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Stacy Porter

@iceicestacy.bsky.social
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climate and atmospheric science educator Enjoys frozen water, not federal goons.

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 17h
A front stretching from Japan to Alaska across the entire Pacific Ocean seems unusual.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good end-of-FY coverage by the Times. The amount of unspent funds has wiggled but it was pretty clear for some time now that NSF was simply not going to spend a substantial portion of its congressional appropriation this year.
nytimes.com
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · 28/09/2026
New Horizons is now *three days away* from shutting off its two heliophysics instruments, simply because NASA has not provided the $2M in funding it had promised to the mission last year or this year. There is no science basis for shutting these off. Our earlier coverage:
science.org
NASA’s New Horizons mission may shut down two instruments over lack of funding
Decision risks “incalculable loss” of data from the edge of the Sun’s influence, scientists say
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ohio now has over 125 active moratoriums on data centers. See where they are. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/18/o...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
Ohio passes over 125 active data center moratoriums
At least 136 Ohio municipalities and townships have active moratoriums on data centers as of Sept. 16, local government records and news reports show.
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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I laughed, but then I thought how much misogyny exists among police and how this can be used by agents to deepen their hatred of women.
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Gareth Funning @gfun.earth · 15/09/2026
NSF GEO webinar summary: we have reduced programs from 15 down to 3, we have no deadlines, we have no guidelines on project size, duration or budget, we have no money
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Lee Petersen @leepetersen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Inside one of the glacier caves we visited this summer in the Alaska Range. Story and photos here: lwpetersen.substack.com/p/three-days... #alaska #glacier #climatechange #hiking
Inside a glacier cave, walls of ice curve overhead and down the left side of the frame in deep blues that darken into shadow. The ice is layered and translucent, streaked with fine bands of dark sediment. Daylight enters through an opening in the upper left, throwing a bright glow across a lower shelf of ice on the right, where a wet, uneven surface scattered with grit and meltwater catches the light and shines. The textures range from smooth polished ice to rougher debris-covered slopes.
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Greg Porter @gporterwx.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Quite a sight to see. Two major hurricanes in the east Pacific #Lowell and #Karina, with Marie now alive on intensifying. #ElNiño is here
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Tom Di Liberto @tdiliberto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Emily is the best El Nino communicator out there.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Rest in peace, Wendell Berry.
The Peace of Wild Things
Wendell Berry

When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

from Openings: Poems (1968)
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Mac McGill @maddmac.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Terrifying article that bodes poorly.
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NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll
An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved.
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WeatherFront @wxfront.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
WATCH THIS: You can really see the bugs, bats, birds, and other biota take flight after sunset and during the afternoon in this 24 hour radar mosaic. 📡🐞🦇🦜
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Stacy Porter @iceicestacy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly was one of the best humans this planet has seen. She made me proud to grow up in East TN.
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Dolly Parton - Home
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Stacy Porter @iceicestacy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
So stupid.
grist.org
How Florida quietly removed climate change content from textbooks
Publishers acceded to state requests watering down information on climate change’s impact, WUSF/Hechinger Report investigation finds. Now the state has turned to updating its science standards
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Alaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Join me in submitting a public comment to demand the Forest Service NOT repeal the Roadless Rule that has protected over 45 million acres of National Forest from logging and mining at the link below: action.outdooralliance.org/a/roadless?m...
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Workday and university branding are how bureucratic fascism took root. The AI boondoggle is just hoovering up what those helped knock down.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Alma Thomas, The #Eclipse, 1970 #WomensArt #Eclipse
Abstract painting of circles within circles in different colours created with neat dashes of paint
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I guess when you've run out of Earthling women to pester, send your penis rocket blasting into the moon cbs12.com/news/local/a...
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Abandoned SpaceX rocket slams into moon at 5,400 mph, carving new crater
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster that launched from Florida struck the surface of the moon early Wednesday, creating a new crater.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Not sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.
canarymedia.com
A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US
Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
If whoever occupies that Longaberger basket building doesn't take advantage of the event opportunities around the release of the Wicker movie, they do not deserve the lease.
a building shaped like  huge ass wicker basket
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Dr. Peter Neff @icy-pete.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New attention on NSF Office of Polar Programs in the Senate: a proposal to make OPP a permanent directorate within the National Science Foundation. From Sullivan (R-AK), Murkowski (R-AK), and Hickenlooper (D-CO). www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
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AGU Science Policy @aguscipolicy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Ready to make your voice heard where it matters most? 🌷🏛️ Learn how to engage, influence, and lead conversations that shape the future of science. ✨ Sign up for @agu.org's Summer Days of Action 👇 airtable.com/appMAthdigKU...
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Lucy A. Snyder @lucyasnyder.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I and @jarodkanderson.bsky.social, @quotidianwriter.bsky.social, Mindy McGinnis, Nelson Rolon, and Thao Thai are mentoring emerging Central Ohio writers through the Writers Rising program, which is free and open to applications now through 8/20: www.quotidianwriter.com/writers-rising
Writers Rising poster
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Eos @eos.org · 20/07/2026
The East Northwall Firn Glacier atop Puncak Jaya has shrunk by 95% since 2002, a new photogrammetry effort has found. eos.org/articles/the...
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The “Eternity Glaciers” Are Almost Gone - Eos
The equatorial glaciers atop Puncak Jaya, Oceania’s tallest peak, have shrunk by about 95% since 2002, according to a new photogrammetry mapping effort.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/07/2026
Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
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The Wild @thewild.news · 14/07/2026
A recent study highlights the impact of road pollution, finding that toxic vehicle emissions cause about five US deaths every hour. #airpollution
theguardian.com
Five Americans die every hour from toxic vehicle emissions, study finds
Research suggests 41,800 premature US deaths in 2024 were attributable to road pollution
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Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
One of the quiet bright moments of lockdown was Sam Neill serenading us on the ukulele. This type of tenderness feels rare nowadays, how lucky we were. Thank you for everything. ❤️❤️❤️
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Last day to submit a public comment on these proposed rules, which would hand complete control of American science over to the people who brought you ICE, war, and a diarrhea epidemic agu.quorum.us/campaign/163...
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Stop OMB From Erasing Federal Research
A new proposed rule rewrites the terms of U.S. science
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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Did you write your comment yet on the OMB rules on federally funded science yet? No? Don’t worry, you can do it this weekend. Here are some resources that can help you get started.
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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) global aerosol optical depth (AOD) forecasts since 1 July highlight intense Saharan dust and wildfire smoke being transported in both directions over the North Atlantic Ocean. @ecmwf.int ⬇️
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Jeff Abbott @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A Paradise Built in Hell by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is one of the most important works on how communities respond to crisis I have ever read. Everything Rebecca writes inspires me, but this one has had a major impact in my life and how I report.
My copy of A Paradise Built in Hell
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The Merlin Bird ID app will soon allow users to contribute data to monitor bird populations and aid conservation efforts. The project at Cornell University that produced the Merlin Bird ID app was funded by NSF’s Directorate for STEM Education (EDU), which was gutted by the Trump regime. 🪶
theguardian.com
Birdsong data from Merlin ID app to help global biodiversity project
Cornell Lab for Ornithology plans data linkup between app and population monitoring on eBird platform
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Stacy Porter @iceicestacy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Fireworks and a dome of high pressure 😬
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Here’s Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately. Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it. gizmodo.com/heres-why-we...
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Here's Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately
Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it.
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Robert Mahon @bedform.org · 30/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Five Americans die every hour from toxic vehicle emissions, study finds
Research suggests 41,800 premature US deaths in 2024 were attributable to road pollution
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Someone please mash up Narcissus and the Portrait of Dorian Gray into the tale a demented man who thought to see his own magnificence reflected in, well, a Reflecting Pool and instead saw failure and algae and decay.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 22/06/2026
Exclusive: The National Science Foundation is trimming this year’s budgets for hundreds of its traditional basic science programs by roughly 20% to 30%, even though its overall budget is down just 3%. scim.ag/4xY2KCm
science.org
Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say
Unexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year
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Stacy Porter @iceicestacy.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I'm being terrorized by squirrels trying to get into my home. I've counted at least three squirrels, and they're trying to get in through every window.
A large, grey squirrel clinging onto the outside of a window screen. Houseplants in the foreground inside. Outside in background, it is a sunny day with a green lawn.Close-up of a grey squirrel clinging to the outside of a window screen. The window is closed. Outside it's a sunny day and a green lawn.A large, grey squirrel clinging onto the outside of a window screen. Houseplants in the foreground inside.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
"nearly 75% of instructional staff in American higher education now work outside the tenure system. Contingency no longer exists at the edges of academic life; it increasingly defines the structure through which the university teaches, adapts, + reproduces itself." working-mass.com/2026/06/04/i...
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Intellectual Homelessness: The Adjunct and the Disappearing University - Working Mass
By: Ashraf Hazeyen Every semester, the adjunct professor walks into the classroom carrying the full symbolic weight of the university while possessing almost none of its protections. They enter with a...
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Mediapolitic @mediapolitic.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
You guys, the White House accidentally ordered 10x the amount of Porta-Potties that they needed. The lawn is just acres of Porta-Potties. It’s all fenced off and you can’t see, but I took this photo through a hole in the fence netting.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 01/06/2026
This is Bodie. His presence indicates the beginning of Pride Month. May his whimsy and steadfastness bring joy and confidence to all. 14/10 the parade starts right behind him 🌈🐾 (IG: hellobodie)
a golden retriever puppy on a bright pink rope leash prances through some tall grass. he’s wearing a brightly patterned bandana around his neck and is carrying a miniature six-stripe pride flag in his mouth. his front right paw is raised mid-stride, like he’s ready to hop into a pride parade at any second.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Breaking: Judge Jackson blocks NSF from dismantling NCAR. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72496...
For the reasons stated above, Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction,
ECF No. 18, is hereby GRANTED. Defendants are hereby PRELIMINARY
ENJOINED from divesting UCAR or NCAR of any rights, resources, or
responsibilities related to the NWSC.
SO ORDERED this 1st day of June, 2026.
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Dakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
This is one of the wilder satellite animations I've seen in a minute... Wildfires produce their own thunderstorms while smoke wraps around a low pressure. What a fascinating view out of southern Kansas this evening.
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Pellechs @pellechs.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
This hit me so hard this week.
Search is full of ads and wrong answers. Every other email is an ad. Prime Video charges you and shows ads. Paramount? Ads. Peacock? YouTube? Hulu? Ads followed by more ads. Netflix full of ads. Meta and X, every other thing is an ad. Pinterest is nothing but ads. AI is in everything. AI finishes sentences incorrectly and won’t stop. AI reads your email and search history to target you with more ads. Every time you open an app or visit a site there’s an update making it worse. In a hurry? First, click here to agree to terms you don’t have time to read and must accept. You need an account to do that. Change your temporary password. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email and enter that code. Now use a passkey. Your password is too simple to remember. Change it. No, not like that. Now log on. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email for a code… Welcome back! We’ve updated our terms of service and privacy policy (you have none). Subscribe to the site. Subscribe to Netflix. Subscribe to toilet paper. Subscribe to these groceries. Pay a membership fee for the right to subscribe then tip your driver who delivers the subscriptions your membership lets you subscribe to. Time to work? We’ve got to update your laptop and will slow down everything you do until you agree to update. But first, click here to agree. Update installed — your laptop’s broken now. It doesn’t matter, since your boss just replaced you with AI.  Go to your phone to complain on social media. Wait, your phone needs an update so we can add more AI. Click here. Oh sorry, your phone can’t handle this update. Now it’s useless. Go get the newest phone. Here’s a text from a friend, an email, a voice mail they left three days ago but you didn’t see until now because of sync problems with the cloud. It’s their GoFundMe. Their MLM. Their Patreon. Never mind, you didn’t respond to their text within 9 minutes and now you’re no longer friends. They blocked you. Make new friends. Download this app to find people in your are…
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The political impact of extreme weather depends a lot on how we talk about that weather. If journalists, elected officials, and other trusted messengers explicitly link extreme weather to climate change, then "climate change worry" and "support for government action" rises. #EndClimateSilence
What did the researchers do and find? We conducted an online messaging experiment with over 10,000 adults in India, the UK, and the USA. We measured the impact of information about different types of extreme weather (flooding versus heat waves) on beliefs that climate change made extreme weather in 2023 more likely. We also tested the effectiveness of different numerical frames, namely times versus percentages. We found that just a short, simple phrase that links climate change to extreme weather can significantly impact even distant outcomes like climate change worry and support for government action. However, there was no difference in the impact of numerical framing nor type of extreme weather event. Indeed, there are spillover effects of attribution messages from one type of extreme weather to the other - attributing increased
flooding to climate change affects beliefs about heat waves, and vice versa.
What do these findings mean? Our findings suggest that, rather than focusing resources on testing different wording and frames, it may be more important that people simply hear about the links between climate change and extreme weather. However, we acknowledge that we only vary one framing (the framing of magnitude) and it is possible that other framing variations would produce greater
heterogeneity in treatment effects.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Commentary: Bowling Green researchers conducted a poll to measure the strength of the MAGA movement in Ohio. While MAGA remains popular with older, rural, conservative, Born Again men without four year degrees, the movement is showing cracks in the state ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/07/w...
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What is the status of the MAGA movement in Ohio? And what does it mean for the 2026 Election? • Ohio Capital Journal
Bowling Green researchers recently conducted a poll to measure the strength of the MAGA movement in Ohio. While MAGA remains popular with older, rural, conservative, Born Again men without four year…
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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
"What’s kind of striking is, in general in paleoscience, every time we have improved reconstructions of CO2, we find out that it’s playing the major role in climate.” - @mudwaterclimate.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...
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Ancient ice core could help explain mysterious shift in Earth’s ice ages
Record-setting Antarctic archive reveals sharp swings in carbon dioxide 1 million years ago
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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
No surprises here ... US faculty members report high levels of anxiety www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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US faculty members report high levels of anxiety
Surveys show the importance of social, familial and structural support in lowering anxiety, particularly for people in health professions.
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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Came across this Leopold quote again today: "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." And thinking about data centers, and how very very far we are from metabolizing this basic wisdom.
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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
MiniCOW packs MegaPOWER! Observes birth and ingestion of satellite tornado and Fujiwara effect deflecting tornado. Tornado transitions 2x between clear eye and debris ball. Prelim data from most powerful mobile radar, 1 MegaWatt C-band storm-penetrating miniCOW in Braman, OK 🌪️
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