Well, you would think they would be more discretionary... considering a 50k image will take about 10 seconds to load on dial up anyway. ;-) An extra second or two in the middle of the night won't hurt anyone. Heh, I got a post pulled as Katrina was hitting about Tsunami like surge because I excerpted wrong! Oh well..
GOES 12 blackout ends:
http://ianlivingston.com/weather/images/2005/rita/24sept_0645z_120mph.jpg
Here's a newer one:
http://ianlivingston.com/weather/images/2005/rita/24sept_0645z_120mph.jpg
Accidentally copied the same link twice:
http://ianlivingston.com/weather/images/2005/rita/24sept_0715z_120mph.jpg
Those images took about a second to load on my dialup. :)
If you can figure them out then you are doing better than me. Thanks for the images of the eyewall comming on shore. Has this thing really slowed down in forward speed? It seems to be taking forever to come on shore.