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Listening to CBC Radio this morning, they just had a short little segment talking about tomorrow being the 40th anniversary of the premiere episode of Star Trek.
Wow. 40 years. I still find it amazing that Star Trek has endured this long and become such an institution.
I’m not nearly old enough to have seen the original airing. I only saw it in syndication in the mid/late 70s, and it quickly became one of my favourite shows. It was already an institution by then. The movies started soon after and then the TV series began. The dozens of videotapes I have of TNG episodes are probably still sitting in my parents’ basement.
I’ve always loved Star Trek. Mostly because, like a lot of sci-fi, it introduces all kinds of tantalizing possibilities for the future.
Looking forward to catching the newly remastered version of TOS. Hopefully there’s a station around here that will be showing it.

TD 6 became TS Florence earlier this morning, although there’s still about a weeks worth of watching before we need to worry about it.
On the tails of Florence is another system with some potential too. From this morning’s Tropical Weather Outlook:

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS HAS CONTINUED TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS APPEAR SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TO DEVELOP DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE SYSTEM MOVES WESTWARD AT ABOUT 10 MPH.

‘Tis the season.

New tropical depression (#6) in the Atlantic to watch. Still too early to tell whether this will be of any concern, but looks like it’s shaping up to become Florence soon.
From today’s 5 PM discussion:

THERE IS SOME SOUTHWESTERLY SHEAR TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE CYCLONE…AND THIS COULD LIMIT DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AFTER THE TROUGH LIFTS OUT…THE ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND BOTH THE SHIPS AND GFDL GUIDANCE BRING THE DEPRESSION TO HURRICANE STRENGTH.