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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 16h

OTD 7 years ago, October 10, 2018,
@JustonStrmRider and I rode-out the intense right 'eyewall' of devastating CAT 5 Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida. We barely stayed above a rushing 15 foot storm surge.
VIDEO LINK BELOW:
youtu.be/XdTRboLzoUo?...

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 23h

First frost of the season in Dayton, Ohio (October 10, 2025). Relatively close reporting ASOS stations are at 40°F, but that's at 10 meters or ~30 feet elevation. The metal roofs of cars radiate heat more efficiently at lower elevation, so the morning dew froze. #ohwx #frostwarning

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 1d

#weatherpicofday
OTD 24 years ago Jim Bishop and I documented 2 twisters and several supercells during little outbreak in Western Oklahoma. Incredible how many years have passed!
#okwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 3d

Wow, over 3 inches of rain less than storm total since last night in Moraine, Ohio (evening of October 6 to even of October 7, 2025).
@NWSILN
NWS Wilmington Ohio
#ohwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 3d

Unfortunately, no photos or video of my first tornado. Just memory.

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 4d

@JustonStrmRider and I were mesmerized by this incredible supercell structure as the Enderlin, North Dakota EF5 tornado was occurring! This was the first official NWS-assigned EF5 tornado rating since the infamous Moore, Oklahoma Tornado on May 20, 2013. #ndwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 5d

My first tornado was on October 22, 2000 - I've seen tornadoes every year since, 26 years and counting.
#grateful

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 6d

You can see some video of the 2013 Wayne,Nebraska tornado in a video about Megawedges in the link below:

youtu.be/j6x7TvRIlCQ?...

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 6d

#weatherpicofday
2 mile-diameter megawedge tornado hits the east side of Wayne, Nebraska during a significant Fall outbreak OTD 12 years ago, 4 October 2013. Juston Drake and I documented 3 twisters from this high-end tornado event. #NEwx #IAwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 6d

"government of the people, by the people, for the people"
- Abraham Lincoln

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Andrew Pritchard @skydrama.bsky.social · 7d

CORN-ADO CHASING! It was another hot, sunny day with record heat in the Midwest, ripe for dust devils. During the harvest season when cornbelt dust devils fill with corn stalks, I call them corn-adoes! Got my drone into a few of them today.

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 8d

How abouts those Epstein Files???

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 9d

Quick reminder: they can still release the Epstein files during a government shutdown.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 9d

Quick reminder: they can still release the Epstein files during a government shutdown.

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 10d

OTD 3 years ago, September 30, 2025, @JustonStrmRider and I documented the landfall of CAT 1 Hurricane Ian over Garden City Beach, South Carolina. Destructive storm surge flooded the island and stranded us for several hours. #scwx

VIDEO LINK BELOW:
youtu.be/WmgVRhqaQy0?...

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 10d

Hurricane Humberto and Hurricane Imelda dancing in tge open Atlantic looks like a massive mega-storm:

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 10d

Hurricane Humberto and Hurricane Imelda dancing in tge open Atlantic looks like a massive mega-storm:

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 11d

3 years ago yesterday, September 28, 2022, @JustonStrmRider & I documented the destructive & deadly landfall of CAT 4 Hurricane Ian over Placida, Punta Gorda, Cape Coral, and Fort Myers Beach, Florida.
Measured 947.3 mb min pressure in eye.
VIDEO BELOW:
youtu.be/tvb6WHU7uv8?...

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Weather History @weatherhistory.bsky.social · 13d

September 27th, 1906:
A hurricane made landfall in Mississippi. The storm was estimated to have been a Category 2. Damage was widespread on the Gulf Coast, with at least 130 people losing their lives and more than $19 million (1906 USD) being produced.

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 14d

OTD last year, September 26, 2024, Juston Drake and I measured 944.9 mb min pressure in the 'eye' of landfalling CAT 4 Hurricane Helene in Hampton Springs, Florida. We then documented destructive storm surge in Steinhatchee. #FLwx

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Weather History @weatherhistory.bsky.social · 15d

September 25th, 2015:

In the early morning, a significant tornado struck Johns Island, South Carolina. 51 structures were impacted, including 33 that were severely damaged or destroyed. Thousands of trees were snapped or uprooted. No casualties were reported.

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 15d

Our TOP 10 Tropical Cyclone Lowest Barometric Pressure Measurements:
2017 Maria 926.6 mb
2005 Katrina 930 mb
2017 Irma 932.2mb
2005 Rita 939.0 mb
2021 Ida 939.8 mb
2017 Harvey 942 mb
2018 Michael 944.2 mb (right eyewall)
2005 Dennis 945 mb
2020 Laura 947.1 mb
2022 Ian 947.3 mb

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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 16d

Lightning storm over the East Bay, visible from San Francisco. #CAwx

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 16d

#weatherpicofday
Me, our hotel roof debris, and a shredded forest in the background after sunrise following the landfall of CAT 3 Hurricane Rita in Orange, Texas OTD 20 years ago, September 24, 2005. We measured 939 mb min pressure inside eye.
w/ Shawn Moroney, Lela Davis, Joel Taylor, & Reed Timmer

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 17d

#HurricaneGabrielle looks like an amazing tropical cyclone over the open Atlantic this morning. Estimated to be a solid CAT 4 by @NHC_Atlantic
No threat to North America; classic 'fish storm'!

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 18d

CAT 4 Hurricane Hugo was a childhood core weather memory: I watched dozens of fighter jets, relocated from the Carolinas, stream close overhead from the hood of our station wagon parked near end of a Wright Patterson Air Force Base air strip in Fairborn, Ohio. #scwx #ohwx

Weather History @weatherhistory.bsky.social · 18d

September 22nd, 1989:

At midnight, Hurricane Hugo made landfall in South Carolina as a Category 4. At the time, Hugo was the strongest US hurricane since Camille in 1969. In SC, over 21,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, and 35 people were killed (direct/indirect).

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Weather History @weatherhistory.bsky.social · 18d

September 22nd, 1989:

At midnight, Hurricane Hugo made landfall in South Carolina as a Category 4. At the time, Hugo was the strongest US hurricane since Camille in 1969. In SC, over 21,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, and 35 people were killed (direct/indirect).

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 20d

OTD 8 years ago, September 20, 2017, @JustonStrmRider and I documented the landfall of high-end CAT 4 Hurricane Maria over Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Measured our lowest 'eye' pressure of 926.6 mb. Over 3,000 fatalities are attributed to this storm.
VIDEO BELOW:
youtu.be/GmD9umQzwrA?...

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Weather History @weatherhistory.bsky.social · 22d

September 18, 1926:
A Category 4 hurricane made landfall south of downtown Miami. The storm devastated southern Florida, with thousands of structures either damaged by surge or shredded by winds over 120-130 mph. At least 350 people (estimates vary) lost their lives.

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Simon Brewer @stormgasm.bsky.social · 24d

#weatherpicofday
OTD 5 years ago, September 16, 2020, I documented the landfall of strong CAT 2 Hurricane Sally over Gulf Shores, Alabama. Measured 969.1 mb min pressure inside the relatively calm 'eye'. Also, first met chaser Michael Gordon as the eyewall was moving over the area. #ALwx

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Weather History @weatherhistory.bsky.social · 24d

September 16, 1999:

Hurricane Floyd made landfall in North Carolina as a Category 2. The storm, which was one of the largest Atlantic hurricanes on record, brought devastating impacts (mainly flooding) to much of the Eastern Seaboard. Floyd caused 85 fatalities.

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