Ida's signature 'question mark' shape. For a diminished storm on landfall USA, it packed a punch.

Update - Flooding possible from Ida’s remnants (click here)
Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 10:55 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 5:47 p.m.
Southeastern North Carolina is enduring a soggy close to the 2009 hurricane season as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida moved in then largely stalled over the area.
The lack of movement of the storm system prompted the National Weather Service on Tuesday afternoon to issue a flood watch, which means there’s the potential for flooding conditions, for all of Southeastern North Carolina starting early this morning and continuing through Thursday.
The watch is due to the prolonged nature of the rain event, which is expected to continue soaking the region into Friday....


November 10, 2009
Pensacola Beach Pier
Ida's winds were strong and the waves reached the top of the pier. Ida self generated water vapor in mist from the sea, which helped fuel its velocity. Warm water.

"Ida's" Rains & Winds Are Moving Slowly Over Georgia (click title to entry - thank you)
By Rickey Bevington & Edgar Treiguts
Updated: 3 hours ago
ATLANTA — "Ida" is no longer a hurricane, but the weather system could pour up to eight inches of rain in parts of Georgia Tuesday and Wednesday....


November 10, 2009
Pensacola Beach Pier, Florida (On the Panhandle)


Close up of Ida'a Eye


From NASA
Tropical Storm Ida (click here)
Posted November 11, 2009

Live Service regarding the Fallen at Fort Hood by The Boston Globe. Click here. Thank you.

Live video of the Fort Hood memorial service
Video coverage of the memorial service for the 13 victims of the shooting at Fort Hill Army Base in Killeen, Texas. President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will attend the ceremony.

Deployment is part of service. The survivors to these soldiers should not be denied benefits because their lives ended on our and their home land. Training missions are no different either. The survivors of all these losses should receive support through compensation by the USA military. Their lives were just as valuable as any soldier already in Iraq or Afghanistan. It was not a combat death, but, their lives were ended in a capacity that would have placed them in combat. Compensation is a small price to pay for the loyalty of these wonderful Americans. It will not replace those lost to their families and friends, but, it will help to return function to the lives of those left behind.

Food Relief needed in El Salvador accoring to "The Miami Herald." (click this title - thank you)

There is a lot of devastation in El Salvador due to the heavy rains from Ida. People have been displaced and any farming in the region has been destroyed by mud slides and ground saturation. The people in these regions will need long term help, at least until next successful growing season.

UN: 10,000 Salvadoran flood victims need food (click title to entry - thank you)

Posted on Tuesday, 11.10.09

By MARCOS ALEMAN
Associated Press Writer
VERAPAZ, El Salvador -- At least 10,000 Salvadorans are in urgent need of food aid after devastating floods and mudslides that damaged crops, destroyed homes and killed 130 people, the U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday.
Days of heavy rains sent torrents of mud and boulders tumbling on mountainside towns across the Central American country over the weekend. Rescue workers used heavy machinery and shovels to dig through the rubble Tuesday, while survivors helped with any equipment they could get their hands on.
The WFP is helping feed 500 people in shelters in San Vicente, one of the worst-hit provinces, the U.N. agency said in a statement. But it said thousands more would need help in the coming days....

The Washington Post has NOTHING that is alarming about Hasan. I could have put together the same presentation. There is nothing there.

"Fruit of the Loom." The question is who is fruitier Hasan or The Washington Post?

It is a presentation by a man attempting to have a major policy change to indulge his own desire. I could have gone on Google or Yahoo and put together the exact same presentation. There is absolutely nothing NEW OR ALARMING about any of it.

The Washington Post should stop throwing good money after bad to inspire fear mongering. I mean sincerely.

The USA military knows what it is doing. This is all Right Wing populous propaganda.

Where is the al Qaeda connection?

Where is the big plot? Where are the conspirators? The more this unfolds the sillier and sillier it gets.

There is none.

That is what is dangerous about Lone Wolves and all the inspiration they get from propaganda like this. They feel important enough to act when in fact they are so screwed up a jar opener can't get them straigtened out and productive within their own lives and value systems.