Bill Karins π§
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NBC News Climate & Weather Unit, Certified Broadcast Meteorologist for NBC News, NBC News Now & MSNBC since 04' Dad, Ironman, Runner, Skier
New York, NY
Joined October 2011
I don't get rattled easily but this makes me feel sick. The National Weather Service said 1/2 the city of Lake Charles floods when the river reaches 13 feet. The forecast surge up the river is expected to crest at 15.6 feet! #HurricaneLaura . 78,000 people call Lake Charles home
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If you spend time doing something you might as well get better at it! πββοΈπ½π. Marathon PR by 42 mins!!!. 2018 - 4:35.2019 - 4:30.2020 - Canceled .2021 - 3:38
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First day back at 30 Rock since March 2020. Felt good and I really missed the energy of a live studio. @MSNBC @NBCNewsNow @NBCNews
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People stuck for 12 hrs in 20 degree temperatures is unacceptable. Forecast was as accurate as it gets 12 hrs before it started. If I-95 in Virginia doesnβt have the plow/salt capabilities for 8-14β of snow it should have been preemptively closed. @JoshNBCNews.
@VaDOT Been stranded a mile north of Courthouse Rd since 7pm on I95 south. You need to either get a lane open or get us off! Your weak explanations and updates are not good enough!.
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Pit in stomach when this image just came in. I don't see how #Laura isn't a Category 4 hurricane later today.
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Shift change! After 15 yrs, this is my last early morning shift on @Morning_Joe, @WayTooEarly, @NBCNewsNow. I will miss all the great people (not the alarms) . Monday, Iβll be covering all things weather & climate for @NBCNews, @MSNBC, @CNBC @NBCNewsNow afternoons & evenings
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The last hurricane Hunter reconnaissance flight is exiting #Ida. Thank you to all the brave men and women on those planes. We can only prepare for what we know is coming and your hard work gives as that information. @NOAA_HurrHunter
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#Helene will be a BIG storm with wind impacts far from the center. Tropical Storm wind field will be approx. 400 miles wide & tall. Big storms also move more water so surge is more of an issue far from the eye.
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So, last night I tested positive for COVID. 1st time for me (so close to making it past omicron wave π‘) Thankfully, because of vaccines Iβm fine. Typical headache, congestion & scratchy throat. With my home studio I can work right thru the blizzard while in quarantine #CarryOn.
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I usually donβt post family stuff but this deserves it. Yesterday my aunt donated a kidney to Caroline so she could LIVE! 6 months ago they were complete strangers now forever connected. Aunt Suzi Iβm in awe of this sacrifice and unselfish act. Both are doing well in recovery.
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Iβm very appreciative of @NBCNews for letting me cover Laura from home. I have elementary age children not in school & their mother is an essential worker. (medical field) Would have been a lot easier being in the field than home storm coverage, no sleep & taking care of kids!.
@MSNBC @BillKarins @cesarconde_ Watch the Weather Channel all day yesterday. It would have been nice to see Bill Karins get off his duff and actually quit pontificating from his cushy home studio! Thanks to @arivelschi for the coverage he actually did live!.
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My little lady learning from the best on @MSNBC mornings #TakeYourKidsToWorkDay @morningmika @yasminv #TaylorAge7
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After Katrina skies were clear and it was perfect flying weather for rescue helicopters. It is torrential rain with lightning over #Houston.
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Sad update that my stepmom has passed away from #COVID19 at the age of 74. Besides age she had no pre existed conditions but was unvaccinated. My dad who was very much against the vaccine got his first shot when she was in the ICU last week. #GetVaccinatedNow.
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In 3.5 hours since landfall, #HurricaneIda has only traveled 26 miles!!!. That's an average speed of only 7-8 mph π
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I told cashier at grocery store about Mexico City earthquake. She said "ever since that eclipse everything going crazy." I couldn't argue.
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#HurricaneOtis is now a Category 4 and still getting stronger. Could be a rare Category 5 landfall tomorrow morning into the city of #Acapulco. Rarely in recorded history has a storm this strong threatened such a densely populated area. Especially with so little prep time.
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For my Florida friends. only focus on the "getting weaker" talk for #Milton if you are in the path of the eye or max storm surge. For everyone else, Milton's tropical storm wind field will double in size and be almost as big as Helene at landfall.
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Breaking - New surge forecast up to 15β to the right of landfall This could easily shift towards NOLA if storm tracks east at all over next 2 days. This is a get out of there situation. Please listen to your emergency manager.
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Watch #MarshHarbour go through the eye of #Dorian. Took 3 hours from western eyewall exit to now entering Southeast eyewall. #Bahamas
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#Honduras may be in need of humanitarian relief more than any other location on the planet after Hurricane Eta last week & now, unbelievably the National Hurricane Center is predicting a Category 3 Hurricane Iota to strike Monday in the same spot! A lot of help & prayers needed.
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For 15 years I have spent my early mornings here at @MSNBC on @Morning_Joe with one of the most amazing people Iβve ever known. Today, I lose the best floor director in the biz but we are never losing our friendship. Good Luck in DC Jen!!!
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One of these is getting way too much attention and the other not enoughβ¦
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This βCOULDβ be one of the longest single tornado tracks ever recorded but it could take days (weeks) before 250 miles of damage surveys are finished. Just speculation until NWS a gives us the official word.
This is, by far, the most intense/persistent MRMS rotation track I've ever seen.
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#HurricaneFiona is 60 hrs away from becoming the strongest (lowest pressure) storm in recorded history to strike Canada. Reliable model forecasts show #PostTropicalCyclone Fiona at least 10 millibars lower than the Candian record of 940MB. #CapeBreton, Nova Scotia below
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City of New Bern just sent this image out showing what areas of town are flooded. I also added map with river where it should be to give you perspective.
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A good friend of our show has passed. Donβt miss the start of @Morning_Joe.
BREAKING: US House Oversight Cmte. Chairman Elijah Cummings has died, his office says.
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For past 4 weeks I was locked out of my twitter account because of βunusual activity.β I sent at least a dozen emails to @twittersupport, zero replies back. Finally, a higher up at @NBCNews made a contact & Iβm back! Am I too late asking how we pronounce #Isaias? #IMissedAStorm.
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I never take my fill-in for @alroker @TODAYshow weather shifts for granted. Always a privilege. My mom has been watching the show daily for 50 years. I grew up watching the legend Willard Scott. The Today Show is a big reason I pursued a career in weather.
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With 5.09" of rain at #NYC Central Park since Midnight, today is the 8th rainiest day in over 56,000+ recorded daily rainfall totals - 154 years. Another 1-3" is possible before midnight. @NWSNewYorkNY @NBCNews
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The peak storm surge will rush onshore AFTER the landfall. The highest winds are on the backside of the eye. This should be into #CapeCoral #FortMyers late afternoon at high tide. 12-18 foot water rise possible. #HurricaneIan
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Thanks to all of u who been watching our coverage of #Irma on @MSNBC. Coverage continues with @SteveSosna4NY See u at 5a for @Morning_Joe.
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Every #American should read this. We wouldn't accept this in any state and we shouldn't in #PuertoRico either!
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It is often the silence and lack of reports from a town that scares you the most after a direct tornado hit on radar. We wait on Mayfield KY fate.
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To my β¦@MSNBCβ© early morning viewers - Donβt miss the return of #WayTooEarly at 5 am tomorrow with new host β¦@kasieβ©. Nice intro interview below.
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We are about to pay the price for all that nice quiet fall weather this month
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The Central U.S. has never seen a December storm like this. Multi-hazard life-threatening weather today:.1) Widespread wind damage & power outages.2) Thunderstorms with extreme winds & tornadoes.3) Extreme brush fire threat.4) Record highs broken by 5-10 degrees
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It's bring your kids to work day at NBC/MSNBC. My daughter (age 7) will be making her national TV debut with the weather headlines at 5:42am ET on MSNBC!!!!.
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Pit in stomach growing as we are now ~40 mins past time when tornado went through #Mayfield. All communication is reported down. Just occasionally static on the scanners.
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While you were all watching the #SuperBowl I was digging out from another 7β after a day of skiing. That makes 27β this week. I had 8β last winter! This is not normal for North Jersey βοΈ
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2018 got the best of me & will be a year Iβll always try to forget but never will. For all of you who had an equally rough year, I encourage you to jump on my back & run full speed with me into 2019. So many great days ahead and so much rewarding work to be done. Happy New Year.
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I'm so confused as to why so many new people are tuning in for my forecast? @msnbc @morningmika @Morning_Joe
Congrats to our Morning Joe team for a great week! MJ had its highest audience % ever last week because of your hard work! Thanks as always!
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In my 15 years walking through #TimesSquare in the early morning Iβve never seen it like this. No people- No cars #coronavirus
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My kids are no longer on list of native New Yorkers who have never been to #statueofliberty. We also visited #EllisIsland and saw where so many immigrants began their American story.
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Day 9) Iβm biting my tongue. The number of people walking around my grocery store with the #N95masks that the doctors and nurses need is pissing me off. They all canβt be high risk and if they are they shouldnβt be in the store. π€.
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What a man, what player, what a life RIP #HammerinHank π.
BREAKING: Baseball legend and Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, who hit 755 home runs in the major leagues, has died at the age of 86, Atlanta Braves say.
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#Fiona is going to be a historically HUGE wind storm. 800 miles of Tropical Storm equivalent gusts. Peak gusts up to 130 mph. Widespread power outages & extreme tree damage are certain. #NovaScotia, #Newfoundland, #NewBrunswick & #PrinceEdwardIsland.
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Eye is now only 85 miles from SW Louisiana. Worth noting that #Laura is making landfall in one of, if not the least populated spots on the Gulf Coast. It is so swampy south of I-10 we donβt even have wind reporting stations onshore.
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We will likely have ~ Β½ of the US Climate stations recording their driest October. Look at how many are #1 for the driest month-to-date! Could this be the driest month ever recorded in the Lower 48? Not much will fall from the sky over the next 7 days either.
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I'm at my desk with a co-worker from #PuertoRico. He is on a facebook live feed with all his family in PR. It is heartbreaking. They are scared, no water, no power and just sharing pictures and stories of what damage has been done. They are all afraid big one still coming. .
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I just put this in my storm images folder, I page or two in a book someday
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New SoCal fire burning along the 405 just north of #Brentwood. Fire is growing rapidly and near heavily populated areas. No word on Getty Center or Muesum which is dangerously close.
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Residents in #NewOrleans are being asked to limit water use because of power outages affecting the cities ability to remove wastewater.
We have worked to obtain backup power for some of these stations & we will mobilize those units when it is safe to traverse the city. In order to prevent sewage backups, we have asked residents to limit water usage at home, thus decreasing the amount of wastewater we must remove.
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The widespread damage to the Iowa corn crops right before harvest season is another angle to the #derecho. This could easily end up being a billion dollar weather disaster.
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Bangor, Maine has never been above 98Β° in the month of June. Decent chance that changes at the end of next week.
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Gave it everything I had and it was very tough mentally and physically. Much respect to those who finished hours ahead of me and those trying to get the finisher medal before midnight. Imagine not giving up 17 hours after starting!!! #ironmanlakeplacid
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As we apex, plateau, and come down the curve testing to find asymptomatic people is the key to returning to school, work and LIFE. I hope to look back on this map in a few months and be amazed at how few people were tested on April 8th. #CovidTesting #COVID19
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It has been a hard year on our kids & obviously there was was a lot of overcompensating going on tonight. No doorbells, no saying #trickortreat. Just candy on a table, grab & run to the next house. Kids wonβt ever want to go back to old way. BTW this just my daughters in 2 hrs!
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Not only do you lose your house but all your neighbors and friends do too. In a heartbeat life never the same.
Santa Rosa's Coffee Park neighborhood from the air, before and after fire.
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Ever met that person who just gets all the luck and doesnβt even try? Thatβs my daughter who claims she doesnβt like to go fishing!!!
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One of the sharpest temperature gradients you will ever see in #NYC. Manhattan Central Park 58 - Bronx 36 This is less than 10 miles!
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Stop, step back and realize that we are looking at the strongest storm this close to the U.S. mainland in 84 years!
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#JFK Airport is approaching a 9" rainstorm total. This is close to an average recurrence interval of 200 years
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That wraps up my #HurricanLaura coverage. To all the Meteorologists, weather professionals & weather nerds out there who fill my twitter feed with a non-stop plethora of storm information, I thank you! My audience gets a lot of the information they need because of you. π π π
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It is now 2am in Alaska. #Kodiak should have been hit 15 mins ago. So far no reports of a Tsunami. Here are possible arrival times for rest of Alaska coast
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Nice work on @60Minutes @MichaelEMann and Dr James Hansen. A must watch climate story. The long form journalism of 60 mins was ideal to explain the complex issues with #climatechange. Made me realize how hard it is to communicate climate stories in 60 sec stories.
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#PuertoRico population density map shows why #HurricaneMaria has chance to be 1 of worst hurricane disasters ever! Cat 4/5 into #SanJuan
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I urge every White House reporter to ask every federal official why the @CDC canβt give 24 hour #COVIDγΌ19 updates over the weekend!!! Iβm looking at Friday data!!!!!! Beyond ridiculous. #NationalEmergency how about 12 hour updates - 6 hours. Ugh
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Water from #Ida is the biggest threat to the lives of Louisianians. Southeastern Louisiana forecast calls for a 7-11 foot storm surge & up to 20" of rain!
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