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  1. You Must Take Part in Revolution Review: Resistance, Regret & Revolution
    WEPA! Every once in a while a graphic novel walks into the room, kicks...
    comiccrusaders.com/reviews/you
    #Al Mega review #authoritarianism #Badiucao #comic crusaders review #democracy #dystopian graphic novel #graphic novel review #Hong Kong protests #human rights comics #Melissa Chan #political comics #protest art #Street Noise Books #Taiwan #You Must Take Part in Revolution

  2. You Must Take Part in Revolution Review: Resistance, Regret & Revolution
    WEPA! Every once in a while a graphic novel walks into the room, kicks...
    comiccrusaders.com/reviews/you
    #Al Mega review #authoritarianism #Badiucao #comic crusaders review #democracy #dystopian graphic novel #graphic novel review #Hong Kong protests #human rights comics #Melissa Chan #political comics #protest art #Street Noise Books #Taiwan #You Must Take Part in Revolution

  3. The Golden Secret to Better Challah

    Over the last decade, bakers have been experimenting with olive oil in all kinds of nontraditional ways, and I’ve been right there with them. I’ve added it to cakes, swirled it into lemon bars, even baked it into zucchini bread — all t…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Frencholiveoil #Bread #ChallahBread #clark #CookingandCookbooks #francais #france #French #hanukkah #melissa #OliveOil
    diningandcooking.com/2699484/t

  4. The Golden Secret to Better Challah

    Over the last decade, bakers have been experimenting with olive oil in all kinds of nontraditional ways, and I’ve been right there with them. I’ve added it to cakes, swirled it into lemon bars, even baked it into zucchini bread — all t…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Frencholiveoil #Bread #ChallahBread #clark #CookingandCookbooks #francais #france #French #hanukkah #melissa #OliveOil
    diningandcooking.com/2699484/t

  5. Viewing hurricane damage in Jamaica

    Last week we went on a family vacation that included a stop in Falmouth, Jamaica. Falmouth is a small town on the north side of the island situated to the east of Montego Bay. This was our first visit to Jamaica.

    Hurricane Melissa passed right over this region last October. This storm made landfall with 185 mph (300 km/h) sustained winds. It is tied for the strongest landfalling hurricane recorded in the Atlantic basin.

    Ingalls Weather thanks the support it gets from donors. Please consider making a small donation at this link to help me pay for the website and access to premium weather data.

    Hurricane Melissa was moving from south to north as it transited Jamaica so communities on the northern coast like Falmouth did not get the worst of it, but “not as bad as the worst ever” is still pretty bad when we’re discussing hurricanes.

    Before I report on what I saw as we spent the day in Jamaica I want to reiterate that this was my first time in the country. I have tried to identify what was from the hurricane vs. what existed in this state before the storm, but it is inevitable that I am not 100% accurate. Still, the obvious damage I saw was something I had never experienced before.

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    Homes in various states of construction or destruction on the hill near Falmouth, Jamaica. (Ingalls Weather)

    The first thing that stood out to me on arrival was that many of the trees were significantly defoliated. The land was still quite green but it’s clear that the tree canopy is not as dense as it once was.

    Driving from Falmouth toward Montego Bay the hill is full of homes in various states of disrepair. We aren’t talking missing siding or shingles, either, but something like half of the homes didn’t have roofs and many were just concrete shells. Some were being reconstructed while others just sat in ruin.

    Easily half of the homes I saw were damaged to the point that they would have been condemned in the United States or Canada but a lot of these were still occupied. I saw a few residents milling about but of course many were probably at work when I passed through during the day on a weekday.

    By my visual estimate, around 90-95% of buildings showed signs of recent damage. I only saw four buildings in what I would say are in excellent condition – two KFCs, a Wendy’s, and a Scotiabank branch.

    I could also pick out where the worst of the winds seemed to hit and what communities have wealthier economies. The closer we got to Montego Bay, the less severe damage we saw. Falmouth seemed like a shell of its former self, but as I understand it it was already struggling economically before Hurricane Melissa despite receiving many tourists from cruise ships.

    As a meteorologist I have seen a lot of reporting on natural disasters and I have personally visited a few disaster zones myself. Aside from this, the worst I had seen was the damage caused by grapefruit size hail in Blair, Nebraska in 2014. The aftermath of that storm looked like someone had taken a machine gun to the north and west faces of every building but for the most part homes were still standing and livable.

    Meteorologists and weather nerds often get accused of enjoying seeing disasters like this and “rooting” for cataclysmic storms. As a practitioner of the science it is genuinely awesome to see the power of the world around us but the cost in some cases is extreme. In an ideal world we could observe huge tornadoes on desolate plains and massive hurricanes in the middle of the ocean but the sad reality is this is rare.

    Documenting and sharing the aftermath of these storms is a critical part of educating ourselves and those we speak with. The uncertainty associated with forecasting high end events like this leads to a lot of warning fatigue in at risk communities. It is difficult for communicators to balance messaging in what are relatively low likelihood events with catastrophic and deadly ramifications.

    Tornadoes are notorious for this because they are quite small and short lived but this even happens with large events like hurricanes. Even in major hurricanes (category 3+), the damaging wind field can be surprisingly small. In many cases hurricane force winds will only extend tens of miles/kilometers from the center of the storm.

    The evacuation zone can often be much wider, though, because we simply don’t have that level of accuracy on the hurricane’s path far enough in advance to conduct a successful evacuation of thousands of people. A shift of 20-50 miles (30-80 km) in the forecast does happen in the days leading up to hurricane landfall but if we waited until we knew exactly where it would land it would be too late to get people out.

    That’s just considering the wind field. The biggest hazard from most tropical cyclones is actually flooding from heavy rainfall and that has its own difficulty in communicating. This was seen in the Pacific Northwest in March when most people had no issues but significant flooding was observed along waterways like the Walla Walla River.

    This is a complex issue on the social science side as well. Evacuating is both financially and emotionally expensive. Not everyone has the means to leave their home with a few days notice and travel hundreds of miles/kilometers away. Some people will be taking unpaid time off work to do this while others have added difficulty brought on by healthcare needs.

    I’m often aware of a lot of judgment thrown around during and after catastrophes like this. Some is thrown at meteorologists for perceived overhype of a storm while others who have never experienced something like this judge those who stayed behind. The world could use a lot more patience and understanding as people try to make the best decisions they can with the information they have to protect themselves and others.

    Improving forecast accuracy is one of the things I’m most excited about with my new job at Windborne Systems. The weather balloon data we collect feeds into our internal model as well as to the GFS and others. We are scaling up our operation rapidly to collect more data.

    Part of my role is to highlight regions where balloons are needed to get improved forecasts on upcoming major weather events. During April I helped to get balloons in the path of the low pressure system that turned into the severe weather outbreak on the Plains, a typhoon that hit Guam, and severe weather in Paraguay and Argentina. I find a lot of value in this work.

    I didn’t really expect this to turn into a bit of soap box style work when I started writing this article but I think it works. Readers should note that I have a lot of work related travel coming up so this blog (and associated social media) will be a bit of a travelogue for a while as I have the opportunity to explore the world while launching weather balloons.

    As I do so I hope to bring you more stories and observations from these places, as well as connections to regional climates.

    #Hurricane #Jamaica #Melissa #Weather
  6. Viewing hurricane damage in Jamaica

    Last week we went on a family vacation that included a stop in Falmouth, Jamaica. Falmouth is a small town on the north side of the island situated to the east of Montego Bay. This was our first visit to Jamaica.

    Hurricane Melissa passed right over this region last October. This storm made landfall with 185 mph (300 km/h) sustained winds. It is tied for the strongest landfalling hurricane recorded in the Atlantic basin.

    Ingalls Weather thanks the support it gets from donors. Please consider making a small donation at this link to help me pay for the website and access to premium weather data.

    Hurricane Melissa was moving from south to north as it transited Jamaica so communities on the northern coast like Falmouth did not get the worst of it, but “not as bad as the worst ever” is still pretty bad when we’re discussing hurricanes.

    Before I report on what I saw as we spent the day in Jamaica I want to reiterate that this was my first time in the country. I have tried to identify what was from the hurricane vs. what existed in this state before the storm, but it is inevitable that I am not 100% accurate. Still, the obvious damage I saw was something I had never experienced before.

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    Homes in various states of construction or destruction on the hill near Falmouth, Jamaica. (Ingalls Weather)

    The first thing that stood out to me on arrival was that many of the trees were significantly defoliated. The land was still quite green but it’s clear that the tree canopy is not as dense as it once was.

    Driving from Falmouth toward Montego Bay the hill is full of homes in various states of disrepair. We aren’t talking missing siding or shingles, either, but something like half of the homes didn’t have roofs and many were just concrete shells. Some were being reconstructed while others just sat in ruin.

    Easily half of the homes I saw were damaged to the point that they would have been condemned in the United States or Canada but a lot of these were still occupied. I saw a few residents milling about but of course many were probably at work when I passed through during the day on a weekday.

    By my visual estimate, around 90-95% of buildings showed signs of recent damage. I only saw four buildings in what I would say are in excellent condition – two KFCs, a Wendy’s, and a Scotiabank branch.

    I could also pick out where the worst of the winds seemed to hit and what communities have wealthier economies. The closer we got to Montego Bay, the less severe damage we saw. Falmouth seemed like a shell of its former self, but as I understand it it was already struggling economically before Hurricane Melissa despite receiving many tourists from cruise ships.

    As a meteorologist I have seen a lot of reporting on natural disasters and I have personally visited a few disaster zones myself. Aside from this, the worst I had seen was the damage caused by grapefruit size hail in Blair, Nebraska in 2014. The aftermath of that storm looked like someone had taken a machine gun to the north and west faces of every building but for the most part homes were still standing and livable.

    Meteorologists and weather nerds often get accused of enjoying seeing disasters like this and “rooting” for cataclysmic storms. As a practitioner of the science it is genuinely awesome to see the power of the world around us but the cost in some cases is extreme. In an ideal world we could observe huge tornadoes on desolate plains and massive hurricanes in the middle of the ocean but the sad reality is this is rare.

    Documenting and sharing the aftermath of these storms is a critical part of educating ourselves and those we speak with. The uncertainty associated with forecasting high end events like this leads to a lot of warning fatigue in at risk communities. It is difficult for communicators to balance messaging in what are relatively low likelihood events with catastrophic and deadly ramifications.

    Tornadoes are notorious for this because they are quite small and short lived but this even happens with large events like hurricanes. Even in major hurricanes (category 3+), the damaging wind field can be surprisingly small. In many cases hurricane force winds will only extend tens of miles/kilometers from the center of the storm.

    The evacuation zone can often be much wider, though, because we simply don’t have that level of accuracy on the hurricane’s path far enough in advance to conduct a successful evacuation of thousands of people. A shift of 20-50 miles (30-80 km) in the forecast does happen in the days leading up to hurricane landfall but if we waited until we knew exactly where it would land it would be too late to get people out.

    That’s just considering the wind field. The biggest hazard from most tropical cyclones is actually flooding from heavy rainfall and that has its own difficulty in communicating. This was seen in the Pacific Northwest in March when most people had no issues but significant flooding was observed along waterways like the Walla Walla River.

    This is a complex issue on the social science side as well. Evacuating is both financially and emotionally expensive. Not everyone has the means to leave their home with a few days notice and travel hundreds of miles/kilometers away. Some people will be taking unpaid time off work to do this while others have added difficulty brought on by healthcare needs.

    I’m often aware of a lot of judgment thrown around during and after catastrophes like this. Some is thrown at meteorologists for perceived overhype of a storm while others who have never experienced something like this judge those who stayed behind. The world could use a lot more patience and understanding as people try to make the best decisions they can with the information they have to protect themselves and others.

    Improving forecast accuracy is one of the things I’m most excited about with my new job at Windborne Systems. The weather balloon data we collect feeds into our internal model as well as to the GFS and others. We are scaling up our operation rapidly to collect more data.

    Part of my role is to highlight regions where balloons are needed to get improved forecasts on upcoming major weather events. During April I helped to get balloons in the path of the low pressure system that turned into the severe weather outbreak on the Plains, a typhoon that hit Guam, and severe weather in Paraguay and Argentina. I find a lot of value in this work.

    I didn’t really expect this to turn into a bit of soap box style work when I started writing this article but I think it works. Readers should note that I have a lot of work related travel coming up so this blog (and associated social media) will be a bit of a travelogue for a while as I have the opportunity to explore the world while launching weather balloons.

    As I do so I hope to bring you more stories and observations from these places, as well as connections to regional climates.

    #Hurricane #Jamaica #Melissa #Weather
  7. Análisis exhaustivo de la anómala temporada de huracanes 2025. Océanos hirviendo, silencios inquietantes y el récord mundial de ráfagas de 405 km/h del huracán Melissa.

    #Huracanes #Análisis #Melissa #Tutiempo

    tutiempo.net/noticias/secreto-

  8. Análisis exhaustivo de la anómala temporada de huracanes 2025. Océanos hirviendo, silencios inquietantes y el récord mundial de ráfagas de 405 km/h del huracán Melissa.

    #Huracanes #Análisis #Melissa #Tutiempo

    tutiempo.net/noticias/secreto-

  9. Hurricane Melissa breaks records, tied for strongest hurricane ever in Atlantic

    misryoum.com/us/us-weather-new

    US News Hub MISRYOUM Weather Correspondent Robert Ray breaks down the ground-breaking coverage of Hurricane Mellisa during and after the disaster, along with the lasting impacts of the record-breaking storm.JAMAICA - Hurricane Melissa, the Category 5 storm that ripped...

    #Hurricane #Melissa #breaks #records #tied #for #strongest #hurricane #ever #Atlantic #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

  10. 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝘇𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝗸𝘄𝗲𝘁𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗱𝗮𝘁 𝘇𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻

    Sinds haar scheiding is Melissa alleen. Daten vindt ze eng omdat ze niet opnieuw gekwetst wil worden. Hoe pakt ze dit aan?

    rtl.nl/lifestyle/artikel/55453

    #Melissa #gekwetst #vader

  11. Canada, US provide homes for more than 50 rescued after #Hurricane #Melissa - More than 50 struggling dogs were rescued from hard-hit communities in Jamaica’s south-western parishes in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, and many have since found homes outside of the island.

    jamaicaobserver.com/2025/12/04

  12. Forschung aktuell: Hurrikan Melissa und der Klimawandel
    In diesem Radio-Feature der Sendung “Forschung aktuell” im Deutschlandfunk von Volker Mrasek durfte ich Voice-Over einsprechen. Nachzuhören in der Audiothek des Deutschlandfun
    christian-michalak.de/forschun
    #Deutschlandfunk #ChristianMichalak #Deutschlandfunk #ForschungAktuell #Hurricane #Hurrikan #Klimawandel #Melissa #Radio #Rundfunk #VoiceOver #VolkerMrasek #Wetterextreme

  13. JUST IN: #Negril has officially regained power for the first time since Hurricane #Melissa tore through western #Jamaica on October 28. 🇯🇲💡 Thank lineman or woman, today.

  14. It’s official: Hurricane #Melissa has breached the record for strongest wind gust ever observed in a tropical cyclone worldwide. The 252mph gust as measured by dropsonde beats that of Typhoon Megi 2010’s 248 mph wind. weathernet.com/tropical/mesovortex-eye
    #recordbreaking #hurricane #strongestever

  15. I've just installed #instagram because it's got some news about what's happening in #Jamaica after #Melissa The western parishes are devastated. Multi-thousands of households have lost almost everything, except the walls of their homes.
    It's not in the media. And international help is thin (e.g. search gofundme for "Jamaica")
    Adrian McDonald has an IG account for his photography business: it's now a place to see the wreckage of Melissa and some efforts to help.
    instagram.com/lexonart/

  16. The Weeknd has donated $350K to Hurricane #Melissa relief efforts in #Jamaica ♥️🇯🇲 primenewsplus.com/the-weeknd-d...

  17. #Hurricane #Melissa #HurricaneMelissa #Relief - 'I Love Jamaica' concerts / fundraiser

    The concert at the National Stadium Car Park in Kingston, November 14 has been changed to a virtual concert and telethon on November 16

    Concerts:

    KOKO Camden LONDON
    November 13

    'Padel Up' Culver City / LOS ANGELES
    November 16

    ‘I Love Jamaica Telethon’
    November 23, from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

    Hard Rock Stadium MIAMI
    December 7

    MIRAMAR Regional Park
    December 7

    UBS Arena NEW YORK
    December 12

    O2 Arena LONDON
    December 21

    In planning; Canada and Serbia

  18. Melissa Has Been Busy…

    From her blog

    I thought I should just mention that this has been a BIG week for me – Monday I went grocery shopping for the first time in a LONG time (2 hours and $200 later… yipee); yesterday I cleaned the kitchen, made dinner, baked 5 batches of cookies, AND folded 2 large loads of laundry; and today I blogged.  Watch out, productive world out there, here I come!

    You go girl.

    #cookies #melissa #photo
  19. Phlogging Day 6: Something surreal…

    I have to tell a story that is completely unrelated to either of the pictures below. Early this morning, around 3:10 actually, Melissa got up to go to the bathroom. (Side effect of being preggo I assume.) She tells me that every night when she does this, I usually stir in my sleep, roll over onto my back, and start snoring like I have a deep seeded need to wake the dead. On one other occasion, I rolled over and jumped out of bed. As soon as I did, I immediately came to the conclusion that I had been sleeping, and shouldn’t be standing. The only natural thing for me do as a result was to go to the bathroom.

    Of course that makes sense.

    This brings us to early this morning. I recall rolling over a few times, not able to fall back asleep, so I decided that logic ruled that I should probably make a trip the toilet. I got out of bed, quiet, so as to not wake Melissa. As I walked into the bathroom, calling out from the darkness, someone called, “Hi.” I did what any sane person would do when toilet starts talking, and reeled back and screamed like a girl. I shouldn’t say that I screamed like a girl, that would give this to much justice, I screamed as if the devil was dragging my soul to hell, and I was clutching what ever thread of life I could hold onto. 

    Turns out, Melissa was already in the bathroom, and was casually announcing her occupancy to me before I tried to double up on the single toilet.

    So, lesson learned, make sure your spouse is still in bed before you try to use the bathroom. The results could be catastrophic. 

    Our NeighborhoodPower Lines #blackAndWhite #lines #melissa #power #scared #sepia #sleeping #toilet