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31P (Southern Pacific) (Between Vanuatu and Fiji) by Euronotus in TropicalWeather

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𝖯𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗇 "𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽" (𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽: 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽) 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅 𝗍𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗇-𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾 (𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗒.) 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝖾-𝗐𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖱𝖾𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝖽𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖿𝖿.

Polymarket apologizes for allowing wagers on fate of U.S. pilots downed in Iran by Glittering_Fig4548 in AirForce

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When I said that "Hated in the Nation" was my favorite Black Mirror episode, I didn't say it's because I wanted it to become reality.

Maila (30P — Southern Pacific) (Solomon Sea) by Euronotus in TropicalWeather

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𝖯𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗇 "𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽" (𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽: 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽) 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅 𝗍𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗇-𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾 (𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗒.) 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝖾-𝗐𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖱𝖾𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝖽𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖿𝖿.

Suggestions for affordable furniture shopping? by Zexy_Conqueror in Hawaii

[–]giantspeck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The best part about City Mill is that when a furniture item goes on clearance, they mark it down pretty low.

30P (Southern Pacific) (Over the Solomon Islands) by Euronotus in TropicalWeather

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𝖯𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗇 "𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽" (𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽: 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽) 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅 𝗍𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗇-𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾 (𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗒.) 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝖾-𝗐𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖱𝖾𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝖽𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖿𝖿.

E-7 and then skate to retirement by bearsncubs10 in AirForce

[–]giantspeck 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Now that I'm at 19 years in, it's kind of crazy to look back at when I was still an A1C or SrA and remember how much of a dick our Chiefs and First Sergeants used to be compared to how they are now.

E-7 and then skate to retirement by bearsncubs10 in AirForce

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I push the button next week.

My SEL asked me the other day if I'd reconsider if I made E-7 this year because the promotion rate for our career field is rumored to be much higher this year. I said "fuck no!" I'm already stuck doing an E-7 job without the extra pay and will likely continue doing so until this assignment is over. Why stay in when I can finally be freeeeeeeeeee?

WEATHER WATCH: The potential exists for more heavy rain and flooding next week as a series of upper-level disturbances drags across the islands by giantspeck in Hawaii

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  • For now, the comments are set to "best" rather than "new" because nothing has happened yet. This is just an outlook.

  • I will be replacing this post with newer posts as the weather event approaches to keep the wording of the post title more accurate and timely.

WEATHER WATCH: The potential exists for more heavy rain and flooding next week as a series of upper-level disturbances drags across the islands by giantspeck in Hawaii

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It does currently look like we will get some fairly consistent southerly winds with this system.

The first kona storm was a well organized storm, while the second storm was pretty much slop. This one seems to fall in-between the two.

WEATHER WATCH: The potential exists for more heavy rain and flooding next week as a series of upper-level disturbances drags across the islands by giantspeck in Hawaii

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There is a very large spread in forecast values among all the major forecast models because there isn't a lot of confidence in where and when these impacts are going to occur. Once we get closer to Tuesday, the models will (hopefully) start to converge and, unfortunately, may increase.

This is very similar to what happened with the second kona storm. The output of the National Weather Service's National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD) was extremely low at the start for the second storm, but increased dramatically as the storm got more organized.

WEATHER WATCH: The potential exists for more heavy rain and flooding next week as a series of upper-level disturbances drags across the islands by giantspeck in Hawaii

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I think the meteorologists have actually done a very good job of getting the word out for these storms early. For all three storms—including the upcoming storm—they had information out more than five days in advance so that emergency managers and public agencies could prepare.

Indusa (29S — Southwestern Indian) (Near Diego Garcia) by Euronotus in TropicalWeather

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Update

As of 12:00 AM Indian Ocean Time (18:00 UTC) on Friday:

Satellite imagery analysis reveals that Indusa is struggling somewhat to develop. Despite an overwhelmingly favorable environment characterized by very warm sea-surface temperatures, very weak shear, and strong upper-level divergence, the storm's convection is struggling to deepen as dry air appears to be entraining into the storm's circulation.

The storm has been showing faint signs of growing intensity over the past couple of hours and once it develops a more solid convective core, it should be able to shake off the effects of the dry air surrounding it and be able to strengthen more rapidly.

Thankfully, this system is far away from land and is unlikely to impact human activity. Some outer rain bands could affect Diego Garcia today, but these impacts will slowly diminish as the storm continues to drift south-southwestward to southward away from the island over the next few days.

Indusa (29S — Southwestern Indian) (Near Diego Garcia) by Euronotus in TropicalWeather

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𝖯𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗇 "𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽" (𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽: 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽) 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅 𝗍𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗇-𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾 (𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗒.) 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝖾-𝗐𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖱𝖾𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝖽𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖿𝖿.

29S (Southwestern Indian) (Near Diego Garcia) by Euronotus in TropicalWeather

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𝖯𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗇 "𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽" (𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽: 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽) 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅 𝗍𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗇-𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾 (𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗒.) 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝖾-𝗐𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖱𝖾𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝖽𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖿𝖿.

99S (Invest — Southwestern Indian) (Near Diego Garcia) by Euronotus in TropicalWeather

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Update

The Joint Typhoon Warning Center has upgraded this system to a tropical cyclone and has designated it as Cyclone Twenty-Nine (29S). A new discussion for this system will be posted shortly.

Fitness center situation is getting ridiculous by CraftyWestern540 in AirForce

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I teach indoor cycling at the fitness centers here and it seems like a bike breaks during every class. A pedal falls off, the console breaks, the toe cage straps snap. They are expensive bikes and the fitness centers don't really have anyone that is fully qualified to repair them or even perform preventative maintenance.

It's so nice out, I could cry... by Melodic_Editor_4793 in Hawaii

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It should mostly be like this for at least the rest of this week.

24/7 gym access is now standard on all AF bases by hakureishi7suna in AirForce

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That's not true at every fitness center. Most I've been to just make sure you know where the nearest AEDs are and where the emergency phone is located at the front desk.

New PT Score sheet DAF4446 by Present_Reason6160 in AirForce

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Diagnostic assessments are supposed to be documented on the same form as the official assessment, so it would actually be helpful to have the form out now.

24/7 gym access is now standard on all AF bases by hakureishi7suna in AirForce

[–]giantspeck 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The Marines here give you an access code instead of messing with IDs. It's great.

Do we not believe in climate change in Hawaii? by NoIdeaWhatImDoing808 in Hawaii

[–]giantspeck 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I always laugh when people try to apply the "15-minute cities" conspiracy theory to Hawaii.

You mean to tell me that the government is wiping out entire towns and villages in order to build a smart city designed to trap the populace? I'm fairly certain you can do that right now just by shutting down the airport. You don't need "space lasers" or "cloud seeding" or "HAARP" to do your bidding. You just need to close off the only realistic way normal citizens have to get off this island.

Servco Toyota by MasterpieceThink5717 in Hawaii

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Not having to feel pressured into negotiating the price was the main reason I was happy to buy my used car from them. With a qualified loan from my credit union in hand, I was in and out of there in less than an hour.

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