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Tim O'Brien
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First a Sharpie, now Etch-a-Sketch.

(The kids at the South Florida Water Management District drafted this gem on August 28, before Dorian even had a name--and its accuracy is so refined that some of the hurricane paths sketched here run off the x and y boundaries of the chart.)
From the chart itself: "If anything on this graphic causes confusion, ignore the entire product."

President Trump, an experienced meteorologist, chose not to be confused.
CORRECTION: Dorian was named on August 24th. My error pointed out by the infallible @tracyrwalsh. The chart, however, remains a MESS.
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Trump’s private business had a deal to send taxpayer-funded Air Force crews to his golf resort and hotel in Turnberry. nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/…
1/2: What President Trump said about Turnberry and the Air Force:
2/2: What documents say about Turnberry, Trump and the Air Force:
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From Sharpiegate and Turnberry to Pence, Barr, the Taliban and the botched Afghanistan talks, Trump offered a master class this past week on how a cult of personality and financial conflicts causes good government to decay -- from the top down: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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"The U.S. military has also fallen under the president’s sway, it would appear. Politico reported on Friday night that Democrats are investigating whether Air Force crews have been improperly routed for stays at the president’s money-losing golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland."
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Trump’s Turnberry property has created financial conflicts with non-US govts as well - since at least 2018 in . “The Scottish government has also drawn attention for considering steering business to Turnberry as part of its courtship of the U.S. military.” bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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En route to Grand Bahama with volunteers and about 600 pounds worth of food and supplies for #Dorian survivors. They’ve been making two trips a day.
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Not to be outdone by his sharpie editing, Trump took this original long range forecast by the South Florida Water Management District and colored it to emphasize the crazy outliers going to Alabama, Louisiana, and Central America. Originally there were only 20 main colored paths.
The fact that the President of the United States thinks he can repeatedly get away with manipulating images like this is really scary. In the future, he may have the power and the foresight to remove prior versions archived on the internet and really fool us all with fake news.
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NHC Update, 8am:

Hurricane #Dorian is a powerful Category 4 and has strengthened even more this morning. Sustained winds are now 145 mph, with catastrophic potential for deadly storm surge and heavy rain.

The good news is Dorian should not strengthen further.
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It's still unknown (unknowable?) if Dorian will make landfall in the United States.
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Everyone from South Florida to the Carolinas should be closely monitoring Dorian and be prepared to evacuate if necessary. Now is the time to ask your neighbors if they need help.
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