The satellite covering the east coast is out of service. It cannot find the earth. It malfunctioned overnight, but a backup is being implemented. It’s crucial to get a satellite up and running as it’s one of the first things meteorologist look at to see if storms are developing.

Here’s the announcement:

GOES-13 suffered an anomaly overnight — the Star Tracker is not functioning, which means the satellite cannot find the Earth. The anomaly started at 0340 UTC 22 May, and at 0429 UTC, GOES West (GOES-15) began a full disk schedule.

GOES-14, in standby at 105 W, has been activated; the first images from GOES-14 will be available at 0500 UTC 23 May. In the meantime, GOES engineers are working on a solution to GOES-13′s problems. An update from the Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) is scheduled for around Noon eastern time.

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The dog was guarding its deceased owner. It’s been taken to shelter; deputy plans on adopting.

— Oklahoma County Sheriff (@OkCountySheriff) May 21, 2013 [edited]

This is so sad. Dogs are such loyal amd. amazing creatures.

Before and after photos of the EF-5 tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma Monday. One thing that’s easy to see is about the only way to survive the worst of this storm is to be underground.

(Source: nevver, via npr)