Hardcore hurricane chaser. Mississippi transplant. Righteous Bay Rat. The #HurricaneMan. Star of series #MissionHurricane.https://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3mlskgoge3225WPAC is dead. Feast your eyes, because it won't stay like this. El Niños tend to ignite wild #typhoon seasons. So, I expect to be out there a lot this year—maybe soon. Some long-range ensemble models are suggesting possible typhoon threat to #Philippines between 10 & 15 days.14 May 2026 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlskgoge3225https://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3mhyroy7vwk2fLooks like Learmonth radar got knocked out. Final frame shows #Cyclone #NARELLE's eyewall over Exmouth (pink star) & approaching Learmonth (blue star). Winds at Learmonth continued to increase, reaching 75 knots gusting to 104. Exmouth—more exposed & deeper in the cyclone—likely had stronger winds.26 Mar 2026 23:40 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhyroy7vwk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3mhwfmslxmk2v#Cyclone #NARELLE has strengthened to Cat 3. Radar shows a big, fat core that'll bring dangerous conditions to wide swath of Western #Australia coast. Karratha is reporting 40 knots gusting to 54. Cyclone will turn SW today & approach North West Cape, hammering Exmouth & Onslow overnight.26 Mar 2026 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhwfmslxmk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3mftbbnygms2bNHC released #Hurricane #MELISSA report. It's now enshrined at top of Atlantic hurricane history: * Peak intensity increased to 165 knots, tying for strongest 'cane. * Landfall intensity in #Jamaica kept at 160 knots, tying for strongest landfall. I'm proud to have contributed to this postanalysis.27 Feb 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftbbnygms2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3mffz3bveu223Just got home from #IBS2026 in Orlando. Had a great time working with the James Hardie team to showcase their incredible array of prducts—siding, trim, decking, pergolas—designed to make your home exterior gorgeous, climate-resistant, & #hurricane tough. 👊22 Feb 2026 01:41 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mffz3bveu223https://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3mffyryuwbk2bStills from new series. Concept: epic #hurricane tales told in quick 7-minute episodes. Shot 3 in studio last week, with 6 more in pipeline. Working title: Hurricane Chronicles. These pics are from IDA episode. Imagine what I brought for MELISSA. 🔥 Coming soon to @weathernation.bsky.social.22 Feb 2026 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mffyryuwbk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3mcxgjcwpks2bOne year ago today was this freak show on the US Gulf Coast. Sacred Hurricane House was desecrated by the cold white stuff—temporarily became Sneaux House. A day that will live in infamy. But I'm OK now. It helps to talk about it.21 Jan 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxgjcwpks2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3mblqmuucp22lCoral Sea is quiet right now. But computer models have been hinting at #cyclone threat to Queensland #Australia. GFS & Google DeepMind are most aggressive, suggesting cyclone near Queensland in 6-10 days. Indicators are very uncertain—so for now, there's nothing to freak out about. Just stay aware.04 Jan 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mblqmuucp22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3mbkau6x4cs2zWanna give thanks to my friend, Rob Rhorer. He works with wood & he made this sweet handmade Mississippi clock—from wood he salvaged from a Louisiana home destroyed by Hurricane LAURA. So, the shattered house lives on, resurrected in new creations. It's going in a special place in Hurricane House.03 Jan 2026 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbkau6x4cs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3mbggudh2cc2fHappy New Year to my followers. When I’m on tough expeditions, y’all inspire me to chase harder. Thank you. And I want to express my solidarity with Ukrainians. The strength you show defending yourselves inspires me. May we all show such bravery when evil comes our way. Here’s to a kinder 2026.02 Jan 2026 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbggudh2cc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3maf675svhk25Hurricane MELISSA's winds were the fiercest I've witnessed. & this is one of the highest gusts I filmed before 100% whiteout. The palm is bending so far, the crown is below the railing. This megagust happens at 43:26 in my video. Soon after, you can't see anything—just a screaming wall of whiteness.20 Dec 2025 02:34 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3maf675svhk25https://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3ma4izatg6c25My video: Hurricane MELISSA at Ground Zero: youtu.be/siq-DdmBUIY This is the whole story. Skip to Chapter 5 for the crazy stuff. The highest winds I’ve personally witnessed—or heard. (Screaming sound as storm peaked was harsh & painful. Folks with me held their ears.) These winds smashed concrete. https://youtu.be/siq-DdmBUIY16 Dec 2025 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4izatg6c25https://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3m3kx55jf322vRobust wave—Invest 98L—is entering Caribbean. While #hurricane models are not especially excited, global & AI ensembles are more aggressive, showing this system growing real fangs. Caribbean nations need to watch this one. 2025 season might go out with a bang. If it develops, it will be #MELISSA.19 Oct 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3kx55jf322vhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3m26gopchuk2e#Hurricane #IMELDA closing in on #Bermuda. Radar shows a deformed system: one super-long rainband & 1/3 of an eyewall. Ok. Strongest winds will occur within next couple of hours, I assume. Wx Nerd Note: Many of Bermuda's stations are very high above sea level, so readings there tend to be generous.02 Oct 2025 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m26gopchuk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3m22llpyya22z#IMELDA ain't exactly a work of art, but it should strengthen as it accelerates ENE. Models suggest it'll be transitioning into freaky hybrid thing as it nears #Bermuda late tomorrow, but it could have spicey gusts. Me: I'm not going for this one. Ain't feeling it. Focused on the Pacific right now.30 Sep 2025 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m22llpyya22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3lzz2cktljc2cSatellite & radar imagery show #IMELDA is starting to crank & will soon become a #hurricane off Florida, near the Bahamas. Thanks partly to #HUMBERTO, it'll accelerate away from the US—putting #Bermuda in the crosshairs. I haven't decided my next step—weighing potential targets around the world.29 Sep 2025 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzz2cktljc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3lzvisbyxls2mFinal leg of my grand odyssey to hunt #Typhoon RAGASA in China: quickie dusk flight from Houston to Gulfport. I was deep in thought the whole time about one thing: what I'm hunting next. French Quarter of New Orleans shimmered down below. Hurricane House seemed to welcome me home as I pulled up. ♥️28 Sep 2025 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzvisbyxls2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3lztnvbo76k2rYeah, it looks sexy. But I'm not gonna sit here oohing and aahing over fish food all day. Ain't my style. P.S. Despite the "quiet" season, Cat-4 #Hurricane #HUMBERTO is the third top-quality specimen in the Atlantic this year.27 Sep 2025 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lztnvbo76k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3lztno3xnfs2r#IMELDA hasn't even been named yet and I'm already over it.27 Sep 2025 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lztno3xnfs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3lzrh3x66ps2zNHC has started advisories on the thing which will soon be #IMELDA. Models are giving mixed signals in terms of intensity & path, with other pieces on the chessboard being the trough over the US & Hurricane HUMBERTO in Atlantic. Main takeaway: possible #hurricane near Southeast US coast by Tuesday.26 Sep 2025 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzrh3x66ps2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3lzrguqypfs2zMy fixer Mr. Chen & me, the day after the typhoon—in his hometown of Foshan in Guangdong. He wanted to take me to lunch at his favorite neighborhood place. We worked well together. We had to communicate entirely thru translation apps, but we made it work. And, yes, he said he'd do it again! 谢谢陈先生!26 Sep 2025 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzrguqypfs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3lzrgmx33lc2iRecovering from a brutal chase. My 82nd core penetration did not come easy, but it did come. Got into eye of #Typhoon #RAGASA on Hailing Island China 6 pm Wednesday. Storm was decaying but violent. Eyewall was gusty, explosive, micobursty. Lots of damage to hotel & trees. Now en route back to US.26 Sep 2025 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzrgmx33lc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3lzfneod3ps2vCat-5 Super #Typhoon #RAGASA raking the Babuyan Islands of the #Philippines with winds of 145 knots. Babuyan Island is squarely in the eye; the larger & more populated Calayan Island is in the inner eyewall—no doubt seeing extreme winds—& about to enter the lull. Next stop for me: China.22 Sep 2025 05:10 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzfneod3ps2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3lzdqfn5yzs2nNight falls on #Philippines as Cat-5 Super #Typhoon #RAGASA heads for Luzon Strait—a place that's seen many such beasts. After it clears the Strait, a weaker RAGASA will threaten big population centers in China. Me: hanging in Manila. I've made no decision where I'm going to hunt. There's time.21 Sep 2025 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzdqfn5yzs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3lzcsscbfuc2w#Typhoon #RAGASA is gorgeous—& difficult to chase. My target was Babuyan Islands (orange). There's no airport, but I had a plan—& then the plan fell through. Plan B: Hunt it in China (pink), where it could be a big impact. My possible targets: Hong Kong, Macau, Zhanjiang, & Leizhou. No decision yet.21 Sep 2025 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzcsscbfuc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3lzagi64vl22vP.S. Sorry I've been silent for a while. Bluesky isn't available in Mississippi due to some age-verification bullsh*t, and I haven't gotten around to setting up a VPN.20 Sep 2025 03:23 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzagi64vl22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3lzagbaqbks2vHey from 35K ft over Pacific. I'm on the journey to hunt down #Typhoon #RAGASA. My plan: there ain't no plan—yet. Too soon. I'm just gonna land in Manila & look at it. From there, I have six distinct paths I can take—across different nations, etc. This is a tricky one. WPAC always a pain in the ass.20 Sep 2025 03:19 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzagbaqbks2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3lwprsfyftk2x#ERIN: big, powerful #hurricane that'll stay out over Atlantic. However, it'll grow in size—typical as hurricanes move N—so parts of US East Coast will see gusty winds & coastal flooding—like NC's Outer Banks. Re: next Atlantic wave: I'm starting to get a fishy, briny scent from that one, too.19 Aug 2025 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwprsfyftk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/icyclone.bsky.social/post/3lwn4pbmklc25Fifty-six years ago tonight, Category-5 #Hurricane #CAMILLE smashed #Mississippi. Eye passed right over my town, Bay Saint Louis. Community was devastated. I've been documenting the oral histories of neighbors who survived it. Check out their accounts here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EfYczR3hB/18 Aug 2025 00:17 +0000at://did:plc:js5aua7vk65mvxl6gnugssnc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwn4pbmklc25