibility, high winds, and lightning possible in the strongest bands.
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Appropriately strong wording from @NWSChicago AFD regarding the potential for multiple intense bands of lake effect snow tonight into Monday morning.
Extremely heavy snow with zero visibility, high winds, and lightning possible in the strongest bands.
Extremely heavy snow with zero visibility, high winds, and lightning possible in the strongest bands.
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Cruelty really is the point. Who else would go to court begging for permission to starve their own citizens? Meanwhile, they send $40 billion to Argentina, buying two private jets for ICE “Barbie,” and Trump has already burned through $1 trillion in less than two months.
November 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Cruelty really is the point. Who else would go to court begging for permission to starve their own citizens? Meanwhile, they send $40 billion to Argentina, buying two private jets for ICE “Barbie,” and Trump has already burned through $1 trillion in less than two months.
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Shirley you can’t be serious!
I regret to say, I am.
Model support for another Caribbean system is growing in the 10 day range.
Something to watch as water temps are still plenty hot to support a storm.
Pictured is the Euro chance of tropical development which is near 70%. Hopefully it’s weak.
I regret to say, I am.
Model support for another Caribbean system is growing in the 10 day range.
Something to watch as water temps are still plenty hot to support a storm.
Pictured is the Euro chance of tropical development which is near 70%. Hopefully it’s weak.
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Shirley you can’t be serious!
I regret to say, I am.
Model support for another Caribbean system is growing in the 10 day range.
Something to watch as water temps are still plenty hot to support a storm.
Pictured is the Euro chance of tropical development which is near 70%. Hopefully it’s weak.
I regret to say, I am.
Model support for another Caribbean system is growing in the 10 day range.
Something to watch as water temps are still plenty hot to support a storm.
Pictured is the Euro chance of tropical development which is near 70%. Hopefully it’s weak.
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Weakest October Job Market in 22 years 🚨🚨🚨
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Weakest October Job Market in 22 years 🚨🚨🚨
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This has to be unheard of. With an extraordinary peak flash rate of 699 flashes per minute just prior to landfall in Jamaica, Melissa probably set the record for the most prolific inner-core lightning outbreak ever recorded in an Atlantic hurricane.
November 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This has to be unheard of. With an extraordinary peak flash rate of 699 flashes per minute just prior to landfall in Jamaica, Melissa probably set the record for the most prolific inner-core lightning outbreak ever recorded in an Atlantic hurricane.
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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BREAKING: PROP 50 HAS PASSED IN CALIFORNIA
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
BREAKING: PROP 50 HAS PASSED IN CALIFORNIA
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