This I did not expect! It was an incredible evening being honored by the PR House of Representatives 🇵🇷for being exalted to honorary member of American Meteorological Society. Puerto Rican artist Marcos Alegría’s commission includes the Capitol building and an accurate depiction of yesterday’s weather.

Every tenth of a degree matters.

Climate scientists and communicators will continue to battle to bend the curve.

But we know it’s an uphill fight, and the future looks increasingly challenging, at best

Algunas escenas de lo transcurrido en la rotonda del Capitolio de Puerto Rico hoy, donde fui homenajeado por la Cámara de Representantes de Puerto Rico. Fueron tantas gratas sorpresas, con una producción impecable. La obra de Marcos Alegría está bella—ni hablar. Mil gracias a todos, y gracias Roberto Cortes T2

No, el privilegio es mío. Quedé anonadado con todo lo que formó parte de la ceremonia en el Capitolio esta noche. Gracias al presidente de la Cámara y a todos ustedes por armar un evento tan memorable. 🇵🇷

🛬 PR 🇵🇷
Una cosa es ser exaltado en una asociación profesional preeminente como American Meteorological Society, y otra es ser reconocido en el Capitolio de mi querido Puerto Rico. Para alguien como yo, orgulloso de ser puertorriqueño, este día significa más. Me siento sumamente honrado y agradecido.

Early in May, when seen 30 to 45 minutes before dawn, a thin crescent Moon drifts among the planets Saturn, Mars, and Mercury’s solar eclipse. The Moon reappears in the evening sky, passing near the bright planet Jupiter and the Pleiades star cluster. (via Sky & Telescope)

My professional life would have been so much simpler and devoid of sleepless nights if this had come to pass three decades ago! #tvnews #broadcastnews #media

“FTC Bans Noncompetes” 👇🏼 radioink.com/2024/04/23/ftc…

Wysocki and I didn’t coincide at CU. But through frequent interactions with him and his many mentees in recent decades, I’ve come to realize how many lives he’s helped shape for the better. In true #Cornell fashion, Wysocki has done the greatest good

This is the most accurate and colorful description of the current and future state of meteorology I believe I have ever read. Well-stated and inspiring. The job is rapidly shifting (has shifted?) from predicting the weather to interpreting the data into specific impact likelihood

On the final night of Florida's 2024 legislative session, a construction industry lobbyist DEMANDED lawmakers pass a bill blocking local heat-safety rules.

'HEAT cannot die,' the lobbyist texted the House Speaker's chief of staff.

via McKenna Schueler:

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5 minute warning South Florida: exceptional pass of the Int'l Space Station begins at 5:44 AM EDT. If skies are sufficiently clear, look to the SW initially. The station will pass overhead 75° above the horizon. The event lasts 4.6 minutes

South Florida early risers: exceptional pass of the Int'l Space Station begins tomorrow morning April 18 at 5:44 AM EDT. If skies are sufficiently clear, look to the SW initially. The station will pass overhead 75° above the horizon. The event lasts 4.6 minutes

.NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch confirms the world is currently experiencing a global #coral bleaching event. This is the fourth global event on record and the second in the last 10 years.

More: bit.ly/3Q1H4ki

Very tall plume visible from much of inland #Miami . Good thing smoke is heading west

🚨 BREAKING: Gov. DeSantis signs bill banning local heat protections for outdoor workers, sparking public outcry. Yoca Arditi-Rocha, Executive Director of The CLEO Institute, questions state's move amid worsening climate. Read more here: cleoinstitute.org/the-cleo-insti…

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Why installing #solar panels at home is a smart choice 👇🏼

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#SolarSense #energytransition

I’m unrelentingly posting about this because it’s an absolutely mammoth issue that is getting some media coverage but not nearly enough. This isn’t just a California and Florida story. It’s coming for you too.

'[S]mall insurers...in #Florida are...so financially weak that they wouldn’t typically meet federal guidelines allowing them to back mortgaged homes. ...

[C]onsumers are being led to believe their insurers are much healthier than they really are'

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