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Ben D.

@DisasterBen

Interested in emergencies, disasters, fires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, mudslides, pandemics, catastrophes, & more...

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7PM CDT Hurricane Ida Update - Ida is still a major hurricane with max sustained winds of 120mph, making it a Cat 3 currently. It continues to move at around 10mph bringing SIGNIFICANT storm surge, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes, and flooding. #LAwx #MSwx

NWSNewOrleans's tweet image. 7PM CDT Hurricane Ida Update - Ida is still a major hurricane with max sustained winds of 120mph, making it a Cat 3 currently. It continues to move at around 10mph bringing SIGNIFICANT storm surge, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes, and flooding. #LAwx #MSwx

“The whole, ‘health care heroes’ thing, that was nice and everything. But that’s never what any of us needed. We needed people to wear their masks… now we need people to get shots.” sunherald.com/news/coronavir…


JHU’s Daily COVID-19 Data in Motion: July 31, 2021 youtu.be/nXqtWR6SuNA via @YouTube Focus on 0:39 - 0:49, its amazing visualization showing the recent increase in cases in the US. #WearAMask #GetVaccinatedNow

DisasterBen's tweet card. JHU’s Daily COVID-19 Data in Motion: July 31, 2021

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JHU’s Daily COVID-19 Data in Motion: July 31, 2021


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I know people talk about freedom, but with freedom comes responsibility. Your decision to be unvaccinated impacts someone else. Please get vaccinated. For yourself. For the people you love. And for your country.


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DR. BIDEN 👏👏👏👏👏 Glad you could make it, @FLOTUS! 👋 #TokyoOlympics


Tonight is the night! Don’t miss the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony at 7:30P ET on NBC! #TokyoOlympics #TeamNBC

DisasterBen's tweet image. Tonight is the night! Don’t miss the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony at 7:30P ET on NBC! #TokyoOlympics #TeamNBC

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Good morning, but especially to those who understand that Covid is simultaneously 100x less deadly for kids than seniors *and* that it was the leading cause of infectious disease death among kids last year, which, unlike most other top causes of death, is now preventable.


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"Plastic bubbles are so 2020," @Steve_Macone writes. "Here, in the spirit of me doing my part to help end this pandemic, are some new ideas for outdoor dining structures we could all feel great about using." on.theatln.tc/3BaTm0F


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Here's some footage (with sound!) from the surface of another planet, and you're just gonna scroll past it without even noticing to continue looking at memes, aren't you

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.@chrislhayes: Trump must be lawfully removed from office as fast as possible.


“None of these measures represents an excess of caution. They represent the barest minimum of caution, if any at all.” The Hottest Phrase In COVID-Era Sports Is An Abundance Of Nonsense | #Defector defector.com/the-hottest-ph…

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The Hottest Phrase In COVID-Era Sports Is An Abundance Of Nonsense | Defector

None of these measures represents an excess of caution. None of these measures really represents any caution at all.


What I Learned From Reading Over A Thousand Letters To Santa #defector “This year’s high unemployment did not need to lead to millions of suffering kids” defector.com/what-i-learned…


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Yesterday was the official end of the #2020hurricaneseason Attached are some of the facts and records of the season. Hats off to all the forecasters, emergency managers, and hurricane hunters during this busy season that served to protect their communities many times #houwx #txwx

JeffLindner1's tweet image. Yesterday was the official end of the #2020hurricaneseason Attached are some of the facts and records of the season. Hats off to all the forecasters, emergency managers, and hurricane hunters during this busy season that served to protect their communities many times #houwx #txwx
JeffLindner1's tweet image. Yesterday was the official end of the #2020hurricaneseason Attached are some of the facts and records of the season. Hats off to all the forecasters, emergency managers, and hurricane hunters during this busy season that served to protect their communities many times #houwx #txwx
JeffLindner1's tweet image. Yesterday was the official end of the #2020hurricaneseason Attached are some of the facts and records of the season. Hats off to all the forecasters, emergency managers, and hurricane hunters during this busy season that served to protect their communities many times #houwx #txwx

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Stephen Hoge, president of Moderna, tells @LesterHoltNBC that their team has been working to help with immediate distribution if they receive FDA approval. Watch more from the interview with vaccine executives this week on @DatelineNBC.


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Before 2020 - many of us silently working behind the scenes in pandemic preparedness and outbreak science, sounding the alarm & fighting tooth and nail to secure funding: washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-pro… And then 2020 👇🏼

If you were to choose a word that rose above most in 2020, which word would it be? Ding, ding, ding: Merriam-Webster announced “pandemic” as its 2020 word of the year. apne.ws/2auCxTA



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Never too late to change holiday plans & celebrate safer this Thanksgiving Remember, your calculated risk for yourself & those around you is not confined to just those in attendance. You may not see it or know it, but the risk goes beyond direct contact Maine wedding example:

syramadad's tweet image. Never too late to change holiday plans & celebrate safer this Thanksgiving

Remember, your calculated risk for yourself & those around you is not confined to just those in attendance. You may not see it or know it, but the risk goes beyond direct contact

Maine wedding example:

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I am an emergency doc in NYC. Public health and medical response are not about taking freedom, it is about saving your family. Heartbreaking to see the number of individuals losing their lives today


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