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Forecast Track/Cone for Tropical Storm Jerry in the Atlantic Ocean 11 AM AST Advisory 1

Tropical Storm #Jerry Advisory 1: Tropical Storm Jerry Forms Over the Tropical Central Atlantic. The Tenth Named Storm of the Season. hurricanes.gov

11:00 AM AST Tue Oct 07
Location: 11.5°N 44.6°W
Moving: W at 24 mph
Min pressure: 1006 mb
Max sustained: 45 mph

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NHC will initiate advisories on Tropical Storm Jerry (formerly AL95), located over the central tropical Atlantic, at 1100 AM AST (1500 UTC).

I pray they're all ok, but that's a very hard crash landing.

N414RX, air ambulance helicopter operated by REACH Air Medical Services. Appears to have gone down around 7:39pm Pacific time.

EF5 tornado that killed 3 in North Dakota was the nation's first in 12 years Meteorologists say a deadly tornado in North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to a top-of-the-scale EF5, and was the first on American soil in 12 years.

⚠️ WX FOLKS ⚠️

IT'S OFFICIAL.

A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph (322 kph), the strongest classification of tornado and the first confirmed on American soil in a dozen years, meteorologists said Monday.

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Oregon A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including the California National Guard.

BREAKING: A federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including the California National Guard.

California governor says Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the Trump administration is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon.

BREAKING: Gov. Newsom says Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon after a judge blocked his Portland troop deployment plan.

White House Schedule for President Trump Sunday, October 5, 2025 10:55 AM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart The White House en route Norfolk, Virginia The White House Open Press 1:00 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY observe a Naval Sea Power Demonstration USS George H.W. Bush Out-of-Town Travel Pool 3:30 PM THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks at Navy 250 Celebration USS Harry S. Truman Pre-Credentialed Media 4:40 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Norfolk, Virginia, en route The White House Norfolk, Virginia Out-of-Town Travel Pool 5:45 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive The White House The White House Open Press

For those interested, here's President Trump's schedule for tomorrow's visit to Norfolk, Virginia for the Navy 250th Celebration.

If you're in Hampton Roads, be prepared to see a lot of ships (carriers, destroyers, oilers, littoral combat ships) and aircraft around NAVSTA Norfolk

The interview wasn't long enough in my opinion for such an important story, but Tyler Englander at least asked the important questions. Didn't need to drive from Norfolk to Richmond when he could've done the interview with a 757 station, but maybe he's looking at the viewership difference. No idea.

cc: @bluevirginia.bsky.social

cc: @samshirazi.bsky.social @goad.bsky.social

YouTube video by WRIC ABC 8News Only On 8: Jay Jones speaks for first time about 'disturbing' texts he sent about top Virginia Repub

Virginia Democratic candidate for Attorney General Jay Jones sat down for an interview last night with Tyler Englander of 8News WRIC in Richmond after disturbing text messages he sent a colleague in 2022 surfaced where he joked about shooting former VA House Speaker Todd Gilbert
youtu.be/F9yjpPIRCA8

He's currently scheduled to speak for the Navy's 250th at Naval Station Norfolk tomorrow, alongside the First Lady, SecDef Hegseth, and Secretary of the Navy.

SHEEWWWWWWWW

Trump coming to Norfolk to celebrate the Navy's 250th birthday President Donald Trump is coming to Norfolk Sunday, Oct. 5 for the United States Navy's 250th birthday.

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK — President Donald Trump shared on Truth Social that he is coming to Norfolk Sunday to celebrate the United States Navy's 250th birthday, where he will be joined by First Lady Melania Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of the Navy John Phelan.

Spanberger Statement on Jay Jones Comments: RICHMOND, Va. — Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement. “After learning of these comments earlier today, I spoke frankly with Jay about my disgust with what he had said and texted. I made clear to Jay that he must fully take responsibility for his words. What I have also made clear is that as a candidate — and as the next Governor of our Commonwealth, I will always condemn violent language in our politics.”

Agreed - "disgust" and "must fully take responsibility" are the correct words here about what Jones said! Seriously, who talks (or thinks) like that??? bluevirginia.us/2025/10/wapo...

BREAKING: Sean "Diddy" Combs sentenced to more than 4 years in prison in sex trafficking trial

New Virginia poll from Washington Post/Schar

Gov

Spanberger (D) 55%
Earle-Sears (R) 43%

LG

Hashmi (D) 49%
Reid (R) 45%

AG

Jones (D) 51%
Miyares (R) 45%

Trump Approval

55% Disapprove
45% Approve

Youngkin Approval

50% Approve
46% Disapprove

Done right before shutdown

Multiple law enforcement agencies are seemingly in a standoff with dozens of protesters outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Chicago where Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was spotted today. https://cnn.it/4o2aOvN

The visit was pushed back to this coming Sunday due to weather conditions and rough seas from the hurricanes.

After reported drone sightings over Munich Airport earlier this evening the airport remains closed until 0259 UTC this morning. 14 flights were diverted. See the current status for flights in Munich at flightradar24.com/airport/muc

you have permission to scream now

Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

BREAKING: President Trump has decided that the US is engaged in a formal “armed conflict” with drug cartels his team has labeled terrorist organizations & that suspected smugglers for such groups are “unlawful combatants,” the admin said in a confidential notice to Congress this week.

GIFT ARTICLE:

he's judging you and not even looking at you while doing it. incredible instincts

Live updates: Attacker who killed 2 people and injured 3 at British synagogue is dead, police say Two people were killed and three others were seriously wounded Thursday in a synagogue attack in northern England on the holiest day of the Jewish year, police said.

UPDATE: MANCHESTER, England (AP) — British police have declared that a deadly rampage at a synagogue that killed two people on the holiest day of the Jewish year was a terrorist attack.

Just out in the open

FAA has issued MASSIVE temporary flight restriction which prohibits drones (i.e., photography) over Chicago.

They did similar around federal buildings in Los Angeles since June protests, but really no comparison...

Chicago's TFR covers 900x more area than ones in LA! 🧵👇
tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=d...

YouTube video by NPR In Trump country, Andy Beshear critiques Trump — and talks of succeeding him | Morning Edition

In Trump country, Andy Beshear critiques Trump - and talks of succeeding him | NPR Morning Edition

Notably, Trump is coming to Norfolk Friday, but not for a campaign event with Earle-Sears, even though EDay is just 33 days away.

Are we heading for a worrying Super El Niño? We have only just moved into May and despite being seven months away from next summer in the southern hemisphere, climate researchers are seeing the beginnings of what could be the most powerful El Ni...

Guessing this article from May 2014 is what started the whole thing:

theconversation.com/are-we-headi...