Misc. Friday Ramblings...

It is easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission.

• So deadly, so beautiful.
  

  EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 5 - 3rd STRONGEST ON RECORD
  One of the most, if not the most, intense hurricanes ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico, Rita's last reported central pressure was last measured at 897mb. However, in the past 3 hours since that observation, satellite imagery indicates the convection has increased further, and the subsidence in the eye has likewise intensified. It is very likely the next RECON will find a lower central pressure. Estimated sustained surface winds are now 175mph, with gusts to 200mph -- equal to or greater than that recorded in Katrina or Camille. With additional intensification still possible - wind gusts of 210mph may be experienced at the surface.
  
  The storm is located near 24.6N /87.5W - or about 560 miles southeast of Galveston, TX. The storm is moving 280° at 8Kts and will continue on this track for the next 24 hours.
  
  Satellite imagery depicts what is now intuitively obvious -- 'The Perfect Storm' -- and it is hard to imagine that the storm can get any stronger -- but there is no particular reason for it weaken unless an eye wall replacement cycle -should begin -- though there are not indications that is imminent. The storm is still over the very warm loop current, and will be for another 8-10 hours. Once the storm moves away from the loop current, some slight weakening should occur, but the storm will remain a strong CAT 5 Hurricane for probably another 24-48 hours.
  The storm continues to grow in size, with sustained gale force winds extending 180NM from the center in the northern semi-circle.
  

  
  Good luck and Godspeed Texas, you will be in our prayers. But, you have to admit, it is a beautiful formation.


• Russians and Japanese are causing the hurricanes.
  Using the stolen Cobra Weather Dominator, of course.


• Porsche + 110mph + Bird.
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• Cubism.
  Smell knows no boundaries, even cube walls.


• Welcome to the fall.
  Do you know when you clocks "fall back"?


• It's Photoshop Phriday.
  The greatest police works.


• What's your cyborg name?

Friday FIREPOWER!
Gun show is this weekend, and I'm on the hunt. I've wanted a Beretta CX4 Storm for some time now. It is a carbine in 4 pistol calibers, hence CX4. Really cool that they are used in Battlestar Galactica as well.

Come to find out, the Beretta PX4 Storm, Pistol x4 calibers, has just recently come out. The two can interchange magazines. The PX4 is slim, ergonomic, yet can carry up to 20rnds of 9x19mm, or 17rnds of .40 S&W!!! More goodness can be seen here.