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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 2d

@phillies-therapy.com @mattgelb.bsky.social Found this cool shadow tool at the LA Times.

How to find the shade at Dodger Stadium - Los Angeles Times share.google/Qug1CnsinvMd...

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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 2d

What do you think? This is ~455 ft traced out on Google Maps. Do you think Kyle Schwarber's home run went farther per video evidence? It's difficult to see its actual landing location on various replay views. #Phillies

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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 3d

All I want for Christmas is for the Phillies to somehow get this NLDS to game 5 back in Philly. Pretty please.

Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 4d

Not surprising from him. He's said something really similar about this fan reaction in previous years. I thought he would "get" Philly by now but he doesn't and likely won't.

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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 4d

All the discussion of to bunt or not to bunt goes away if the Phillies just put up like 7 runs in the first five innings. Maybe they win 3 in a row? Yeah, not likely.

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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 5d

As it stands right now, this is looking like a poor fall foliage color season. Green 🍃 on the branch and then dead 🍂 on the ground. I'll hold out hope until we get into the mid month.

Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 7d

Oh was there? I thought that energy was still hanging back closer to the US

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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for this. I usually like to keep relatives in Donegal abreast of any significant wx on the horizon but this storm caught me off guard. Usually this time of year we can draw up a tropical connection but this seems mostly a mid latitude connection that got a big jolt from the mid/upper levels.

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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 7d

Really doesn't seem that long ago but when you have 3 kids beginning in 2012 mixed with COVID and a hurricane strike, life becomes a time warp.

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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 7d

Wheeler cameo at the end. *gasp*

Philadelphia Phillies (Bot) @notphillies.bsky.social · 7d

All for October.

#RedOctober

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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 9d

When it comes to spotting AI imagery, I like to bring attention to the "smooth wrinkles" oxymoron. It's a common characteristic.

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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 10d

Would like to see this type of cold front sooner rather than later. (this was mid Oct 2024)

Waiting....🥱

Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 11d

These houses were deemed unsafe 10 years ago. There's a decent chance they have been unoccupied for some time now.
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islandfreepress.org/outer-banks-...

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 11d

Not often you'll see relatively light winds associated with a hurricane, other than within its central eye

Humberto interacting with Imelda, creating a 'col' like region of slack winds between the two of them

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National Lightning Safety Council @lightningsafety.bsky.social · 14d

The U.S. used to have 400-500 lightning fatalities a year. Globally, we see 24,000 fatalities a year from lightning - many of them occurring at sporting events.

Really shameful to see this on Big Noon Kickoff.

The Smoking Musket @smokingmusket.bsky.social · 14d

can't even be struck by lightning and killed because of woke

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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 14d

To the meteorologist tv dude from upstate SC who jumped far too early on the developing tropical cyclone early model runs and unnecessarily scared people in WNC and upstate SC.... Do better.

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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 15d

I don't think you can get any lower on the forecast confidence level for future Imelda. In fact, I probably shouldn't even type "Imelda". Will it fully develop enough to get a name? That aspect along with forecast timing and track is so very low at this time.

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 15d

A year ago the NWS in Greenville sent out the warning that Helene would be catastrophic

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
122 PM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024
...CATASTROPHIC FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS FROM HURRICANE HELENE...
This will be one of the most significant weather events to happen in the western portions of the area in the modern era. Record flooding is forecasted and has been compared to the floods of 1916 in the Asheville area. The impacts from this event are expected to be greater than Tropical Storm Fred from August 2021, the mountains in 2004 from Frances and Ivan, and in Upstate South Carolina the Saluda River Basin flooding from 1949. We plead with everyone that you take every single weather warning very seriously through the entirety of this event as impacts will be life-threatening and make sure to have multiple ways to receive the alerts. The protection of life and property is the overall mission of the National Weather Service, and we pledge to stand by the folks of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia. We cannot stress the significance of this event enough. Heed all evacuation orders from your local Emergency Managers and go to a storm shelter if you do not feel safe at your current location.
Landslides, including fast-moving debris flows consisting of water, mud, falling rocks, trees, and other large debris, are most likely within small valleys that drain steep slopes.
Landslides are powerful and potentially deadly, capable of washing out roads, bridges, and homes. People living in areas prone to landslides should be avare of the danger and be prepared to act.

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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 16d

This video is a 10 out of 10 on the yikes!-o-meter.
youtu.be/bUNVdCduGKg?...

ANNOUNCING: America 250 Civics Education Coalition

YouTube video by America First Policy Institute

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Michael Lowry @michaelrlowry.bsky.social · 16d

This is not the look of a system that wants to go gentle into that good night. Interests in the Bahamas and southeast U.S. should monitor the forecasts closely over the coming days.

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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 16d

I think she's referring to 1999 while she was a field producer. Sheri Bachstein, CEO of The Weather Company and GM for IBM Watson Advertising, Author at WomenInc. share.google/KprmzTOap8sR...

Sheri Bachstein, CEO of The Weather Company and GM for IBM Watson Advertising, Author at WomenInc.

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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 16d

Got my eye on future Imelda. If trends hold, there will be rainfall impacts in western North Carolina. But that's all I say now considering the anniversary we're approaching and the need for more model agreement/consistency.

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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 16d

What now.

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals

The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 16d

🤷‍♂️ Because of the opaqueness of GoFundMe and Christian charities, it's difficult to know if the >$7 million was distributed properly to those in need.
grist.org/accountabili... #HeleneRelief

Trump raised $8 million for Hurricane Helene survivors. Where did it all go?

On a dusty, warm day last October, nearly a month after Hurricane Helene tore across the southeastern United States, Donald Trump stood behind a podium in Swannanoa, North Carolina, to pledge funding ...

grist.org

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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 17d

New - “Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.”

www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...

Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE | CNN Politics

Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.

www.cnn.com

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