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Tim Armstrong

@ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social

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NWS meteorologist in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA⛈️ Environmentalist, retro gamer, gardener, birder and space afficionado🚀 Loves: democracy, empathy, Star Trek, Epcot, anime, and cuddly housecats 😸

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Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · 21h

High astronomical tides plus onshore winds were responsible. More flood pics: bsky.app/profile/wmbf...

WMBF News @wmbfnews.com · 22h

Some more photos coming in of flooding in Cherry Grove.

Credit: Erin Sharp

Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · 1d

Preliminary water level reached 8.38 feet MLLW in Myrtle Beach, the highest since Dec 2023 tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stationhome....

WMBF News @wmbfnews.com · 1d

LOOK: Atlantic Ave causeway in Garden city is now closed

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Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · 4d

One-pedal driving and easy charging are the two things Tesla got right

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Dennis Mersereau 🛰️ @wxdam.com · 6d

This is quite the ridge over the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada.

It's warmer in Moosonee, Ontario—located on the shores of James Bay—than it is down in New Orleans.

A temperature map across the U.S. and parts of Canada and Mexico on Sunday afternoon. 70s and 80s bathe the eastern half of the continent.

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The Charlotte Observer @charlotteobserver.com · 9d

Federal workers provide weather forecasts for North Carolinians. Here’s how the shutdown could affect services during hurricane season.

Will government shutdown affect National Weather Service & NC hurricane updates?

Federal workers provide weather forecasts for North Carolinians. Here’s how the shutdown could affect services during hurricane season.

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Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · 12d

One of my absolute favorites too! After his TNG role, actor Jerry Hardin created a traveling show called "Mark Twain: One Man and His World" that ran from 1993 to at least 1997. Wish I could have seen it!

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Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · 14d

Hurricane #Helene was tearing through the southern Appalachians one year ago today. An excellent recent blog post from the NC Climate Office @ncsco.bsky.social puts the storm's impacts in historical perspective. #ncwx

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Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · 22d

I remember 7-8 years ago when Electrek only posted glowingly positive articles about muskrat and tsla. Good for Fred Lambert coming around and seeing through the forest of half-truths and exaggerations

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 23d

I stand with PBS.

I stand with NPR.

I stand with Stephen Colbert.

I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.

I stand with the First Amendment.

PERIOD.*

*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

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Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · 23d

Full electrification of our transportation systems can't come soon enough. Although even that won't end the legacy of our fossil fuel era.

Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · 25d

This was an excellent report! My family and I took a train from the Selma station last year and enjoyed the journey almost as much as the destination.

Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · 28d

Forty-one years ago (Sep 12, 1984) Hurricane Diana was about to make landfall near Cape Fear just south of Wilmington, NC. My storm history page: www.weather.gov/ilm/Diana1984 #ncwx

Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · 29d

I worked at the Hickory Toys R Us the summer the Virtual Boy was being discontinued and clearanced. Never played it long enough for headaches - but it's not surprising.

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Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · 29d

I remember seeing someone had that turned into a tattoo www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/co...

From the pokemon community on Reddit: Ok cool but have you seen my Jolteon driving LT. Surge's Jeep Tattoo?!

Explore this post and more from the pokemon community

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Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · 29d

I appreciate your reporting here

Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · Sep 11

High tide on Bradley Creek #WilmingtonNC

Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · Sep 2

Tides, volcanoes, earthquakes, and hurricanes: all things that I'm not clever enough to dream up if they didn't happen on this wonderful and weird planet we call home!

Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Sep 2

Sea Level

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Comic. [Two people on shore looking at body of water] PERSON 1: Hey, where’s that big island we were looking at this morning? PERSON 2 with short hair: Oh, it’s underwater. The ocean’s depth here goes up and down by like ten feet every day. PERSON 1: What? PERSON 2: It’s because the planet has a big moon orbiting near the surface. It causes weird gravity effects. PERSON 1: *What???* [caption] People here are used to them, but tides are one of the weirdest and most sci-fi elements of life on Earth.

Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · Aug 30

Infrared cat 😸

Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is remarkable. As federal employees we're required to take whistleblower training ensuring there won't be retaliation for shining light on corruption. But I guess when the White House is nothing but corruption, this is what we get.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 27

Breaking News: FEMA suspended about 30 employees who had told Congress that the Trump administration had gutted the nation’s emergency preparedness.

FEMA Suspends Staff Who Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump

The letter, sent to Congress on Monday, said cuts made by the Trump administration had erased improvements made to disaster response since Hurricane Katrina.

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Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · Aug 26

Your satellite photo doesn't show either storm

Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · Aug 25

Tandy 1000TX from Radio Shack. 286 8 MHz processor, 640k RAM, 40 MB hard drive, 2400 bps modem, and CGA graphics. I still think about how much fun I had playing Monuments of Mars and SimEarth on there!

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Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · Aug 25

www.whqr.org/2025-08-22/d...
I'm saddened to see what would have been a multi-gigawatt carbon-free electricity source just off Cape Fear canceled. Although economic reasons are claimed for the decision I suspect regressive far-right politics played a larger role. #wind

Duke Energy says offshore wind is too expensive to build, for now

The N.C. Utilities Commission directed Duke to work with wind energy developers to see if committing to a wind farm by the mid-2030s is cost effective.

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Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · Aug 25

I've seen this species in Holly Shelter gameland in Pender County, NC. Delightful little birds to watch!

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Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · Aug 25

I love your SCE to AUX shirt!

Tim Armstrong @ilmthunderstorm.bsky.social · Aug 23

That is stunning! My favorite Enterprise.