Saturday, August 15, 2026

live tornado chasing in ohio

https://www.youtube.com/live/83UYZtMIwR0?si=Iw2dWXSTrb04jf8Y tornado almost on ground

bakersfield calif - cops vs guy with gun

https://www.youtube.com/live/vMjimpqA0XI?si=XEWQ_yt6M9fUYiPd newshound rolling up soon some guy just shot at a car - 824 pm edt

the new world

I can do all of my shopping, banking, researching and entertaining via the Internet - have even had doctors appointments in my apartment we could grow crops here also - in theory - could raise animals but would be noisy and smelly - actually - would not be surprised if someone has bred animals in here - lord knows the mice and bed bugs have no problem replicating at times could we store enough food to last 1 year? maybe the building across the street at 30 Mystic St just got a geothermal system - not sure if it is running yet - they might have perpetual energy there - between sunlight and geothermal and wind and rainfall - they could have perpetual self sufficiency - right? how about - we connect the toilet lines to a generator - everytime someone flushes - the generator runs a water pump that flow water to a tank on the roof - then we have fire protection from the roof down - and we have stored potential energy to run a generator that could give electricity on demand 24/7 - right?

fema daily headsUp for Aug 15 2026 Saturday

 National Current Operations / Monitoring – August 14-15, 2026


New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Operations:
• Tropical Storm Lala – HI
• Severe Weather / Flooding – IN

Hazard Monitoring:
• Excessive Rainfall / Flash Flooding – Ohio Valley
• Tropical Activity
   ○ Atlantic:
      • Disturbance 1 (AL92): Low (near 0%)
      • Disturbance 2 (AL94): Low (10%)
   ○ Central and Eastern Pacific:
      • Tropical Storm Lala
      • Tropical Depression Hernan
      • Disturbance 1: Low (30%)
      • Disturbance 2: Low (30%)

Disaster Declaration Activity:
•  Request: Emergency Declaration – IN
•  FMAG Approval: Sand Creek Fire – MT
•  Two amendments issued

Event Monitoring:
•  No new significant events


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no major changes on western fires - Bug Fire near Reno NV now shows 9
homes destroyed

beware the ides of August

fema daily ops brief saved at WayBack Machine -
https://web.archive.org/web/20260815125656/https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSFEMA/2026/08/15/file_attachments/3747689/FEMA%20Daily%20Ops%20Briefing%2008-15-2026.pdf - that url is mangled - tried to rebuild it with '%20"s

FEMA daily headsUp for Sat Aug 15 2026

National Current Operations / Monitoring – August 14-15, 2026 New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Operations: • Tropical Storm Lala – HI • Severe Weather / Flooding – IN Hazard Monitoring: • Excessive Rainfall / Flash Flooding – Ohio Valley • Tropical Activity ○ Atlantic: • Disturbance 1 (AL92): Low (near 0%) • Disturbance 2 (AL94): Low (10%) ○ Central and Eastern Pacific: • Tropical Storm Lala • Tropical Depression Hernan • Disturbance 1: Low (30%) • Disturbance 2: Low (30%) Disaster Declaration Activity: • Request: Emergency Declaration – IN • FMAG Approval: Sand Creek Fire – MT • Two amendments issued Event Monitoring: • No new significant events ============================ no major changes on western fires - Bug Fire near Reno NV now shows 9 homes destroyed beware the ides of August fema daily ops brief saved at WayBack Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20260815125656/https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSFEMA/2026/08/15/file_attachments/3747689/FEMA Daily Ops Briefing 08-15-2026.pdf

Friday, August 14, 2026

fema daily headsUp for Friday August 14 2026

 National Current Operations / Monitoring – August 13-14, 2026

New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Operations:
•  Severe Weather / Flooding – IN
• Glacial Lake Outburst Flood – AK – FINAL

Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Middle Mississippi Valley to Ohio Valley
• Heavy Rain / Flash Flooding – Central Great Basin to Southwest; Great Plains to Tennessee Valley
• Tropical Activity
   ○ Atlantic:
       • Disturbance 1 (AL92): Low (20%)
       • Disturbance 2 (AL94): Med (50%)
  ○ Central and Eastern Pacific:
      • Tropical Storm Lala
      • Tropical Storm Hernan
      • Disturbance 1: Low (20%)
      • Disturbance 2: Low (20%)

Disaster Declaration Activity:
•  Request: Major Disaster Declaration – KS
•  FMAG Approval: Train Trestle Fire – OK
•  FMAG Approval: Fielder Mountain Fire – OR

Event Monitoring:
•  No new significant events


(no major changes on wildfires except that the Bug Fire near Reno NV
went from 7 destroyed homes to 0 destroyed homes - its a Festivus
Miracle!)

Allegheny County 911 dispatchers are confronting a mental health crisis — their own

Allegheny County 911 dispatchers are confronting a mental health crisis — their own Pennsylvania - pittsburgh area 1 suicide and 1 attempted suicide https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2026/08/13/allegheny-county-911-dispatchers-mental-health-suicide/stories/202608120036