Nothing About The Bakken -- Hurricanes and Investigations -- September 11, 2017

From Wiki:

Tropical Storm Doria was the costliest tropical cyclone in the 1971 Atlantic hurricane season.

The fifth tropical storm of the season, Doria developed from a tropical wave on August 20 to the east of the Lesser Antilles, and after five days without development it attained tropical storm status to the east of Florida. Doria turned to the north, and reached peak winds of 65 mph as it was making landfall near Morehead City, North Carolina. It turned to the northeast, and moved through the Mid-Atlantic and New England as a tropical storm before becoming an extratropical storm over Maine on August 29.

In North Carolina, Doria produced moderate rainfall, resulting in localized flooding and damage. The storm spawned a tornado near Norfolk, Virginia, damaging twelve houses and downing hundreds of trees.

Tropical Storm Doria dropped heavy precipitation in New Jersey, peaking at 10.29 inches in Little Falls. The rainfall led to record-breaking river levels and flooding in several houses, resulting in damage to dozens of houses across the state. Moderate damage and rainfall continued along its path into New England and southeastern Canada. In all, Tropical Storm Doria caused seven deaths and $147.6 million (1971 USD, $873 million 2017 USD).

It's a long, long story and I won't go into now but I came close to sustaining a financial disaster (but I didn't) due to tropical storm Doria. I was working in New Jersey when the storm hit. I say all that because the European model suggests Hurricane Jose is on the same trajectory.

By the way, I mentioned Tropical Storm Doria once before on the blog.

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Why Mueller Won't Be A Martyr

As long as I'm reminiscing, I need to link this article on the Mueller investigation. Something said earlier today on talk radio reminded me of the story. I don't recall if I have linked this story before.

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Hold On: US Supreme Court On Trump's Travel Ban 

From Bloomberg:

A U.S. Supreme Court justice on Monday issued a short-term order restoring President Donald Trump’s ban on thousands of refugees seeking entry to the country.

The order issued by Justice Anthony Kennedy puts a lower court ruling on hold until the high court decides whether to grant the administration’s request for a longer-term order. Kennedy ordered those opposing the administration to file court papers by noon Tuesday.

A federal appeals court ruled last week that the administration must temporarily admit refugees if a resettlement agency had promised that it would provide basic services for them. That decision was set to take effect Tuesday, and as many as 24,000 refugees have received such assurances, the administration said in papers filed with the high court.

My wife tells me this did not make the evening news and yet the story broke earlier this afternoon. Speaks volumes about "fair and balanced."