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· 2026-09-30T21:30:20+00:00A wet weekend is ahead for the Southeast as tropical moisture will fuel rounds of heavy rain, with flash flooding possible along the Gulf Coast. Meteorologist Chris Bruin has the latest:
AI visual note: A meteorologist presents a "Gulf Flood Threat" forecast from the Euro Model, highlighting rainfall totals of 3-5 inches near New Orleans, 5-8 inches around Mobile and Tallahassee, and 2-3 inches near Jacksonville from Friday through Monday. A ticker at the bottom notes a "FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TEXAS THROUGH FRIDAY," aligning with the post's warning of heavy tropical rainfall and potential flash flooding along the Gulf Coast.
· 2026-09-30T19:15:19+00:00Great notes from @Erdayastronaut . Public and personnel safety has always been and will remain the #1 priority.
AI visual note: A SpaceX rocket lifts off from a coastal launchpad, engulfed in billowing clouds of smoke and fire as it ascends into a partly cloudy blue sky, with the "SPACEX" logo visible on its side—illustrating the critical role of public and personnel safety in spaceflight operations.
· 2026-09-29T23:56:51+00:00Wow! #NMwx
· 2026-09-30T23:28:42+00:00Landed on The Moon and it Feels So Good! Thank you to an inctedible team of hardworking people who helped me realize my Vision! I did it all for Love.!!!!!
AI visual note: A blonde woman in a black corset and fishnet stockings crouches among silver astronaut figurines that appear to be awards, fitting her post celebrating the success of her song "The Moon" and thanking her team for bringing her vision to life.
· 2026-09-30T23:42:37+00:00September 28 will go down in spaceflight history. September 28, 2008: Falcon 1 Flight 4 became the first Falcon rocket to reach orbit. Exactly 18 years later, on September 28, 2026: Starship reached orbit for the first time.
· 2026-09-30T19:45:40+00:00Like fireflies in the night, lightning is my favorite sight from space. It’s hard to capture and share here. This video is the best representation I have found yet. It’s unchanged, at real speed, and shows the vast reach of storms and lightning across earth, plus the rapid
AI visual note: A spacecraft, likely the Soyuz, is silhouetted against the dark expanse of space with Earth's horizon visible below, featuring city lights scattered like stars and flashes of lightning illuminating storms across the planet's surface. The image captures the awe-inspiring view of lightning from orbit, complementing the caption's description of storms and lightning as firefly-like spectacles seen from space.
· 2026-09-30T23:16:24+00:00JUST IN: Retired US spy satellite mysteriously explodes in space after 38 years, Daily Mail reports.
· 2026-09-30T23:40:32+00:00Tornado Warning continues for Lucas KS, Sylvan Grove KS and Denmark KS until 7:00 PM CDT
AI visual note: A National Weather Service Tornado Warning graphic, valid until 7:00 PM CDT on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, highlights a red warning polygon across parts of central Kansas covering Ash Grove, Denmark, Sylvan Grove, and Lucas, with a population of 906 in the affected area. The warning, which aligns with the accompanying post, indicates an observed tornado but no hail threat, with no schools or hospitals in the impacted zone.
· 2026-09-30T22:05:26+00:00Olmitz, Kansas. Seek shelter
· 2026-09-30T23:14:18+00:00I'm in shock because I was absolutely sure that the fish also needed oxygen from the air and not JUST the ones dissolved in the water
· 2026-09-30T23:22:10+00:00#IrisFire The Fire is 12-15 acres, Holding at the Head and Right Flank, the Structure Threat is being Mitigated. Releasing both QueBecs 1 & 2, Air Tanker 160 remains in orbit while Copters make their drops.
AI visual note: An aerial view from the UC San Diego ALERTCalifornia camera showing a wildfire producing large plumes of smoke in a dry, hilly landscape, with text reading 'axis-mountcdll2 elev:5089 X:-41.42 Y:-5.32 Z:16.7 CA-UTIL-SCE bdue:09-30T16:06 @ ALERTCalifornia 2026/09/30 16:20:20.44'.
· 2026-09-30T23:11:32+00:00My best feel on rain chances next 48hrs. While both days have a 90% rain chance, it's not a 90% chance all day. Also note, high school football Friday evening has lower chance of mainly sprinkles or showers in area. Games tomorrow evening would have a lightning risk in area
AI visual note: A 4Zone Weather 'RAIN CHANCE PLANNER' for San Antonio, showing precipitation forecasts for tomorrow and Friday with percentages ranging from 30% to 90% accompanied by cloud and sun icons.
· 2026-09-30T22:04:04+00:00At Campo Pesquero High School in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, a user captured on video how the launch of a SpaceX rocket, the company of Elon Musk, was experienced, which caused the windows to vibrate. According to the user, the events would have occurred on September 28 past
· 2026-09-30T22:04:01+00:00A Tornado Warning has been issued for part of Barton County, Kansas. #KSwx
· 2026-09-30T11:31:14+00:00The Houston area is facing a multi-day storm threat Here is the forecast: Wednesday: Hot, Humid, Breezy, with scattered strong storms. Partly Sunny 91 Wednesday night: An early storm chance, then partly cloudy, low near 79°, with a breezy southeast wind (gusts ~20 mph).
AI visual note: Promotional graphic for 'OPERATION STORMWATCH' by AM 740 KTRH News Radio, instructing listeners to make KTRH one of their presets on the iHeartRadio app when storms hit, alongside an image of the app interface on a phone.
· 2026-09-30T22:30:00+00:00【園内情報】10月1日。マユミの実が熟しました。淡紅色の果皮が開くと、朱色の仮種皮に包まれた種子が顔を出します。まるで小さな花のようで愛らしいです。 #岩手県 #八幡平
· 2026-09-30T21:54:35+00:00#TXWX First wave of scattered showers and storms pretty much through the area now..drifting northeast of US75 Corridor. A couple more isolated S&T tonight. Main event begins 3-5A tomorrow lasting through 10A-12P. Additional waves coming later Thursday-Saturday.
· 2026-09-30T23:15:01+00:00NEW TWIS! Catch up on your space news: Starship got stacked for Flight 14 (with future flights coming into view ) , NASA is reshaping international partnerships for its Moon Base , and AstroForge wants to run entire missions autonomously . Catch up on @NASASpaceflight
· 2026-09-30T22:54:43+00:00A special weather statement has been issued for Lamesa TX, Welch TX and Key TX until 6:45 PM CDT
AI visual note: A Special Weather Statement from NWS Midland valid until 6:45 PM CDT Wednesday September 30, 2026, warning of 50 MPH winds (no hail expected) in parts of West Texas including Welch, O'Donnell, Arvana, Lamesa, Key, and Patricia.
· 2026-09-30T23:23:43+00:00#Video | Comienza a registrarse lluvia al rointe de la CdMx; se mantiene granizo y ráfagas de viento en Neza, Ecatepec, Tecámac y Atenco Sassla Clima
· 2026-09-30T22:11:11+00:00Help Overlap Zoo Reveal Cosmic Dust: Galaxies, vast collections of billions of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity, are scattered across the immensity of space. But every so often, a coincidence occurs: Two galaxies line up from our point of vi… ift.tt/LvsGBOq
AI visual note: A Hubble-style astrophotograph showing two interacting galaxies — a large bright elliptical galaxy on the left and a smaller spiral galaxy on the right — surrounded by distant stars and smaller galaxies.
· 2026-09-30T22:33:27+00:00Live Tornado chasing in Kansas youtube.com/live/PvgtX2pEk …
· 2026-09-30T23:25:00+00:00“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” - Carl Sagan
AI visual note: A night sky filled with stars and the Milky Way galaxy stretching above a field of tall grass and trees illuminated in golden light.
· 2026-09-30T22:22:17+00:00Saturn puts in its best appearance of the year over the next few nights. On Sunday, it will line up opposite the Sun. It’s closest to Earth then, so it shines brightest and it’s in view all night. It looks like a bright golden star, low in the east at nightfall.
· 2026-09-30T22:48:53+00:00Into the dark void. A dark, high-contrast look at the Sun’s magnetic field lines weaving around the Moon during totality. Rate this cosmic aesthetic from 1 to 10 below!
AI visual note: A dark, stylized image resembling a solar eclipse or black hole with wispy, smoke-like grey and white streaks radiating around a solid dark circle.
· 2026-09-30T22:06:22+00:00Tornado warning extended into Russell County. We have two areas of rotation on radar. Tornado confirmed near Susank by storm chasers.
AI visual note: A weather radar map from 5:04 PM showing storm cells with red warning boxes drawn over areas including Bunker Hill, Galatia, and Albert, with green arrows indicating storm movement.
· 2026-09-30T23:28:14+00:00And that is tornado 5....or 6 in Kansas now today. This has been an especially cyclical supercell.
· 2026-09-30T22:00:03+00:00Sometimes I think small birds must experience time much slower than us, because when you slow down footage their actions seem much more relatable. Downy Woodpecker slowmo (0.25x)
· 2026-09-30T23:25:55+00:00Orionid meteor shower to streak across night sky this week. One of the best-known meteor showers of the year is returning to our skies this week, as the Earth passes through debris left behind by Halley's Comet. The Orionid meteor shower is active from 2 October until 7 November
AI visual note: A night sky photograph showing a bright meteor streaking through a star-filled sky above silhouetted trees, with the Milky Way faintly visible.
· 2026-09-30T22:05:14+00:00The future of space exploration may not begin with humans stepping onto another planet. It may begin with AI systems capable of exploring, learning and making decisions far beyond Earth's reach. Our first interstellar explorers could be machines.