altNOAA 🇺🇸
@altnoaa.bsky.social
Original resistance account for the NOAA. Not official account of NOAA but close enough we can forecast them.
Weather geek. Boat driver. Former airman. Weekend redneck. Coffee: black. Kinda Grumpy. Go Walz! 🌮
Weather geek. Boat driver. Former airman. Weekend redneck. Coffee: black. Kinda Grumpy. Go Walz! 🌮
Pinned
altNOAA 🇺🇸
@altnoaa.bsky.social
· Nov 14
NWS Bots for Bluesky
nws-bot.us
None of this is official, but there have been NWS bots setup to get weather info, alerts and warnings.
nws-bot.us
nws-bot.us
Reposted by altNOAA 🇺🇸
How rare is the Strait of Hormuz for US vessels? I did 28 ocean crossings, including some with Sealift to upgrade my license to Master of unlimited tonnage. I've done several more as Master (captain) and I have never transited that Strait. In fairness, I didn't move oil. But it's low, < 15/month.
February 9, 2026 at 9:11 PM
How rare is the Strait of Hormuz for US vessels? I did 28 ocean crossings, including some with Sealift to upgrade my license to Master of unlimited tonnage. I've done several more as Master (captain) and I have never transited that Strait. In fairness, I didn't move oil. But it's low, < 15/month.
I'm not really satisfied with this. Iran has long been dangerous to merchant ships, but that danger has increased since Trump took office. There's not a lot of US flagged vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Better guidance would be to schedule the transit with US Navy and meet an escort ship.
US issues fresh guidance to vessels transiting Strait of Hormuz as Iran tensions simmer
The United States issued fresh guidance on Monday to commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for Middle East oil supplies, as tensions simmered between Washington and T...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
I'm not really satisfied with this. Iran has long been dangerous to merchant ships, but that danger has increased since Trump took office. There's not a lot of US flagged vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Better guidance would be to schedule the transit with US Navy and meet an escort ship.
Reposted by altNOAA 🇺🇸
Yes! The Pinkerton Limit applies:
Official acts performed as part of a criminal conspiracy become criminal acts and lose all official force.
medium.com/newco/what-c...
Official acts performed as part of a criminal conspiracy become criminal acts and lose all official force.
medium.com/newco/what-c...
What Can Be Pardoned?
Some unexpected ins and outs of an executive power
medium.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Yes! The Pinkerton Limit applies:
Official acts performed as part of a criminal conspiracy become criminal acts and lose all official force.
medium.com/newco/what-c...
Official acts performed as part of a criminal conspiracy become criminal acts and lose all official force.
medium.com/newco/what-c...
This company runs a DHS tent encampment in Texas where multiple inmates have been killed by employees. The company is registered and has been awarded government contracts as a "minority owned" business. The Owner/CEO's photo is in this article.
This Tuckahoe home won a $1.26 billion contract for an ICE detention center. The owner isn't talking.
The company’s website is dated and largely accessible only via login.
www.richmonder.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM
This company runs a DHS tent encampment in Texas where multiple inmates have been killed by employees. The company is registered and has been awarded government contracts as a "minority owned" business. The Owner/CEO's photo is in this article.
Maxwell says she'll clear Trump's name in exchange for clemency. Trump hasn't been charged with a crime related to Epstein (yet). But if he issues her a pardon in exchange for a personal favor, then he will be committing a crime. It'd also be a crime outside the scope of his Presidential Immunity.
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Maxwell says she'll clear Trump's name in exchange for clemency. Trump hasn't been charged with a crime related to Epstein (yet). But if he issues her a pardon in exchange for a personal favor, then he will be committing a crime. It'd also be a crime outside the scope of his Presidential Immunity.
MAGA are rooting for a convicted pedophile.
February 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
MAGA are rooting for a convicted pedophile.
If the word Florida appears on these English only exams, someone should sue the state for not making it English only.
Spanish-speaking drivers react to Florida's shift toward English-only license exams
In Miami-Dade, nearly 34,000 people signed up for appointments in February, and about 67% requested the Spanish-language exam.
www.cbsnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
If the word Florida appears on these English only exams, someone should sue the state for not making it English only.
Reposted by altNOAA 🇺🇸
Nobody is ever going to beat singing Purple Rain while in purple rain.
February 9, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Nobody is ever going to beat singing Purple Rain while in purple rain.
It's all cute until there's an epidemic.
'Take the vaccine, please,' a top US health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise
A leading U.S. health official is urging people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states. The appeal is from Dr.
apnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
It's all cute until there's an epidemic.
In my opinion, this guy from Minneapolis is still the undisputed Prince of Super Bowl halftime shows. Oh no, let's go!
February 9, 2026 at 9:07 AM
In my opinion, this guy from Minneapolis is still the undisputed Prince of Super Bowl halftime shows. Oh no, let's go!
I've got $100 that says when most Canadians are traveling and asked where they're from they don't say America.
Iconic moment as he says "God Bless América" and then names every country in South, Central, and North america in order
For the rest of the hemisphere, América doesn't mean the U.S.
It means evveeerrybody
For the rest of the hemisphere, América doesn't mean the U.S.
It means evveeerrybody
February 9, 2026 at 7:49 AM
I've got $100 that says when most Canadians are traveling and asked where they're from they don't say America.
I've dressed kind of like this before. But the foliage I had to use more often than not had bugs in it.
February 9, 2026 at 7:42 AM
I've dressed kind of like this before. But the foliage I had to use more often than not had bugs in it.
I guess the new t-shirt: "Occupy Moon".
Elon has apparently finally abandoned his 20 year long assertion that he was just about to build a city on Mars any day now :-)
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 AM
I guess the new t-shirt: "Occupy Moon".
There's probably a million people in Texas who know how to kick a football and have big Friday Nights Lights dreams of doing so. This story is going to make a lot of them mad.
Aussie punter Dickson delivers Super Bowl masterclass in Seahawks victory
Michael Dickson delivered one of the best performances by a punter in Super Bowl history as Seattle beat the New England Patriots 29-13 on Sunday, with the Australian celebrating his championship win ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:20 AM
There's probably a million people in Texas who know how to kick a football and have big Friday Nights Lights dreams of doing so. This story is going to make a lot of them mad.
Reposted by altNOAA 🇺🇸
It seems to be pretty common thing. They get people from Indonesia, the Philippines and other places. They don't pay them, they're just "stuck" on a fishing boat. And if they refuse to work, the lucky ones get a bullet in the head before being thrown overboard. A lot of that food is in our markets.
February 9, 2026 at 6:58 AM
It seems to be pretty common thing. They get people from Indonesia, the Philippines and other places. They don't pay them, they're just "stuck" on a fishing boat. And if they refuse to work, the lucky ones get a bullet in the head before being thrown overboard. A lot of that food is in our markets.
Reposted by altNOAA 🇺🇸
I was bringing a vessel from Peru to Cali years ago and west of Ecuador there was a body in the water. Contacted authority on radio, they told us to take pictures, note drift and GPS and to hold position (it takes a mile to stop). We did all that. Guy was shot. Illegal Chinese fishing fleet nearby.
February 9, 2026 at 6:56 AM
I was bringing a vessel from Peru to Cali years ago and west of Ecuador there was a body in the water. Contacted authority on radio, they told us to take pictures, note drift and GPS and to hold position (it takes a mile to stop). We did all that. Guy was shot. Illegal Chinese fishing fleet nearby.
Wait until you learn about the seafood industry...
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/internationa...
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/internationa...
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Wait until you learn about the seafood industry...
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/internationa...
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/internationa...
I'm a weird traveler. My spouse is a more typical traveler. Most people, like her, want to visit cities. We went to Spain over the summer. I had zero interest in Madrid. When we went to France, I had no real interest in Paris. I like getting into the rural areas, the back roads and meeting real ppl.
February 9, 2026 at 6:22 AM
I'm a weird traveler. My spouse is a more typical traveler. Most people, like her, want to visit cities. We went to Spain over the summer. I had zero interest in Madrid. When we went to France, I had no real interest in Paris. I like getting into the rural areas, the back roads and meeting real ppl.
Reposted by altNOAA 🇺🇸
The unfortunate news is that most of America doesn't look like a golf course. It looks like crops and livestock. Maybe a farmer down the road thinks "Trump and I don't like brown folk." But the reality is Trump doesn't like ag folk, period. He's never done an honest day of hard work in his life.
February 9, 2026 at 6:06 AM
The unfortunate news is that most of America doesn't look like a golf course. It looks like crops and livestock. Maybe a farmer down the road thinks "Trump and I don't like brown folk." But the reality is Trump doesn't like ag folk, period. He's never done an honest day of hard work in his life.
Everyone probably has a slightly different perception of what Trump is saying here. But here is mine: I come from a place that ruled by agriculture. It isn't Puerto Rico, but farm work is farm work. Trump saw something representative of farm work instead of gilded walls and he didn't see America.
Imagine being the most powerful man in the world and being this much of a whiney victim BITCH.
Good god what a child
Good god what a child
February 9, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Everyone probably has a slightly different perception of what Trump is saying here. But here is mine: I come from a place that ruled by agriculture. It isn't Puerto Rico, but farm work is farm work. Trump saw something representative of farm work instead of gilded walls and he didn't see America.
Vegetarian jokes are like Pluto debates—people think they’re clever, but the science community moved on years ago.
I think I’ll end with a @SuperBowl Sunday dad-joke thought…
Would be cool if, at the end of the season, they corralled all @NFL players who are vegetarian, and allow them to play in their own Salad Bowl.
Would be cool if, at the end of the season, they corralled all @NFL players who are vegetarian, and allow them to play in their own Salad Bowl.
February 9, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Vegetarian jokes are like Pluto debates—people think they’re clever, but the science community moved on years ago.
They hit 10,000!
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 AM
They hit 10,000!
Reposted by altNOAA 🇺🇸
And there it is. He fucking watched it too. 🤣
February 9, 2026 at 2:06 AM
And there it is. He fucking watched it too. 🤣
"Nobody understands a word this guy is saying..."
Says el hombre gordo naranja from Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
Says el hombre gordo naranja from Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
"Nobody understands a word this guy is saying..."
Says el hombre gordo naranja from Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
Says el hombre gordo naranja from Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
"Epstein wasn't running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men..." ~ FBI
Mystery surrounds the Jeffrey Epstein files after Bondi claims 'tens of thousands' of videos
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s comments about evidence the Justice Department is reviewing from its Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation have fueled anticipation about the expected release of m...
apnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 AM
"Epstein wasn't running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men..." ~ FBI