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Nico Wells ⛰️ retweeted
❄️SNOW IN NORTH CAROLINA🗻
Mount Mitchell received the season's first snowfall as a strong cold front brought winter weather to higher elevations of Western North Carolina on Saturday.
Frost and freeze alerts have been issued across portions of the Northeast, Midwest, and Great Lakes as a cold front moves through the region.
Send us your updates and stay weather aware!🚨
Nico Wells ⛰️ retweeted
El miércoles 12 de agosto de 2026 se producirá un raro y transformador ECLIPSE SOLAR TOTAL en Groenlandia, Islandia y España. Yo estaré en España.
En mi vida he perseguido tornados, he estado en el ojo de huracanes importantes y he contemplado espectaculares auroras boreales… pero ninguno rivaliza con la grandeza de un eclipse solar total. Ya he viajado a cuatro.
La escena es alucinante: el día se convierte en noche, aparecen las estrellas y los planetas, la atmósfera del Sol brilla y un amanecer de 360 grados te rodea.
Hasta que no vives la totalidad, es imposible entender lo que significa y por qué personas como yo invertimos tanto tiempo y dinero en viajar para verlo.
Ser bautizado por la sombra de la Luna mientras miras directamente la corona solar es una experiencia que solo disfrutará una fracción infinitesimal, menos del uno por ciento de la población mundial.
La corona, o atmósfera del Sol, es posiblemente la imagen más fantástica que verás jamás. Es un plasma diáfano sobrecalentado a millones de grados que se extiende millones de kilómetros en el espacio. El plasma se contorsiona por el campo magnético solar; durante la totalidad podrás mirarla directamente y ver cómo traza las líneas del campo magnético. Las protuberancias, provocadas por la intensa actividad solar, parecerán picos interestelares, como mechones de cabello que se abren en abanico con el “viento solar”. Este es el único momento en que cualquiera —ya sean aficionados o científicos— puede observar directamente la corona.
La totalidad es una experiencia espiritual. Es una alineación planetaria armónica que parece demasiado perfecta para existir por casualidad: el Sol es 400 veces más grande que la Luna, pero la Luna está 400 veces más cerca. Por algún milagro, una estrecha franja de la Tierra se encuentra en el punto exacto para presenciar cómo la Luna bloquea al Sol durante unos segundos.
Los animales se confunden; antes de la totalidad, la luz se atenúa. Las sombras se oscurecen. Los insectos cantan con fuerza y las aves regresan a sus nidos. El aire se enfría y la brisa cesa. Una presencia ominosa y etérea parece acechar cerca.
Cuando la Luna casi oculta por completo al Sol, los últimos rayos de luz que se cuelan por los valles lunares forman puntitos luminosos conocidos como “Cuentas de Baily”. Un instante después se fusionan en el “anillo de diamante”: un último y ardiente faro de luz. Y entonces llega la totalidad.La totalidad parece un instante eterno. Las reglas del universo parecen cambiar; los observadores son transportados a un espacio liminal al que, de otro modo, nunca podríamos acceder.
Durante un breve momento, los espectadores se convierten en el punto culminante de una alineación perfecta. El sistema solar se despliega ante ellos.
Y luego… se acaba. La vida vuelve a la normalidad. La luz regresa; el bullicio de la naturaleza y de la humanidad vuelve.Veo la totalidad como a un viejo amigo; solo puedo pasar un momento o dos con él cada varios años. Es como una visita de alguien que ya no está.
#España #eclipse2026
Nico Wells ⛰️ retweeted
it’s always “are you autistic” and never “thanks for sharing your cool tornado facts with me even though I didn’t ask”
Nico Wells ⛰️ retweeted
Trump is seeking to pay for his new $1.5 trillion military budget by cutting the following:
$510 million - Grants for farmers and agricultural research
$82 million - Loans for rural small businesses (Fully eliminated)
$61 million - Support for farmers and food markets (Fully eliminated)
$240 million - School meals and food education for children abroad (Fully eliminated)
$659 million - Community building grants
$47 million - Support for minority-owned businesses (Fully eliminated)
$449 million - Economic development grants for communities
$1.6 billion - Weather forecasting, fisheries, and coastal protection (NOAA)
$993 million - Scientific research and technology standards
$150 million - Support for American exports and trade
$2.2 billion - Broadband and internet access programs
$8.5 billion - Funding for public schools
$1.5 billion - Vocational training and adult education (Fully eliminated)
$2.7 billion - College access and higher education support
$15.2 billion - Roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects
$1.1 billion - Home energy efficiency and clean energy programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.1 billion - Scientific research funding
$386 million - Environmental cleanup programs
$150 million - Cutting-edge clean energy research
$4 billion - Help paying home heating and cooling bills for low-income families (Fully eliminated)
$768 million - Refugee resettlement assistance
$819 million - Care and shelter for migrant children
$775 million - Local anti-poverty programs (Fully eliminated)
$5 billion - Public health programs, mental health services, and disease prevention
$5 billion - Medical research (NIH)
$129 million - Healthcare quality and safety research
$356 million - Emergency preparedness and disaster response
$1.3 billion - FEMA community disaster preparedness grants
$707 million - Cybersecurity protection for critical infrastructure
$52 million - Airport and transportation security
$40 million - Protection against chemical and biological weapons threats
$53 million - Funding for homeland security operations
$3.3 billion - Community development block grants for local neighborhoods (Fully eliminated)
$1.3 billion - Affordable housing construction grants (Fully eliminated)
$393 million - Programs to reduce homelessness
$529 million - Housing assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS (Fully eliminated)
$489 million - Housing and services for Native American communities
$50 million - Grants to help communities build more housing (Fully eliminated)
$60 million - Enforcement of fair housing and anti-discrimination laws
$58 million - Homebuyer and renter counseling services (Fully eliminated)
$45 million - Renewable energy development programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.7 billion - Grants for local law enforcement and public safety
$20 million - Civil rights mediation and legal access programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.6 billion - Job training for at-risk youth (Fully eliminated)
$395 million - Jobs program for low-income seniors (Fully eliminated)
$234 million - Worker safety and labor protection programs
$101 million - Enforcement of equal pay and workplace anti-discrimination laws
$46 million - Programs to combat child labor and forced labor abroad
$2 billion - International humanitarian aid
$1.2 billion - Food aid for hungry families abroad (Fully eliminated)
$4.3 billion - Global health and disease prevention programs
$2.7 billion - Funding for the United Nations and international partnerships
$642 million - International economic and treasury programs
$315 million - Democracy and anti-corruption programs abroad
$486 million - Grants for public transit projects
$4.2 billion - Electric vehicle charging infrastructure
$372 million - Airline service for rural and small communities
$145 million - Grants for sustainable and equitable infrastructure
$204 million - Loans and investment for underserved communities
$1.4 billion - IRS taxpayer services and enforcement
$100 million - Air pollution monitoring and reduction programs (Fully eliminated)
$1 billion - EPA grants to states for environmental protection
$2.5 billion - Clean drinking water and wastewater infrastructure funds
$90 million - Grants to reduce diesel pollution (Fully eliminated)
$3.4 billion - NASA space and earth science research
$297 million - NASA technology innovation programs
$1.1 billion - International Space Station operations
$143 million - STEM education programs
$309 million - Small business development and entrepreneurship programs
$170 million - Small Business Administration operations
$158 million - Loans for small businesses
Nico Wells ⛰️ retweeted
Was hiking a familiar trail near Flagstaff when I came upon a ponderosa that was burning after a lightning strike. I photographed for at least an hour as it calmly burned. I'd contacted the Forest Service and they later came to extinguish it.
Nico Wells ⛰️ retweeted
Another photo of another large ‘firenado’ from the #DragonBravoFire last night.
Even from 15 miles away, we watched gargantuan flames spin what seemed to be hundreds of feet high in the smoke column. Ash fell like snowfall when I took this shot.
#utwx #azwx
Nico Wells ⛰️ retweeted
It’s astonishing to read the snarky comments of people who aren’t from Los Angeles or who have never lived in Los Angeles, lecturing those of us who grew up there about things like the height of our trees and the wind patterns. These west LA and Pasadena fires are not typical, and for some of us it’s hitting too close to home.
Nico Wells ⛰️ retweeted
🚨‼️MUST WATCH and SHARE before Elon Musk bans it:
Since US media won’t tell you, UK activists, Led By Donkeys, dropped this video on how Elon Musk and his use of X helped get Donald Trump elected.
@ByDonkeys
cc: @BryanDawsonUSA
Nico Wells ⛰️ retweeted
The storms that dreams are made of. My best monsoon composition of all time this evening near Saguaro Lake, AZ! #azwx
Nico Wells ⛰️ retweeted
Hi east coast friends. California would like to welcome you to earthquakes. There is only a 5% chance a bigger earthquake will occur in the next 48 hours. While this was weaker than the 2011 quake, it occurred in the most populated area of the country, hence more people felt it
Nico Wells ⛰️ retweeted
Another beautiful sunset tonight in Southern California!!
Special thanks to @WellsWarning for leading me to his (and now my) favorite lighthouse! What a beautiful place! ❤️
#cawx #wxtwitter
Nico Wells ⛰️ retweeted
If I hit 100k followers by May 1st... I will drive out to the plains and throw marshmallows at storm chasers.
Nico Wells ⛰️ retweeted
Pattern movement allows #Hilary and it’s moisture to come north towards Southern California Sunday and Monday. 1939 was the last tropical storm landfall so we don’t have a lot to gauge this on, but we know any high rate events like a tropical system pose a threat for FLASH FLOODING especially over burn scars and steep terrain.
Nico Wells ⛰️ retweeted
These are a few of my favorites from last night! This was my first real attempt at astrophotography and I think I did pretty good! I even got a meteor in the third photo! #nvwx #nevada #milkyway #photography #reno
Nico Wells ⛰️ retweeted
So you're saying your all time record warm low temperature is our all time record high temperature? That's just nasty 🤕
Nico Wells ⛰️ retweeted
About 183 people have asked me to talk about the smoke from Canada coming into New York, New Jersey, and other Eastern States...
#wildfire #NY
Ok, here goes…
*Seinfeld voice: “What’s up with all that wildfire smoke?”
If you live in these areas, welcome to what Salmon, Idaho was all last summer. Literally months.
Welcome to small town Montana. Welcome to the Utah Valley.
Welcome to the Pacific Northwest in August.
Welcome to Happy Camp, California.
Welcome to Earth… There are a lot of fires burning in Canada. Many are lightning caused but the majority are human caused. Pile burn escapes, escaped campfires, escaped prescribed burns, and yes, arson.
There are not a lot of fires burning in the United States. It’s actually one of the slowest starts to fire season in the U.S. in decades.
Wildfires happen across the entire planet. It’s a natural cycle that ebbs and flows. Canada is busy this year, others places not so much.
This is what wildland firefighters wake up to every day. This is what they work in. They are the ones trying to contain these fires when they happen. Smokejumpers and Hotshots, 6 pack jacked men and women, who sleep in the dirt every night just to wake up and crush up a mountain and work in smoke.
The ones that were promised a raise and Congress sits idly by. The ones that were told recruitment, retention, and pay was priority #1.
Seemingly not…
The ones who are provided subpar food and eat military rations for breakfast. At least you can still get a delicious bagel and lox before you walk through the smoke.
*extra capers.
So once the smoke clears out, in due time, remember that there are men and women fighting these things. Remember that your representatives have denied them a raise because “other priorities.”
Some are trying to help. These representatives are supporting a Bill called Tim’s Act. In long form it’s known as the “Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and Pay Parity Act”.
If you would like to help support these men and women who wake up and work in this type of smoke everyday, contact your Rep. and tell them to support Tim’s Act.
The smoke will clear out. It always does. Welcome to Earth.
Nico Wells ⛰️ retweeted
(1/2) New York City - June 7, 2023
(2/2) San Francisco - September 9, 2020
spot the similarities. deja vu? 🔥🌫️
#NYwx #NYC #wxtwitter #QuebecWildfires @MaryKPIX @RobMayeda @MabrisaWX @danncianca @LisaArgenABC7 @Holden_WX @PaulKPIX @JasonStiff @sfchronicle @spann @geravitywave
