I-10 hasn't moved in 12 hours. Bad for truckers, but those in cars have likely had an even more miserable night in single-digit windchill. This backup is miles long near Kerrville, TX.
Check out this awesome footage of the sun rotating. This was recorded from the new GOES 16 weather satellite. It takes the sun 27.5 days to complete a full rotation.
An X level (Major) solar flare occurred at 3:32 a.m. CT this morning, 5 minutes later reports of mobile data outages started coming in to Downdetector.
Impressive volcano
#lightning
, look closely in the cloud.
Intense friction from ash and other lava elements create the lightning in this cloud.
#Kilauea
volcano in
#Hawaii
, Video from July 16, 2018.
James Spann sighs on-air while tracking a major tornado as he realizes his house was just hit in central Alabama. He is not missing a beat still tracking a major outbreak. Prayers for those being affected by this storm.
#alwx
18 hours of Dorian’s eye, watch how the storm slows it’s forward speed, the spin of the eye isn’t as fast, and it looks more ragged at the end like a tire losing its tread. Max wind goes from 185-155 mph in this sequence.
#Dorian
An impressive explosion was seen from the summit of
#Kilauea
on Wednesday. Rocks falling into the lava lake now 970 feet down created this eruption of ash and rocks. Image via USGS.
THERE IS A POWER CRISIS IN TEXAS: 2.3 million customers are without power with rolling power outages. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) says there isn't enough power to keep up with demand in this record cold!
Look how the cost of 16 terabytes of computer storage has changed over the last 40 years
2020: $400
2010: $1200
2005: $8320
2000: $201,600
1990: $144 million
1980: $3.7 billion